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Time Indefinite (1993)

Time Indefinite (1993)

Documentary

Love, family, and the search for better camera angles.

Release Date: 1993, May 12
Directors: Ross McElwee
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: ZDF, Homemade Movies, Channel 4 Television
Cast: Steve Ascher, Charleen Swansea, Adrian McElwee, Michael Blumenthal, Natalie Hawley, Dede McElwee, John McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr.

Overview:

After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After spending time with his friend and former high school poetry teacher, Charlene, he goes to meet his brother, a doctor. In a series of interviews, McElwee contemplates his morbid preoccupation with death and tries to figure out how to shake it off.

Keywords:

biography marriage