List of the best Ross McElwee movies: Time Indefinite(1993), Something to Do With the Wall(1991), Bright Leaves(2003), Photographic Memory(2011) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1993
117 Minutes
Director
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Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1991
88 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Levine
In 1986, Ross McElwee and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world's most visible symbol of hardline Communism.
Documentary
USA|UK
2003
107 Minutes
Director
Ross McElwee Charleen Swansea
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North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|France
2011
84 Minutes
Director
Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman's March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the ... See full summary »