Six O'Clock News . Nashville Scene . 11-30-98

Six O'Clock News

DIRECTED BY: Ross McElwee

REVIEWED: 11-30-98

Documentarian Ross McElwee continues to chronicle his life in this latest piece, which played on PBS two years ago. Unlike Time Indefinite and the masterpiece Sherman's March, Six O'Clock News finds the filmmaker turning his camera away from himself and toward the media. McElwee develops a fascination with the way reporters cover natural disasters, so he becomes a "storm chaser," following tornadoes and hurricanes across the country and interviewing the people who have survived both the storm and the press. Six O'Clock News is rather freeform, which gives McElwee a chance to talk to a neighbor with a wall of TVs, to document an interview of himself done by a local news crew, and to check on his old friend Charlene, who is recovering from storms of her own.

--Noel Murray

Other Films by Ross McElwee
Sherman's March
Time Indefinite

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