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From Ross McElwee, director of Sherman's March, Bright Leaves, and Time Indefinite  In Photographic Memory, the filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the Internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds.  The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer’s assistant at age 24 – slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son’s age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.  "The most Proustian of McElwee's documentaries." -The New York Times  "Beguiling and utterly delightful." -New York Post  " Magnificently eloquent." -Time Out New York  "The stuff of quiet revelation. Simple, genuinely moving." -NPR  "With droll wit and fearless instinct for turning an unblinking lens on his life's minutiae, Ross McElwee continues his Socratic mandate of living a fully examined life with the assured and insightful Photographic Memory. Its pleasures are subtle yet resonant." -Variety  "Ross McElwee adds another wonderful personal memoir, a film that is both forward-looking and elegiac. Grade: A." -Christian Science Monitor

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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY a film by Ross McElwee