John Cassavetes on movie audiences

[luzzerylavender]

what a great man, he got it 30 years ago.

[backtobasicss]

Here's a bit of knowledge I pass on to my writing students:

"If your readers have to struggle to understand the most basic connections in your work, UR DOIN IT WRONG."

I'm fucking tired of film snobs shitting on people for not liking "artsy" films. Bullshit. Van Gogh was an artist. Joe Schmuck that slopped together 50 colors to make a "pretty picture" is not. And for the love of God, stop drawing in literature to support your film defense. Even deeper lit has a basic understandable idea.

[cop70s]

I respect him out of maturity, going against the grain, putting up a fight and being stubborn....but I still think he was full of shit, a self absorbed drunk, egomaniac, and extremely narrow minded. I can appreciate his films to a certain extent. The lack of art direction, fantasy, and rhythm is what turns me off. Eh. It's subjective. I'd still pick godard over cassavettes simply because godard was more hip. This shows what a fool I am.

[Sufficit]

What a wonderful analysis about the state of the audiences today....he got it 30 years ago.

[Sufficit]

He knew it. 30 years ago.

[cineasta71]

Jarmush's dad...a true american maverick...

[TemplarReturns]

John Cassavetes is one of my favorite filmmakers, ever. One of the pioneers and guiding forces on shaping film making into what it is today, but most of all, what it can be. The very definition of auteur.

[filmfanatic99]

see clips of the first version of shadows on my page.

[jpom29]

Fucking legend. This man is pure class.

[georgekaplan1959]

as much as i admire cassavetes' films, he was anything but classy

[friday13th1]

A true master.

[friday13th1]

A true master of cinema.

[lazarus0202]

he's right-- "Gloria" stuck with me from childhood to adulthood. It was too powerful to ignore.

[Fritz3010]

absolutly cool....

[cineasta71]

true auteur...

[xxZaharoulaxx]

Great Man !

[okiefilm]

Cassavetes never acknowledged any critic (NY Times, LA Times, etc) attacking one of his films as having a valid point. He knew he was right and he knew his films were good. Almost 30 years later we see -- HE WAS RIGHT.

[bonesmorebones]

cool

[Gottzilla]

Actually, Cassavetes in this scene is also talkig about one of the main problems of YouTube: "I don't want to see something different. I hate this picture." - and so you just give it one star. As if your opinion would matter...

[waywardwatchdog1]

It's sad the way that Hollywood films are made, where even if a good film is made it's test audienced to death. Very few directors even have final cut & i don't want to see a film edited by a producer who has no idea as to what makes a good movie. Cassavetes was so truthful in his work that you can't help but name him as one of most innovative auteurs in all of film history.

[heragainstme]

Right on!

[DonFarshido]

hero

[bonepaper]

this scene is from the documentary "i'm almost not crazy". find it used on vhs if you can; it was shot during the making of "love streams" and is full of scenes of him at work, talking about his attitudes and ideas about film making and life. it's probably the best cassavetes doc out there, after the "husbands" doc which was criminally not included on the "five films" box set aside from few clips in "a constant forge" (which doesn't really tell you much about the man and his work at all, sadly).

[leecu58]

do you know where to find the 'husbands' doc? if you have it, could you post it?

[sbrownie]

thank you...i will find that documentary...John as genius epitomised...without the 'me-me' factor

[sassilicious44]

wat does he mean by film makers dont no anything?im trying to understand i cant figure it out

[PigsCantFly]

a filmmaker like alfred hitchcock plans his scenes and the emotions he wants to manipulate in viewers even before shooting has started. cassavetes had the approach that writing, shooting and editing a film were all acts of exploration. there aren't facts about life in his film that are dictated to you, his films are an experience to be had. eg watch minnie and moskowitz, notice how it never fits into being just a romantic comedy, and once you think you know what a scene is, it shockingly changes

[Wacek4444]

No, he wasn't just as great as Allen, De Palma or Simon. He was much, much, MUCH greater.

[tubeeorrnottubee]

I love John Cassavetes.. All these years later, I still love his movies, and surely remember them! I wish he was still around creating them today.. We need a creative genius like him around~ There's far too much dependence on computer wizardry, and not enough on imagination anymore. He was less understood, but just as great as Allen, or Simon, or DePalma. ~Thanks for this!

[stellabmw]

JC is amazing. When I first saw " A Woman Under the Influence" I hated it. Thought it was stupid. Now after watching it the fourth time, I realize how incredible it really is. Every scene, every facial expression is amazing.

[Dzhendobri]

Ten years is a long time; Psychoanalysis would do it sooner.

cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[PADDYLINTHORPE]

Cassavetes is God

[lunarpark35]

Basically, yes, he is.

[prisamata]

you can spend 4 years in film school

or you can start working with some ego-trippin producer and lick his ass for centuries until he gives you a big break

or you can watch this 38 seconds

if what you want is to make film maybe the best option is the third

[KahnBB6]

Option 1 helps you to learn equipment, make friends and basically fail in a safe environment. Somewhere in there, however, you have to do your own learning on your own time. Option 2 might be a way to pay bills while working in "the business". Option 3 is listening to the truth and exemplifying it in your own work.

If you want to make films, you must become aware of what film's possibilities are, and find your own aesthetic and just make them.

Then you struggle. A lot.

[joet88]

nice

[tom632001]

VERY well said.

[prisamata]

38 segundos para resumir qué es el cine

[prisamata]

vida pura

sabuduria

gran ego y gran generosidad

[john33186]

genius