The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear

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The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear

2012

1h 41m

Documentary

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A filmmaker in the country of Georgia uses raw interviews to show a nation teetering on the brink of change.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Aug 22, 2013

2.5/5

[A] thoughtful but slow and random snapshot of life in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Aug 8, 2013

3.5/5

The film produces moments that catch in the throat, like the man who sheepishly admits he would need rehearsal to laugh on cue. Then he adds, softly, "But cry, no problem."

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Tomas Hachard

NPR

Aug 8, 2013

No doubt it's affecting, but Gurchiani hasn't effectively connected the pieces to shape a larger story about Georgian youth.

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Jan 25, 2023

The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear can be as affected as its title and doesn’t take full advantage of the freedoms made possible by its loose premise, but it’s still a worthy attempt at new storytelling forms.

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

Nov 12, 2020

Not a happy depiction of the country of Georgia, but an honest, wholly engrossing one.

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Marc Mohan

Oregonian

Sep 6, 2013

C+

The individual moments in the film can be bleak but compelling, although the overall impact is blunted by a dearth of context or authorial voice.

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Sep 17, 2013

LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MOVIE

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Sep 8, 2013

Powerful emotion throughout this film concluding with the most raw and moving expression of grief and sorrow I've ever seen on film. I will never forget this quiet, haunting documentary.

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Jun 25, 2013

I found this fairly boring, and quite contrived.

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Tinatin Gurchiani

Director

Tinatin Gurchiani

Screenwriter

Tinatin Gurchiani

Producer

Kakha Macharashvili

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Tamar Gurchiani

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Marian Mentrup

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Synopsis

A filmmaker in the country of Georgia uses raw interviews to show a nation teetering on the brink of change.

Director: Tinatin Gurchiani
Producer: Tinatin Gurchiani, Kakha Macharashvili
Screenwriter: Tinatin Gurchiani
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Georgian
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 27, 2015
Runtime: 1h 41m

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