Director: Chris Smith
Cast: Bryan Johnson
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2025 American documentary directed by Chris Smith, following tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson's radical and obsessive pursuit of biological immortality — a journey that challenges everything we assume about aging, medicine, and what it means to be human.
What is Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever about?
Bryan Johnson, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who sold his company for hundreds of millions, now devotes his entire existence to one singular obsession: stopping the aging process in his own body. He submits to an exhaustive protocol of interventions — blood testing, plasma transfusions, precision nutrition, experimental procedures — guided not by conventional medicine but by data. The film shadows Johnson's daily rituals, his strained relationships, and the team of doctors and researchers orbiting his ambition. As the experiment unfolds, questions multiply: Is this visionary science or extreme denial? Can money truly purchase more time? And what does it cost — emotionally, socially — to treat your body as a machine to be optimized?
Cast & crew
Director Chris Smith, known for his immersive observational style, embeds the camera directly into Johnson's life rather than standing outside it. Bryan Johnson himself is the film's sole real subject — a polarizing figure whose sincerity is undeniable even when his methods invite skepticism. The documentary benefits from unusually intimate access to his daily regimen and inner circle.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, this documentary lands on a deeply familiar frequency: the tension between tradition and extreme modernity, the immigrant entrepreneurial drive taken to its logical extreme, and age-old questions about mortality that Persian poetry has wrestled with for centuries. Iranian culture has long contemplated the brevity of life — from Khayyam's quatrains to Hafez's odes — making Johnson's scientific rebellion against death both alien and strangely resonant. The film is available with Persian DUB and Persian subtitles on K-Time, making it fully accessible without language barriers.
Where & how to watch
Don't Die is available on K-Time with Persian DUB and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, smart TV دستگاه, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.