Milton Moses Ginsberg, who developed a cult following for his low-budget indie films Coming Apart and The Werewolf of Washington, died May 23 in Manhattan.
He was 85 and died from cancer, according to his wife, Nina Ginsberg.Ginsberg was a film editor when his ambitions led him to make Coming Apart in 1969.
The black and white film used a static camera to document Rip Torn as a psychiatrist who records his trysts with a hidden camera.
The film received a good review from Richard Schickel, but some others – notably Andrew Sarris of the Village Voice – panned it.Undaunted, Ginsberg tried again in 1973 with The Werewolf of Washington, which featured Dean Stockwell as a White House staffer who turns into a werewolf at inopportune times and
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