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  • 2015
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2015
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary When seminal documentarian Ed Pincus, considered the father of first person non-fiction film, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he and collaborator Lucia Small team up to make one last film, much to the chagrin of Jane, Ed’s wife of 50 years. Told from two filmmakers’ points of view, One Cut, One Life challenges the form of first per...

Directed By: Ed Pincus, Lucia Small

Written By: Ed Pincus, Lucia Small

  • 2015
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2015
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 47 m

One Cut, One Life

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary When seminal documentarian Ed Pincus, considered the father of first person non-fiction film, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he and collaborator Lucia Small team up to make one last film, much to the chagrin of Jane, Ed’s wife of 50 years. Told from two filmmakers’ points of view, One Cut, One Life challenges the form of first per...

Directed By: Ed Pincus, Lucia Small

Written By: Ed Pincus, Lucia Small

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90
May 13, 2015
It's a fault of feminism, of artistry, of generosity, for the older woman to envy one younger. And yet. How do we escape the myths into which we are born? We tell them, and show the hard work of telling.
By Diana Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 11, 2015
The film is an exploration of art as a way through immense and complex emotions. It is unexpectedly a breathtaking reminder of life's joys — in nature, in friendship and, in a particularly buoyant scene, in the bark of a deceased friend's poodle.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
May 13, 2015
As much as the film is shadowed by a keen awareness of mortality, One Cut, One Life often pulses with an almost ecstatic vitality. In its vision of human existence, life is as messy and unpredictable as it is precious.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
May 11, 2015
The doc emerges not so much as a glimpse into the mind of a dying artist than as a factual drama on how loved ones are impacted by an individual's death.
By Wes Greene FULL REVIEW
70
May 14, 2015
It's undeniably moving at times.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
May 16, 2015
Unlike more generally philosophical, life-affirming autobiographical docus about dying, “One Cut, One Life” rehashes old problems and tries to resolve multiple unresolved issues already exposed in previous films, proving as exasperating as it is weirdly compelling.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Small Angst Films
Release Date May 13, 2015
Duration 1 h 47 m
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Tagline Everything Counts
Website http://onecutonelife.com/
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