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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Factory 25
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Factory 25
  • 2 h 15 m
A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument

Summary A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument is a lyrical exploration of a Brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political, social, financial and spiritual landscapes. Walter Baker is an eccentric, multi-instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art, making ends meet and raising his twelve ye...

Directed By: Matt Boyd

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Factory 25
  • 2 h 15 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Factory 25
  • 2 h 15 m

A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument

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Summary A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument is a lyrical exploration of a Brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political, social, financial and spiritual landscapes. Walter Baker is an eccentric, multi-instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art, making ends meet and raising his twelve ye...

Directed By: Matt Boyd

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Feb 7, 2013
Gliding from intimate to surreal, from aurally disjunctive to visually seductive, Rubberband is a languorous ballad of sadness and disappointment.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
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Feb 6, 2013
It's as though the director, like his subjects, was too comfortable in the safe familiarity of the surface to find the place where it betrays us.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
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Feb 7, 2013
Overlong and aimless documentary.
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Feb 6, 2013
Without any engaging small-scale human drama or larger social or culture-clash import, the film comes across as trivial, and too often also indulgent and pretentious.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nomadic Independence Pictures, Show Cobra
Release Date Feb 8, 2013
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/RubberbandMovie
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