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

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)

Trailer

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