Movie Review - Time Indefinite
Time Indefinite (1994)
directed by Ross McElwee
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
McElwee's documentaries, however much they feature family and friends, are also about movies: the first discovery of a long-dead face in the full flush of youth on some good day when the light was just right. If it was Greta Garbo in that footage, and not his parents on the morning of his baptism, his joy - and ours - would be about the same. You could argue that McElwee's technique diminishes fiction, but it's better to think of a kind of universal elevation - the contiguous sofa, screen, and heart.
directed by Ross McElwee
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
McElwee's documentaries, however much they feature family and friends, are also about movies: the first discovery of a long-dead face in the full flush of youth on some good day when the light was just right. If it was Greta Garbo in that footage, and not his parents on the morning of his baptism, his joy - and ours - would be about the same. You could argue that McElwee's technique diminishes fiction, but it's better to think of a kind of universal elevation - the contiguous sofa, screen, and heart.
posted by NPK at 7:51 AM
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