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 Rated 5 out of 5!
Wowsers!
Easily one of the best independent films ever made. Way ahead of its time. Not for the faint of heart. Anyone interested in psychology should see this film.- Rated 5 out of 5!
Genius!
A newly rediscovered gem of an indie film. Brilliant performances and direction. Groundbreaking.  Rated 4 out of 5
A bold, experimental film rescued from "oblivion"
"Coming Apart" is shot almost entirely from a single camera angle, with its studio apartment setting seen through a mirror. The film presents a series of sexual encounters and emotional confrontations between Joe (Rip Torm), a psychiatrist, and several women, including Joann (Sally Kirland), Monica (Viveca Lindors), Sue (Darlene Cotton), Karen (Phoebe Dorin), Julie (Julie Garfield) and Elaine (Lois Markle). As writer-director Milton Moses Ginsberg once said about his experimental drama: "The avenue to oblivion is quite accessible really. Merely make a movie that’’s murder on an audience." But not to worry, because Ginsberg’’s tongue is firmly in his cheek and "Coming Apart" is certainly provocative enough to keep your attention. No way is this in the same league with some of the mind-numbing experimental work that we had to endure in art theaters before the advent of home video and the sacred fast forward button. The DVD version of "Coming Apart" is letterboxed and offers three excellent supplemental pieces: interviews with Ginsberg, Torn and Kirkland about the film’’s re-release; Ginsberg’’s 1999 dramatic video "The City Below the Line’’; and the director’’s wonderful essay, "How to Fall into Oblivion and Take Your Movie with You." The extras would certainly bump this entire package up to 4.5 stars, but we round down this time because this is really is a film to watch a couple of times before moving on. Still, definitely worth a first look.
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