Remake review – Ross McElwee’s magnificent and moving tribute to a tragic loss and the art it inspired
Sherman’s March director McElwee revisits footage of his late son for this magnificently affecting film and meditation on making artThis new film from revered documentary-maker Ross McElwee is an extraordinary work, arguably his most audacious use yet of autobiographical material while at the same time being a coruscating self-criticism of that same technique. Think of it as an artistic ouroboros…
Sherman’s March director McElwee revisits footage of his late son for this magnificently affecting film and meditation on making artThis new film from revered documentary-maker Ross McElwee is an extraordinary work, arguably his most audacious use yet of autobiographical material while at the same time being a coruscating self-criticism of that same technique. Think of it as an artistic ouroboros…
