Extremis

2016 0h 24m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 90

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Synopsis

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A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Monica Bhargava
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Jessica Zitter
Herself

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dan Krauss
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dan Krauss, shot by Dan Krauss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Justin Melland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Gilbert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Monica Bhargava and Jessica Zitter carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5538078 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Dan Krauss directs. Dan Krauss behind the camera. Justin Melland scores. Jeff Gilbert cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Dan Krauss, shot by Dan Krauss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Justin Melland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jeff Gilbert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Monica Bhargava and Jessica Zitter carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt5538078 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dan Krauss
Original score: Justin Melland
Editing: Jeff Gilbert
Sound: Jim LeBrecht
Runtime: 24 min · 0h 24m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Extremis (2016)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2026-09-11
★ 6/10
I think that there are some places that cameras just don't belong - and an intensive care unit that's home to a couple of terminally ill patients is just one of them. To my mind, it doesn't matter if it gives us an "insight" into some of the appallingly difficult ethical dilemmas faced by families and clinicians because any such access can only serve to reinforce what we already believe about people's right to choose their own exit strategy. I think it's fair to say that most governments - even societies in general - don't trust their individual citizens with such momentous decisions, yet when you watch features like this that do - as one contributor reflects - look like a form of torture, you wonder why we don't put the life cart before the horse and insist that people make living wills early enough in their lives that stipulate their own minimum standards for living; their own acceptable quality of life - and if these are not met for whatever reason then the question is not so much about assisted dying as one of unassisted living. Of letting nature take it's course in as pain-free a fashion as possible. The medical profession cannot do right for doing wrong. Questions are bound to be asked about familial motivations: love, comfort and/or even expectations (in the Dickensian sense of the word) yet what we see here seems to illustrate so clearly how little actual say the patients themselves have as their lives beep and whirr towards their conclusion. As a piece of provocative television, this certainly has lots to say - but I felt like a prurient and uninvited interloper during processes that are as private as they are distressing and emotionally turbulent.

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