1993
6.9 (9 votes)
1h 54m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
ZDF
Homemade Movies
Channel 4 Television
Homemade Movies
Channel 4 Television
Time Indefinite
Love, family, and the search for better camera angles.
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.
