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.
Released: May 12, 1993
Runtime: 114 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Steve Ascher, Michael Blumenthal, Robert Gardner, Natalie Hawley, Ross McElwee, Charleen Swansea
Crew: Ross McElwee (Director), Ross McElwee (Writer), Ross McElwee (Director of Photography)