Sherman's March
Imagine if Morrissey was an aspiring documentary filmmaker obsessed with the South and General Sherman's destruction of it.
Ross McElwee
Filmography
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Photographic Memory
Filmmaker Ross McElwee finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first...Watch Movie
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Bright Leaves
McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama BRIGHT LEAF starring Gary Cooper as a 19th century tobacco grower, is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the Bull Durham brand. Using this legacy as a jumping off point, McElwee reaches back to his roots in...Watch Movie
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Sherman's March
When First Run Features released Ross McElwee’s Sundance Award-winning SHERMAN'S MARCH in 1986, it went on to become one of the largest grossing documentaries ever. After his girlfriend leaves him, McElwee takes a voyage along the original route followed by General William Sherman, but rather...Watch Movie
Recent Reviews
Sherman's March
wonderful
Sherman's March
poor
Photographic Memory
This is laughably narcissistic McElwee, an homage not only arising out of his self referential, self-conscious persona but also misinformed by tragically clueless parenting.
Photographic Memory
Not great, but good.