Coming Apart (1969) on Blu-ray
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Actor: Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Blankshine, Darlene Cotton
Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg
Genre: Drama
Year: 1969
Studio: Kino Classics
Length: 111
Released: 08/16/2022
Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Rip Torn (Men in Black) gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the cell phone diaries of today, the entire film is shot through a mirror from a single hidden camera in a one-room apartment. Over the course of several personal encounters, Joe becomes a voyeur of his own reflection, documenting his own emotional disintegration. Although entirely scripted, this fierce, frank, and explicit film seems improvised. The acting is so explosive it seems uncontrolled and the sex scenes have been described as real and pornographic. In dramatic opposition to Hollywood’s narrative filmmaking aesthetic, Ginsberg calls attention to the presence of the camera, abandoning cinema’s “omniscent eye” for a deliberately conscious “camera eye.” Truly ahead of its time, Coming Apart remains a visionary and transformative piece of American cinema.
-Rip Torn Memorial, filmed at The Actors Studio (2019, excerpt)
-Coming Apart: 50th Anniversary Interview (2019, 31 Min.)
-KRON: Along the Avenue of Time (2020, 105 Min.), an experimental feature by Milton Moses Ginsberg
-Milonga in a Lonely Station (2020, 5 Min.), a short film by Milton Moses Ginsberg
Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg
Genre: Drama
Year: 1969
Studio: Kino Classics
Length: 111
Released: 08/16/2022
Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Rip Torn (Men in Black) gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the cell phone diaries of today, the entire film is shot through a mirror from a single hidden camera in a one-room apartment. Over the course of several personal encounters, Joe becomes a voyeur of his own reflection, documenting his own emotional disintegration. Although entirely scripted, this fierce, frank, and explicit film seems improvised. The acting is so explosive it seems uncontrolled and the sex scenes have been described as real and pornographic. In dramatic opposition to Hollywood’s narrative filmmaking aesthetic, Ginsberg calls attention to the presence of the camera, abandoning cinema’s “omniscent eye” for a deliberately conscious “camera eye.” Truly ahead of its time, Coming Apart remains a visionary and transformative piece of American cinema.
Special Features
-"From the Paris Premiere," an interview with Milton Moses Ginsberg (2004, 3 Min.)-Rip Torn Memorial, filmed at The Actors Studio (2019, excerpt)
-Coming Apart: 50th Anniversary Interview (2019, 31 Min.)
-KRON: Along the Avenue of Time (2020, 105 Min.), an experimental feature by Milton Moses Ginsberg
-Milonga in a Lonely Station (2020, 5 Min.), a short film by Milton Moses Ginsberg