Time Indefinite
Forty-year-old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage, he turns on his camera to capture life as it unfolds during this new phase of his life. Both in personal and philosophical terms, McElwee reflects through self-narration on life, death, love, family, and parenthood.
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Ross McElwee moves through life with a 16mm camera in hand. Since 1975, he has relentlessly filmed the events of his own life and that of his family. From this compulsion to capture the moments of everyday life emerge, through the camera’s eye, his empathetic autobiographical stories, while his voice gives rise to reflections that are as metaphysical as they are down-to-earth. Time Indefinite tells the story of the period he describes as “his passage into adulthood.” Appearing on camera and providing voice-over, always reflecting back on events after the fact, his writing reveals a delightful command of language, marked by self-deprecation and an evident pleasure in filming and storytelling.
Pascale Paulat and Christophe Postic
Artistic co-directors of the
États généraux du documentaire in Lussas
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Français
1h54
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français -
English
1h54
Language: English
- Année 1992
- Pays United States
- Durée 114
- Producteur Homemade Movies
- Langue English
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court The emotional journey of a filmmaker, from the joy of a family reunion to a wedding announcement and a confrontation with death.
- Ordre 4
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-08-07
Ross McElwee moves through life with a 16mm camera in hand. Since 1975, he has relentlessly filmed the events of his own life and that of his family. From this compulsion to capture the moments of everyday life emerge, through the camera’s eye, his empathetic autobiographical stories, while his voice gives rise to reflections that are as metaphysical as they are down-to-earth. Time Indefinite tells the story of the period he describes as “his passage into adulthood.” Appearing on camera and providing voice-over, always reflecting back on events after the fact, his writing reveals a delightful command of language, marked by self-deprecation and an evident pleasure in filming and storytelling.
Pascale Paulat and Christophe Postic
Artistic co-directors of the
États généraux du documentaire in Lussas
-
Français
Duration: 1h54Language: Français
Subtitles: Français1h54 -
English
Duration: 1h54Language: English1h54
- Année 1992
- Pays United States
- Durée 114
- Producteur Homemade Movies
- Langue English
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court The emotional journey of a filmmaker, from the joy of a family reunion to a wedding announcement and a confrontation with death.
- Ordre 4
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-08-07
