John Cassavetes on movie audiences

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The actor-filmmaker discusses audience expectation, from the documentary "I'm Almost Not Crazy," about the making of his very dense, rewarding "Love Streams." This particular bit of philosophy rings truer with every passing year; he was way ahead of his time.

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[jpom29]

Fucking legend. This man is pure class.

[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.

[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.

[georgekaplan1959]

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

[filmfanatic99]

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