In Transit

Name: In Transit
Genre: Documentary, News
Released: June 23, 2017
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 88

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Submarine Deluxe | Release Date: June 23, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: In Transit journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengersIn Transit journeys into the hearts and minds of everyday passengers aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder, the busiest long-distance train route in America. Captured in the tradition of Direct Cinema, the film unfolds as a series of interconnected vignettes, ranging from overheard conversations to moments of deep intimacy, in which passengers share their fears, hopes and dreams. In the space between stations, where 'real life' is suspended, we are swept into a fleeting community that transcends normal barriers, and where a peculiar atmosphere of contemplation and community develops. To some passengers, the train is flight and salvation, to others it is reckoning and loss. But for all, it is a place for personal reflection and connecting with others they may otherwise never know.… Expand

Director: Albert Maysles and Benjamin Wu and David Usui and Lynn True and Nelson Walker III

Genre(s): Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 76 min

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David Ehrlich

Jun 23, 2017

Alternately funny, touching, tough and hopeful, In Transit never tells you how to feel, but it sure makes it easy to feel it. Read full review

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Alan Scherstuhl

Jun 21, 2017

The film is gently thrilling, often revealing, alive with talk and scenic beauty and well-observed vignettes. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jun 21, 2017

Delightful at times and always insightful, In Transit contains a range of emotions and characters rarely seen, even in the best of narrative cinema. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jun 21, 2017

The film's thematic organization suggests the cinematic equivalent of a short-story collection, with haunting tangents and stray notes of poetry. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 23, 2017

The movie is a throwback to an earlier era of documentaries, when filmmakers did not feel obligated by commercial pressure to give their film the shape of a thriller, a sports film, a mystery or anything else, but instead simply brought their cameras into people's lives. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 22, 2017

In Transit is a pure dose of the humanism that helped establish Albert Maysles as one of nonfiction film's key voices. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jun 21, 2017

For better and worse, Maysles and his team don’t impose any sort of grand philosophical thesis on these random encounters. The notion of wanting to pick up stakes and restart your life in a new location recurs throughout, but the film (which runs a brisk 76 minutes) is mostly content just to sample the populace, trusting in humanity itself to hold the viewer’s interest. Read full review

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