Time Indefinite (1993)
- Directed by
- Ross McElwee
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Ross McElwee turns his camera on his own life after a family tragedy. He explores the ways that filming both connects him to and distances him from the people he loves. The movie is about death, time, and the difficulty of truly paying attention.
reflectivepersonalintimatepoignantunhurriedobservationalcontemplativesomber
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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