Love, family, and the search for better camera angles.
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.
Ross McElwee
Director, Writer
Steve Ascher
Himself
Michael Blumenthal
Himself
Robert Gardner
Himself
Natalie Hawley
Herself
Ross McElwee
Himself
Charleen Swansea
Herself
Marilyn Levine
Herself
Dede McElwee
Herself
Adrian McElwee
Himself
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Sherman's March67%
My Mom Jayne79%
For the Love of Spock73%
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life64%
Hawking76%
Gilbert67%
Directed by John Ford70%
Being James Bond77%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Harmontown66%
Public Speaking70%
Looking for Richard68%
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Heart of a Dog65%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Sidney70%
Elstree 197661%
Whitney73%
