Coming Apart

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Coming Apart

Released Oct 26, 1969

1h 50m

Drama

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An obsessed psychiatrist (Rip Torn) secretly films himself and neurotic women in his apartment.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Austere and affecting, Milton Moses Ginsberg’s acerbic Coming Apart reflects on varying acts of degradation and dissolution.

Sep 22, 2022

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Joe Morgenstern

Newsweek

The material is weak to the point of self-parody, and the performers are left to their own devices, and we're left to wonder just what those devices are.

Jul 6, 2022

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Richard Schickel

LIFE

The film's effect is powerful, not least because of Rip Torn's brilliant performance as he transforms himself from a man making a half-serious experiment in living to a creature ensnared in a trap of his own devising.

Jul 18, 2023

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

...the tension between style and substance—a critique of sexism using the tools of sexism—makes Coming Apart such a singular piece of work, one just as likely to inspire strong feelings now as it did then.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 15, 2022

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Jacob Brackman

Esquire Magazine

The performers appear to believe that they are participating in something sexy, as if their destructiveness were itself arousing, or as if they could interrupt it and get on with the sexy part, without its sickness seeping over in time.

Aug 13, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jul 3, 2005

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creepy but completely compelling character study

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Does some interesting stuff, but isn't particularly good. Coulda cut almost half the movie. Tedious, and it shouldn't be.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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A powerful, sexually-charged character drama that takes what could have been an annoying cinematic gimmick and makes it work for a probingly voyeuristic intensity. Raw, naturalistic performances from an excellent cast. An extraordinary film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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1960s pretentiousness, that is stick-a-needle-in-your eye boring.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Fucked up shrink films self Bad sex and moral decay Not quite "erotic"

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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formally amazing & conceptually innovative. all shot from a hidden camera the main character has hidden in his secret apt. in nyc where he snorts coke, cheats on his wife, and goes insane. i'll never know for sure, but this has got to be rip torn's finest performance. he's out of control. really really cool movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Synopsis

An obsessed psychiatrist (Rip Torn) secretly films himself and neurotic women in his apartment.

Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg
Producer: Israel Davis, Andrew J. Kuehn
Screenwriter: Milton Moses Ginsberg
Distributor: Gémini Films [fr], Kino Video, Kaleidoscope Films
Production Co: Kaleidoscope Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 1969, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jun 11, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6K
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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