Time Being
Director: Chris Gallagher
Chris Gallagher’s feature-length film essay Time Being is an elegant and thought-provoking investigation of the nature and experience of time, and its filmic representation. 88 one-minute shots or shot-sequences counterpoint a spoken commentary that probes and questions the subject from many different angles – psychological, philosophical, mechanical, cosmological, artistic. Equally, Gallagher combines aspects of different cinemas – documentary, structural, poetic, narrative, and personal – skillfully interweaving all the elements into a complex yet coherent and surprisingly moving statement on the human condition. The most brilliant film on its subject I’ve ever seen, Time Being is cool and non-academic yet deeply engaged, and beautifully shot. An educational film in the best sense. —Tony Reif
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Time Being (2009) is a documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 28min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Time Being runs 88 minutes (1h 28min).
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Time Being was released in 2009.
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