John Cassavetes......

Posted by afilado (A) on March 19, 2009 at 09:03:23

...a ponderous bore as a director and screenwriter. Only a bit less so as an actor.

His erratic methods - especially his screenplays - are in opposition to the encouragement of actorly improvisation. He is a heavy-handed, over-controlling manager whose ego appears selfishly stamped on every work of his I've seen.

"Gloria" is the most recent lump viewed, and the one which finally inspired my present comments.

I can't speak to the importance of his philosophical contribution as a contrarian filmmaker, only to his body of work as paradoxical, graceless, brutish art when considered as separate from the historical continuum.

I can admire THAT he worked and produced. It's just that his work is categorically unappealing to me and I put his professional arc in a category with the likes of, oh........... Jerry Lewis.

Somebody tell me what I'm missing. Maybe it's a French thing. ;-)

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Topic - John Cassavetes...... - afilado 09:03:23 03/19/09 (22)

RE: John Cassavetes...... - Awe-d-o-file 08:22:46 03/29/09 (0)

RE: John Cassavetes......Gloria isn't his best effort - grinagog 19:27:18 03/19/09 (5)

Appreciate the insights..... - afilado 19:56:43 03/19/09 (4)

RE: Err, well it's a very American sensibility - grinagog 21:47:52 03/19/09 (3)

Thanks, you make it sound.... - afilado 22:44:26 03/19/09 (2)

I seldom get up on my Soap Box - grinagog 04:33:44 03/20/09 (1)

Patience? I've.... - afilado 11:11:45 03/20/09 (0)

"The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" - Prisoners 10:44:26 03/19/09 (3)

RE: "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" - afilado 11:54:13 03/19/09 (2)

My goof. - Prisoners 12:11:27 03/19/09 (1)

I love mobster flics.... - afilado 12:45:50 03/19/09 (0)

remarkable performance in Rosemary's Baby (NT) - tunenut 09:38:06 03/19/09 (3)

Remarkable movie, yes... - afilado 09:46:42 03/19/09 (2)

perhaps he was himself... - tunenut 12:53:01 03/19/09 (1)

Yep, I won't argue that.... - afilado 13:14:59 03/19/09 (0)

Thanks. I've always felt a bit of guilt that I've found him insufferable. - tinear 09:33:10 03/19/09 (1)

RE: Thanks. I've always felt a bit of guilt that I've found him insufferable. - afilado 09:51:46 03/19/09 (0)

RE: John Cassavetes...... - patrickU 09:05:21 03/19/09 (4)

So.... - afilado 09:11:54 03/19/09 (3)

RE: So.... - patrickU 09:15:10 03/19/09 (2)

That's good......... - afilado 09:43:22 03/19/09 (1)

RE: That's good......... - patrickU 09:54:01 03/19/09 (0)

John Cassavetes......

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