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Ross McElwee

Finding My Voice (Over)
4 Jun 2013

Finding My Voice (Over)

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

I remember an early meeting with cinematographer Wolfgang Held about A Life’s Work. He liked the idea, but he thought since it was such a personal story, that I should be in it. I objected. “My fingerprints will be all over … Continued

Bill Stone, Eddie Cockrell, Ross McElwee, Sherman's March, The Unknown Zone, Triumph of the Wall, Wolfgang Held, Yvonne Delet
Ross McElwee
13 Oct 2012

Ross McElwee

by David Licata | posted in: The Film | 0

For your reading pleasure, here’s some non-A Life’s Work work. Here’s a link to a short interview I conducted with Ross McElwee for Filmmaker Magazine. And my review of McElwee’s most recent film, Photographic Memory for Extra Criticum. The short version: … Continued

Extra Criticum, Filmmaker Magazine, interivews, other work, Ross McElwee
Los Angeles Times summary of A Life's Work.

Filmed over 15 years in locations throughout the US, A LIFE'S WORK is a documentary about long-term thinking, a meditation on Deep Time, a film essay about legacy.

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