First Cousin Once Removed

2012

1 hr. 18 min.

Documentary

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Poet Edwin Honig struggles with Alzheimer's disease, which caused a loss of memory, language and his past.

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Pretty powerful documentary following the tragic descent of a writer/poet suffering from Alzheimer's. The day to day visits can be both fascinating and terrible to watch due to the swings in mood and behaviour of Honig.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Sensacional documental sobre la vida, y en especial la vejez, de Edwin Honig y de como el Alzheimer acabó con su memoria y con su vida. Increíble la forma en que se muestra el deterioro de Honig, quien pidió y autorizó este documental.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Sensacional documental sobre la vida, y en especial la vejez, de Edwin Honig y de como el Alzheimer acabó con su memoria y con su vida. Increíble la forma en que se muestra el deterioro de Honig, quien pidió y autorizó este documental.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Alan Berliner

Director

Eli Berliner

Self

Alan Berliner

Producer

Lisa Heller

Producer

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Ian Vollmer

Cinematographer

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

[This] documentary portrait of Honig at the end of his life ... puts the poet's state of constant "now" in the context of the brilliant but sometimes cruel man he used to be.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 30, 2014

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Eric Kohn

indieWire

Using a powerful focal point to manifest the movie's central concerns, Berliner makes his interest in the topic relevant to everyone.

Rated: A

Sep 23, 2013

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Heartbreaking, haunting and unexpectedly heartening, "First Cousin Once Removed" is an uncommonly moving documentary portrait of a mind in disarray.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 20, 2013

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Dan Schindel

Movie Mezzanine

A haunting, masterfully made, and achingly melancholy portrait of the end of life.

Rated: A

Feb 9, 2014

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

One of the best documentaries ever made on Alzheimer's which has been called the disease of the century.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 11, 2013

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Christopher Campbell

Film School Rejects

Is capturing a portrait of an artist in mental and emotional decline fair? ... We will probably now remember Honig more for his Alzheimer's than for his healthy life's work.

Rated: B

Oct 12, 2012

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Synopsis

Poet Edwin Honig struggles with Alzheimer's disease, which caused a loss of memory, language and his past.

Director: Alan Berliner
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins
Production Co: Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2014

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