John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything To Express It All

[kidcalabria]

@tamerswan I agree. In fact in my humble opinion the Columbo TV series - to which Cassavetes, Rowlands, Gazzara and many other great actors, writers, etc... collaborated - it's probably one of the best programs ever produced for television, for its script-writing, directing, acting, casting, subject matter, music, etc... and universally liked by anybody with a functioning brain, some taste and a soul (the episode Etude In Black has a brilliant Cassavetes in it)

[ashadedview]

He changed the landscape of cinema. Never tire of reading and watching him.

[hipsnblues]

oh my god....the guy making this documentary with the voice over is gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay - just stop being so self-indulgent and let us watch the damn interviews for god's sake.

[mojoworks111]

GUTS - that was John. So true. John Cassavetes` work actually changed my life. What a big difference to the typical Hollywood movie with exploding heads and car chases. You see it, and two minutes after you left the cinema you already forgot it. John Cassavetes` films on the other hand will stay with me for the rest of my life. He risked everything to produce real works of art. He`s the Greatest!

[artofstate]

@mojoworks111 ' You see it, and two minutes after you left the cinema you already forgot it '...spot on..disposable 'movies'..junkfood..to think that true art is supposed to stay with you, whether you like it or not..When I first saw A Woman Under the Influence I kept squirming in my seat yet I dreaded the film finishing and me having to re-enter the 'real world'..what i was seeing on the screen Was the real world..And, my friend, sighing at regular intervals during the whole film hehe.brilliant

[dirtycelinefrenchman]

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[kidcalabria]

Thanks for the post, wish I could see the whole thing. I never get tired of watching John Cassavetes, especially with Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara

[MariaVainilla]

Who knows what is the name of these theme???

The theme of piano??

[nobisdatus]

guapa,guapa

bonita,bonita

linda.linda

tesoro,tesoro

Ámen

[bannon11]

do you know what the music is from at the beginning?

[cosmonautR]

its coming from the film opening night by jc, ciao, rudolf

[rechita]

is the main theme from "a woman under the influence"

[konopisos]

where can i get this documentary?

[Kaliopy]

The best Cassavetes documentary is A Constant Forge. You can get it through Criterion Collection.

[sbrownie]

thank you!...i'll search for it...JC WAS THE BEST (STILL IS!)...I ALWAYS BOAST ABOUT HIM TO PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW WHAT FILM GENIUS IS...LOVE HIM MADLY

[KUTVgroucho]

@sbrownieThe most underrated filmmaker of the last fifty years. A director with a great respect for acting and story and not at all connected with turning the medium into a self-indulgent exercise of flashy transitions, arty framing, clever visual trickery etc, or everything that calls attention to the person behind the camera. Compare Cassavetes to the crop of modern directors who were raised on MTV, skateboarding, computers, and the WOW! School of filmmaking of Lucas and Spielberg.

[MinkiWhale]

@KUTVgroucho I agree with your deprecation of popular cinema and clearly Cassavetes is a world away from that, but don't deprive the film maker of his art. 'Arty framing' or what the director and cinematographer call composition is an essential part of telling the story and creating an atmosphere. Do you dismiss the entire French new wave because the director thoughtfully composed his shots and had a first rate lighting director? Why not just give the camera to anyone who can press start?

[KUTVgroucho]

@MinkiWhale Aspects of the Nouveau Vague are rather dated now, especially Godard's jump cuts from Breathless. Truffaut's work still holds up. I just saw Jules et Jim recently and it still impressed me. When I was a novice in university I was far more enamored with the technical trickery of film but now that I've fully matured, I more appreciate the pure theater via the acting and the dialogue. Having said that, yes, give anyone a camera and let them record honest human behavior.

[Dzhendobri]

to never give-up never quit, may make the individual repeat a particular behvioural pattern; without even the chance to use wisdom obtained during the repeated behavioural experience.

It is hard to get a one-liner that fits all; maybe, Love Thy Neighbour As Thy Self -I suppose.

cheers.

from,

del-boy.