Coming Apart (1969)

Directed by

Milton Moses Ginsberg

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist secretly records his encounters with women in a rented apartment, using a static camera to capture his mental unraveling. The film shows his relationships growing more disturbed as he watches himself on tape.

rawintimateunsettlingclaustrophobicabrasivecoldgrittyvoyeuristic

What happens

Coming Apart is a 1969 American found footage psychological drama film written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg, and starring Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, and Viveca Lindfors. The film follows a mentally disturbed psychiatrist (Torn) who surreptitiously films his encounters with women in a secretly rented apartment. The film was shot using one static camera setup, in a manner simulating a non-constructed "fake documentary" style, influenced by Jim McBride's David Holzman's Diary (1967). The film was rated X for its sexually explicit scenes. In its original cut, the film featured the music of Jefferson Airplane. However, due to rights issues, the film was re-scored by Ginsberg and Francis Xavier for its home media releases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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