Coming Apart
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Rip Torn
Sally Kirkland
Viveca Lindfors
Megan Mccormick
Lois Markle
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Joe Glazer, a New York psychiatrist, leaves the hospital where he works, rents a Kips Bay apartment under an assumed name, and installs a movie camera to record the events of his life. Although his wife is in the process of divorcing him, Joe does not lack female companionship; in fact, most of the people who visit the apartment are women. Among the visitors recorded on film are: Elaine, who wants Joe to add to the collection of cigarette burns on her body; Anita, a blonde tease who brings along a portfolio of nude photographs of herself, as well as a baby in a carriage; two female campaigners for Eugene McCarthy, who are merely passing by; JoAnn, a former patient who uses rock music to stimulate her nude dancing gyrations and to accompany the act of fellatio she performs on Joe; Karen, the wife of one of his best friends; Monica, an ex-mistress who, although worried about Joe's mental condition, would like to continue their affair; and a party guest who foils Joe's attempted pass and turns out to be a transvestite. The camera records the actions and words of Joe and finally, his mental breakdown.
Director
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Cast
Rip Torn
Sally Kirkland
Viveca Lindfors
Megan Mccormick
Lois Markle
Lynn Swann
Phoebe Dorin
Nancy Mackay
Julie Garfield
Kevin O'connor
Robert Blankshine
Michael Mcguire
Darlene Cotton
Jane Robbins
Joanna Vischer
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 1999
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
Re-released in United States June 25, 1999
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (Forty Years of Indie Cinema) April 15-20, 1999.
Shot entirely in a singular camera perspective in ten-minute -long takes with no musical score.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
Released in United States April 1999 (Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (Forty Years of Indie Cinema) April 15-20, 1999.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Re-released in United States June 25, 1999 (Cinema Village; New York City)
