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Time Indefinite

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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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Nell Minow Movie Mom 07/20/2003
5/5
Heartbreakingly touching and lovely. Go to Full Review Leo Goldsmith Not Coming to a Theater Near You 03/24/2006
If Sherman's March is McElwee's meditation on eros, then Time Indefinite is his thanatopsis. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 12/02/2005
3/5
The title's a bit of a tipoff: This is McElwee trying to be a little too serious. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/14/2005
3/5
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01/01/2012 The more introspective, dark, version of Sherman's March, filled with philosophical pondering about the nature of life, death, and family. A moving work. See more 12/13/2011 Another amazing look at life from Ross!!!!! See more 11/19/2009 The more introspective, dark, version of Sherman's March, filled with philosophical pondering about the nature of life, death, and family. A moving work. See more 08/28/2008 This film kicked my ass. In a good way. See more 06/16/2008 You should see Sherman's March before this one. This is nice, but slow. See more 03/27/2008 His most famous film may be Sherman's March, but for me Time Indefinite is definitely Ross McElwee's masterpiece--a beautiful, absorbing, personal and profound reflection on family, mortality and the cycles of life. Anyone who thinks that a documentary with a point of view or where the filmmaker puts himself in the film is NOT a documentary (which you most often hear these days) should watch Ross McElwee's films. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Ross McElwee
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 57m