Just saw this absolute masterpiece for the first time...
I have been on a Cassavetes kick lately and have been watching his films in order, having not been able to appreciate them fully when I was younger. I had never seen this one.
I have to say that this movie really affected me in a way most other movies don't even approach. When Mabel returns to the house after the six months in the nuthouse, I lost it and started to cry...I have no idea what about this scene struck such a deep feeling in me. Perhaps it was Rowlands' performance here, her suppressed personality, which nutty as it may have been was beautiful in its way. She seems so neutered at first upon returning. All the performances were outstanding. I usually don't get on here and yap about films because I'm not so good at expressing this sort of thing but in this case I just had to. A Woman Under the Influence is my personal favorite Cassavetes film and one of the very best films I've ever seen.