How I Learned to Love the Numbers

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How I Learned to Love the Numbers

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.

Original Title

Wie ich lernte, die Zahlen zu lieben

Release Date

2014-11-27

Year

2014

Duration

1h 28m

Status

Released

Score

9.00

#disorder#compulsion#psychological-disorder#queer#obsessive-thoughts

Cast

Oliver Sechting

Oliver Sechting

Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs

Jonathan Caouette

Jonathan Caouette

Ultra Violet

Ultra Violet

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Anna Steegmann

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Claudia Steinberg

Phoebe Legere

Phoebe Legere

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Joseph Arias

Self (as Joey Arias)