Coming Apart (film)
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Duration | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 1h 51m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1969 Genres Drama, Indie film, Experimental film Cast (Joe), (Joann), Phoebe Dorin (Karen), Julie Garfield (Julie), Lois Markle (Elaine), Nancy MacKay (Amy)Similar movies An Affair of the Skin (1963) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coming Apart is a 1969 film written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg, and starring Rip Torn and Sally Kirkland.
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Torn plays a mentally disturbed psychologist who secretly films his sexual encounters with women. Ginsberg filmed the entire movie with one static camera setup, in a manner simulating a non-constructed "fake documentary" style, influenced by Jim McBride's David Holzman's Diary.
Critical reception was mixed. Life reviewer Richard Schickel praised Torn's performance, Ginsberg's inventive use of camera and sound, and the "illuminating" portrayal of a schizophrenic breakdown. Critic Andrew Sarris gave it a less favorable review, however, and the film was a commercial failure.
The film has since attained a cult following among critics and filmmakers.
Similar Movies
An Affair of the Skin (1963). Rip Torn appears in Coming Apart and August. No Sad Songs for Me (1950). Sally Kirkland appears in Coming Apart and Anna. Eyes Beyond Seeing (1995).
Coming apart trailer 1969
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