Plot: Ross McElwee is tasked with making a documentary about General Sherman and his involvement in the Civil War. His intentions are noble, but whenever he tries to tackle the topic, he becomes sidetracked by his own life. So much in fact that the documentary starts to revolve around the maker and his insecurities.
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May 10, 2025
I was blissfully unaware of the topic of this documentary when I started it. It's the only way I could've ever started it, because I'm rarely, if ever, interested in these types of ego docs. This is a documentary about the maker and the zeitgeist of the time and place it was made. And that's just not very interesting to me.
The characters are irritating, I don't care about the 80s and the US, the presentation is crummy, and 157 minutes is excessively long. I'm sure there's a genuine audience for these types of films, but I'm clearly not a part of it. I've seen a few of these films now and I disliked every single one of them.