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Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 12, 1993

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

69%

Original Title

Time Indefinite

Production Companies

ZDF, Homemade Movies, Channel 4 Television

Director

Ross McElwee

Description

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.