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How I Learned to Love the Numbers
9.0 / 10• 2014• 1h 28m•NR• German
Documentary
Storyline
A New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Berlin filmmaker Oliver Sechting (37) and his co-director Max Taubert (23) travel to New York with the idea of documenting the art scene there. However, the project is quickly overshadowed by Oliver's OCD, and the two directors fall prey to a conflict that becomes the central theme of their film. Encounters with such artists as film directors Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas), Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On), and Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) or the transmedia artist Phoebe Legere seem more and more to resemble therapy sessions. At last, Andy Warhol-Superstar Ultra Violet succeeds in opening a new door for Oliver.
Cast & Crew
Oliver Sechting
Self
Lead
Rosa von Praunheim
Self
Tom Tykwer
Self
Ira Sachs
Self
Jonathan Caouette
Self
Ultra Violet
Self
AS
Anna Steegmann
Self
CS
Claudia Steinberg
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Max Taubert's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. How I Learned to Love the Numbers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
