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Time Indefinite (1993)

1h 54m

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May 12, 1993
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Time Indefinite (1993)

Name: Time Indefinite
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993-05-12

1h 54m

Running Time

May 12, 1993
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Free

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Cast & Crew.

Steve Ascher

Self

Michael Blumenthal

Self

Robert Gardner

Self

Robert Gardner

Self

Charleen Swansea

Herself

Natalie Hawley

Self

Marilyn Levine

Herself

Dede McElwee

Herself

Richard Leacock

Self

Adrian McElwee

Himself

John McElwee

Himself

Ross McElwee Jr.

Himself

Ross McElwee

Director

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 12, 1993

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 54m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2024-08-24

This Movie Is About.

biography

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Wiki.

Time Indefinite is an autobiographical 1993 documentary film directed by Ross McElwee. It explores themes of grief, mortality, and the convenient disconnection of watching life through a camera lens.

The title comes from a passage from the Bible mentioned by a visiting Jehovah's Witness. McElwee is filming the interaction and focused on adjusting the exposure to try to catch the play of light over the man's face; distracted, he "hears" the phrase about 30 seconds after the man says it and understands it to refer to the unpredictable imminence of death.