如何死在俄勒冈州

2010美国电影《如何死在俄勒冈州》是由PeterRichardson导演的纪录片类型作品，又名，豆瓣评分8.9，观看指数1，主要演员有等，如何死在俄勒冈州在2010年上映播出。

剧情简介:

　　影片讲述了美国首个安乐死合法化的州——俄勒冈州的居民的故事。 　　In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. How to Die in Oregon tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of an assisted suicide law in Washington State. 　　As medical technology has extended the human life span far beyond what many believed possible only decades ago, a growing number of people face the dilemma of having their lives artificially prolonged beyond a point they regard as necessary or desirable. In 1994, the state of Oregon addressed this issue by enacting the "Death With Dignity Act," which allows terminally ill patients the right to opt for physician-assisted suicide. Filmmaker Peter D. Richardson looks into the philosophical and practical implications of this law in the documentary How To Die In Oregon. Richardson features interviews with journalists, lawyers and physicians as they talk about the efforts to legalize physician-assisted suicide, as well as patients and their families as they struggle with the decision of just when is the time to say they ve lived long enough, with a special focus placed on Cody Curtis, a woman in her mid-50s fighting an uphill battle with liver cancer. How To Die In Oregon received its world premiere at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival. 　　In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. As a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of barbiturate to end his or her life. Since 1994, more than 500 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands. 　　In this acclaimed documentary, filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether-and when-to end their lives by lethal overdose. At the heart of the film are the patients themselves, their families and friends, as they grapple with the legal option they are allowed in Oregon. Through their stories, Richardson examines both sides of this complex, emotionally charged issue. What emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait of what it means to die with dignity.

《如何死在俄勒冈州》看点/点评:

Cody is an elegant woman.

Required video on End of Life class, touching.

It is not suicide. It is the right to end a life.

死亡始终是沉重的，真的体会不到这种生死观念

The very last class in my graduate life. Respect life and respect the decision to die with dignity.

安乐死的意义从来不在于其作为一个结束生命的手段，毕竟结束生命的方式有千千万；它的意义在于它的目的：给病人一个有尊严的退场。

3.5 安乐死虽然是一种让对丧失身体控制权的人重新获得控制的方式，但是重病之下生命长短的不可控也让安乐死成为一次冒险。如果有更多关于Death with Dignity的volunteer的心理描述就更好了。

素材的故事非常感人，不需要太多技术上的操作就可以捕捉到人最真实的一些情感与动作，纯粹电影角度来看的话，感觉前半段的穿插和后半段的集中叙述没有结合得足够好，前期的部分配乐也有些刻意。

目前只有瑞士、荷兰，和美国的俄勒冈州，华盛顿州可以接受安乐死，人在生命的尽头，如果是无休止的治疗，化疗也于事无补的时候，还是应该有权利选择自己离开的时间。对我而言人生的质量的重要性远远超过了生命的长度

visceral, heartbreaking and shocking.

美国人能把任何真实、敏感、诗意、严肃的事情搞成立法、人权、个人意志至高无上的论据。

哲学道德学教授放了这个 因为接下来要讲自杀这个议题了。他说他知道这很感性，但是在讲这个议题前还是该了解下亲身经历这个事情的人们的处境。他体贴地放完纪录片后又在youtube上放了个不相干的喜剧短片。Z君，我在想，如果你有天变成cody老公那样大腹便便，但还是有那样的温暖的笑容，我很乐意啊。