American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality
A hallucinatory art documentary where Susan Sarandon and an Armenian painter confront the unstable relationship between beauty, aging, identity, and time.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- None
- hallucinatory
- perplexing
- intense
- art house viewing
- reflective evening
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an audacious, perplexing, visually intelligent experimental work that deliberately resists conventional documentary categories.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film centers on painted and filmed female figures, including Susan Sarandon and models, while interrogating how artistic portraits emulate identity.
The review describes the film as a fever dream of artistic memories and a hallucinogenic compilation that resists conventional genre structure.
The stated premise contrasts beauty and aging within a modern society dominated by social media.
The title invokes immortality while the central conversations address time, aging, identity, and the perceived conflict between beauty and decline.
Films like American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality, and why
Cameraperson
experimental art documentary blending portraiture, performance, and philosophical inquiry into identity
The Five Obstructions
surreal, visually driven documentary meditation on artistic creation and perception
The Beaches of Agnès
intimate avant-garde examination of aging, beauty, and self-representation through art
Movie Details
- Director
- Arthur Balder
- Release Date
- 2018-10-21
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Rating
- 10.0 / 10 (4)
Cast
- Susan Sarandon
- Florence Faivre
- Hilary Rhoda
- Ashley Hinshaw
- Mark Petrie
- Arthur Balder
- Tigran Tsitoghdzyahn
- Bella De La Guia
- Sasha Rukovskaya
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, MovieMe
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality about?
- A hallucinatory art documentary where Susan Sarandon and an Armenian painter confront the unstable relationship between beauty, aging, identity, and time.
- What is American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality.
- What did critics think of American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an audacious, perplexing, visually intelligent experimental work that deliberately resists conventional documentary categories.
- Which films are like American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality?
- Films with a similar feel include Cameraperson, The Five Obstructions, and The Beaches of Agnès.
- How long is American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality?
- American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality runs 55 minutes.
- Where can I watch American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality?
- In United States, American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
