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DVD

The Ross McElwee DVD Collection.

Call Number

  • DVD 791.43 R8253 (CEN)

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Edition

Collector's ed.

Languages

Soundtrack in English.

Publication Information

[New York] : First Run Features, [2005].

Physical Description

5 videodiscs (578 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A DVD collection by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee.

Notes

"This collection includes six of McElwee's best films, four of which have never been available on DVD"--Container.

Originally produced as 6 documentary films between 1976 and 2003.

Contents

  • disc 1. Backyard
  • Charleen : How long has this been going on
  • special features. Split screen, episode 42 : Ross McElwee 101
  • Additional scenes from Sherman's march
  • Patients
  • Additional scenes from Bright leaves
  • Whatever happened to some of the smokers from "Bright leaves"?
  • disc 2. Sherman's march : Meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the South during an era of nuclear weapons proliferation
  • special features. Interview with Ross McElwee
  • Photo gallery
  • Biography of Ross McElwee
  • General Sherman's personal letters & biography --
  • disc 3. Time indefinite
  • disc 4. Six o'clock news
  • disc 5. Bright leaves
  • special features. Director's statement
  • Film notes by Godfrey Cheshire
  • About Michael Curtiz's "Bright leaf"
  • Biographies
  • Additional music by Paula Larke.

Subjects

Added Authors

Ross McElwee