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Coming Apart

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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 09/22/2022
Austere and affecting, Milton Moses Ginsberg’s acerbic Coming Apart reflects on varying acts of degradation and dissolution. Go to Full Review Joe Morgenstern Newsweek 07/06/2022
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. Go to Full Review Richard Schickel LIFE 07/18/2023
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. Go to Full Review Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine 11/15/2022
3.5/5
...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. Go to Full Review Jacob Brackman Esquire Magazine 08/13/2020
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. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/03/2005
2/5
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09/21/2015 creepy but completely compelling character study See more 03/21/2015 Does some interesting stuff, but isn't particularly good. Coulda cut almost half the movie. Tedious, and it shouldn't be. See more 03/23/2011 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. See more 12/04/2010 1960s pretentiousness, that is stick-a-needle-in-your eye boring. See more 06/23/2009 Fucked up shrink films self Bad sex and moral decay Not quite "erotic" See more 01/21/2009 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. See more Read all reviews
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Milton Moses Ginsberg

Director

Rip Torn

Joe

Lois Markle

Elaine

Viveca Lindfors

Monica

Sally Kirkland

Joann

Lynn Swan

Anita

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Movie Info

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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