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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, Counting merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create a vivid portrait of contemporary life. Perhaps the most personal of Cohen's films, Counting measures street life, light and time, noting not only surveillance and over...

Directed By: Jem Cohen

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 51 m

Counting

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, Counting merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create a vivid portrait of contemporary life. Perhaps the most personal of Cohen's films, Counting measures street life, light and time, noting not only surveillance and over...

Directed By: Jem Cohen

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 30, 2015
What surprises (a little) and fascinates (a lot) are the town-to-town commonalities Counting invites you to appraise.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
90
Jul 30, 2015
This is the kind of contemplative cinematheque piece that washes pleasurably over you, inviting the viewer to tune in or out, to free-associate or locate the subtle connections and recurring themes as Cohen trains his restless, inquisitive gaze on faces and features that represent a wide spectrum of life.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 30, 2015
His film is vivid and yet elusive. He shoots first so that we might ask questions later.
By Adam Nayman FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 30, 2015
A wistful meditation on the world, its beauties, mysteries and injustices.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 31, 2015
The result is a challenging work that can be both exhilarating and grueling in its deliberate pace. Cohen is an undeniably gifted filmmaker, even if the sum total of this piece isn’t quite as interesting as its parts.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 30, 2015
There's a kind of helpless humility to the presentation of these urban impressions, almost a kind of democracy, that allows you to engage as much or as little as you like with them.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 27, 2015
The poetic pretenses are compounded by a sledgehammer insistence on elusive and irreducible moments as inherently beautiful.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gravity Hill Films
Release Date Jul 31, 2015
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://jemcohenfilms.com/
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Awards

DOC LA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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