John Cassavetes Appreciation Thread
Amazing director, guy, and defiant (and hilarious)
shareI'd recommend
-A Woman Under the Influence
-A Child is Waiting
-Minnie and Moskowitz
-Love Streams
-Too Late Blues
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cassavetes is definitely one of my blind spots. i've only seen faces so far, & i enjoyed that one a great deal. since the day someone on moviechat mentioned that there are quite a few of his films up on yt, i've had it at the back of my mind to start working through them. since you've planted the seed with this thread, maybe i'll try to get to woman under the influence today.
share"A Woman Under the Influence" is my #7 all-time, and I think about half of Cassavetes' movies are online.
yes please watch them. if you like faces you'll love the others
sharei did give 'a woman...' a watch yesterday, & i liked it a lot. a bit too long for my tastes (i'm a broken record on that - i much prefer shorter running times), but it's clear that cassavetes has had a huge influence on modern indie filmmakers.
thanks!
which directors? (i haven't noticed)
sharecertainly there's a ton of cassavetes in buffalo 66. that's an easy one.
and i think there's a pretty clear line from him to the mumble-core movement of the last 20 years or so. joe swanberg, lynn shelton, the duplass brothers, all those people. if you don't know there films, i suspect you might like some of them, given you like cassavetes.
To be honest I've not seen many of his films but I liked him in The Dirty Dozen and Columbo
sharei love when he teamed up with peter falk and the reason i mentioned the movie "mikey and nicky"
shareI was reading my Cassavetes Interview (series) and he mentioned his admiration of the movie, "On The Bowery". I just saw it, and I can see the influence BIG-TIME.... If you like Cassavetes, and have seen all of his movies (or not), check this out. It's from 1953, and it's real good.
sharecheers bud, added
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