What genre is this film?
This article argues that all Cassavetes films share the same genre:
http://www.suite101.com/content/john-cassavetes---genre-under-the-influence-a300631
I love haloumi cheese
Suspense / Action / Drama
share
MovieChat Forums > Gloria (1980) Discussion > What genre is this film?
His films cover multiple genres. This one, as already mentioned, is action-suspense.
What his films do mostly have in common is a very distinctive style - quite ragged visually, seemingly improvised performances, actors appearing to be drunk during filming.
I once read a comment on another board suggesting that most people’s favourite Cassavetes films are whichever they saw first, before his style became wearing or repetitive. I kind of agree with this - I have much happier memories of the first few I watched (Love Streams/Gloria/A Child is Waiting/A Woman Under the Influence) than those I saw more recently.