Bright Leaves (2003)

Ross McElwee: Self

Quotes 

• Ross McElwee : As time goes by, my father is beginning to seem less and less real to me in these images. Almost a fictional character. I want so much to reverse this shift, the way in which the reality of him is slipping away. Having this footage doesn't help very much - or, at least, not as much as I thought it would.

• Miss Tobacco : [on being asked about the tobacco industry]  It brings a lotta jobs and a lotta revenue, but... it has its health hazards and... everybody's gonna die of something, so...

  [giggles] 

  Ross McElwee : May as well be tobacco?

  Miss Tobacco : Might as well die of something that's gonna help out the... the... *what's* the word? Here, I'm thinkin'...

  Ross McElwee : Economy?

  Miss Tobacco : [beams]  *There* ya go. There ya go. Havin' a tough mornin'...