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Photographic Memory

  • 20112011
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  • 1h 27m
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Photographic Memory (2011)
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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 inter... Read allFilmmaker 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 internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portri... Read allFilmmaker 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 internet. To understand his fractured love for his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. A... Read all
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  • Director
    • Ross McElwee
  • Writers
    • Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness
    • Ross McElwee
  • Stars
    • Adrian McElwee
    • Ross McElwee
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  • Director
    • Ross McElwee
  • Writers
    • Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness
    • Ross McElwee
  • Stars
    • Adrian McElwee
    • Ross McElwee
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    • 16Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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      Ross McElwee: A young child - the one you loved so much - is still contained in the obnoxious teenager. And as a parent you never forget that. This is what keeps parents from positively strangling their teenagers. I mean, teenagers don't even realize how much they're protected by a smaller version of themselves, which rises up to defend them.

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    Now that McElwee's comic masterpiece, "Sherman's March," is available again on streaming Netflix, I'd definitely go for that one first if you haven't seen it. "Sherman" is a one-of-a-kind mockumentary (and not a documentary about Sherman or his march, btw, in the conventional, Ken Burns sense), and if it resonates with you at all, I suspect you'll be a fan for life. "Photographic Memory" is a watchable but distinctly lesser work—a modest, autumnal meditation on aging, parenting and memory. A brief prologue fills us in on McElwee's tense relationship with his talented but unfocused teenage son, Adrian, then, with the help of funding from a couple of regional film boards, McE returns to the little town in Brittany where, as a VW-bus-driving college dropout, he worked as an apprentice wedding photog in the early 70s. Suffice it to say that the trip is uneventful (Adrian refused to go along b/c it sounded too boring), and McElwee's deadpan patter isn't up to his usual standard. He does better in his native North Carolina, where he doesn't have to try to speak French. "Bright Leaves," a rambling but entertaining doc about the tobacco culture in NC, is also available on streaming.
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    • Release date
      • October 12, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Pamięć fotograficzna
    • Filming locations
      • Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Brittany, France
    • Production companies
      • St. Quay Films
      • French Connection Films
      • ARTE
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,822
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,006
      • Oct 14, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,822
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      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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