Counting

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Counting

2015

1h 51m

Documentary

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Snapshots of the world's cities capture a range of moments.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

07/31/2015

3/4

Cohen is an undeniably gifted filmmaker, even if the sum total of this piece isn't quite as interesting as its parts.

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

07/30/2015

As Mr. Cohen shifts from one space and time to the next in "Counting," the filmmaker - who has long been "writing" from the world of appearances with his camera - expresses the melancholy and longing embedded in that impossibility.

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Adam Nayman

AV Club

07/30/2015

B+

Vivid and yet elusive.

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

01/14/2021

The term "pure cinema" has become a bit diluted and simplistic over the years, but it's difficult to think of a better use for it than with Jem Cohen's Counting.

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Danielle Davenport

One Room With A View

05/17/2019

4/5

Simultaneously current and timeless, Counting has no message or creed to preach but is no less profound.

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

08/23/2018

[A] long, poetic, political essay about the human condition, the human habituate, neoliberal capitalism, and urban geography.

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Synopsis

Snapshots of the world's cities capture a range of moments.

Director: Jem Cohen
Producer: Jem Cohen
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 51m

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