Released:
1993-05-12

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ross McElwee

Runtime:
1h 54min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Steve Ascher
  as
  Himself
• 
  Michael Blumenthal
  as
  Himself
• 
  Robert Gardner
  as
  Himself
• 
  Natalie Hawley
  as
  Herself
• 
  Ross McElwee
  as
  Himself