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Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

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

1993•1h 54m•6.9/10
Documentary

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6.9/10(9)

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.

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Production

ZDF, Homemade Movies, Channel 4 Television

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Steve Ascher

Himself

Michael Blumenthal

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Robert Gardner

Robert Gardner

Himself

Natalie Hawley

Herself

Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

Himself

Charleen Swansea

Charleen Swansea

Herself

Marilyn Levine

Herself

Dede McElwee

Herself

Adrian McElwee

Himself

John McElwee

Himself

Ross McElwee Jr.

Himself

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