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How I Learned to Love the Numbers

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

20149.01h 28m

Overview

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.

Directed by Oliver Sechting
Written by Oliver Sechting, Max Taubert
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Top Cast

Oliver Sechting

Oliver Sechting

Self

Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim

Self

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

Self

Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs

Self

Jonathan Caouette

Jonathan Caouette

Self

Ultra Violet

Ultra Violet

Self

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Anna Steegmann

Self

C

Claudia Steinberg

Self

Phoebe Legere

Phoebe Legere

Self

J

Joseph Arias

Self (as Joey Arias)

Themes & Keywords

disordercompulsionpsychological disorderqueerobsessive thoughts

About How I Learned to Love the Numbers

How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a documentary film released in 2014 exploring themes of disorder, compulsion, psychological disorder, queer, obsessive thoughts. Directed by Oliver Sechting, it stars Oliver Sechting, Rosa von Praunheim, Tom Tykwer. 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.

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