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just picked this up on laser disc, a 1959 film, it's really *very* charmingSoundtrack by Charles Mingus, tho' it's mostly background music
While searching on the Net about this film, it seems there is more than one version, and Cassavetes *may* have lost the original reels by leaving these in the New York subway; and subsequently had to reshoot the film as the laser disc version I've just watchedAs the 1st US independent filmmaker ( if you don't count DW Griffiths! ) finding these reels must have been like finding the Reel-to-Reel tape of Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix left in the back seat of a NY cab; or unearthing a Picasso, one of those "truth stranger than fiction" stories....
Grins
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Our local library recently acquired Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, and Opening Night.It was an enjoyable two weeks taking in these films that I'd heard of, but had never previously been able to see.
Rod
but I just don't "get it", Opening Night is W-A-A-Y too long, a third of this could easilly be edited out(Spoiler) there's a scene at the start of Opening Night where a fan seeking an autograph is run over by a car outside a theater; this scene is borrowed chapter and verse by Pedro Almodovar in his film All About my Mother
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a gem; Ben Gazzara at his most lugubrious
3 x more to check out are "Husbands" and "Nicky and Mikey" which star John C. and Peter Falk
and "The Killers" stars John C., Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Ronald Reagan; while not directed by Cassavetes, this bit of vintage noir can be filed under: *So Bad it's Good*
Grins
It's one of my all-time favorite films. It's so "life-like" it feels like a documentary.Where did he find "Mr Entertainment"????
yes, the films worth watching for him alone ( ! )Grins
Opening Night is the only one I've seen twice because I felt it was perhaps my favorite. On second viewing it did seem long and meandering. I still liked it very much though, and find it hard to be too critical of his films as they offer things not often seen in American cinema.I just saw Nicky and Mikey a few months ago for the first time, and thought it was pretty interesting.
I think I may have seen The Killers a very long time ago, but am not sure. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the other Cassavetes films I haven't seen, like Husbands.
Rod
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