COMING APART
COMING APART
1969 111 mins. MOMA Revival 1999 Paris Premiere 2006
Rip Torn stars as a psychiatrist using a hidden camera to record his own disintegration. The entire film was shot into a mirror from a single camera angle in a single room.
During the past few years it has shown at BAM, Anthology Film Archives, Film Forum and several times at MOMA – and recently celebrated its 50th Anniversay at the Metrograph.
Gene Siskel said of the film, "If you have not known the horror of mental anguish, of feeling your own worthlessness, or of considering suicide, then 'Coming Apart' may appear to be nothing more than a well-acted underground sexploitation film. I think it is much more.
And Richard Shickel, "'Coming Apart' is one of the few illuminating, not to say harrowing, portrayals of a schizophrenic crack-up that I have ever seen on the screen.
IndieWire called the film, "Far ahead of its time. Without a doubt, one of the most challenging, visionary, important films in the history of independent cinema.
and the Psychiatric Times, "'Coming Apart' was not only radically ahead of its time: it summoned up that cathartic fusion of pity, terror and awe which Aristotle judged to be hallmarks of profound and moving tragedy in any age.
Coming Apart will be available on KinoLorberBlu-Ray Summer 2021.
111 mins
And Richard Shickel, "'Coming Apart' is one of the few illuminating, not to say harrowing, portrayals of a schizophrenic crack-up that I have ever seen on the screen.
IndieWire called the film, "Far ahead of its time. Without a doubt, one of the most challenging, visionary, important films in the history of independent cinema.
and the Psychiatric Times, "'Coming Apart' was not only radically ahead of its time: it summoned up that cathartic fusion of pity, terror and awe which Aristotle judged to be hallmarks of profound and moving tragedy in any age.
Coming Apart will be available on KinoLorberBlu-Ray Summer 2021.
111 mins
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Q&A from the 50th Anniversary Screening at the Metrograph.
Q&A from the 50th Anniversary Screening at the Metrograph.
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Rip Torn Memorial, The Actors Studio, November 2019
Rip Torn Memorial, The Actors Studio, November 2019
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From the Paris Premiere.
From the Paris Premiere.