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Should give him a shot at some point. Only saw a bit of Faces once and fell asleep.
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He was a top one for me for a while, but I saw bookie again a while ago and felt similar, it was excruciating at times.
But the good bits still good, I guess. I love what he got out of Tim Carey and Seymour cassel also excellent. And just the whole premise, in over your head.
Just a bit flabby and weird.
There was a time I loved that film beginning to end but I'm not that person anymore. The book of conversations with him, Ray carney (?) is good too.
As much as anything it was his peculiar approach. Kind of fassbindery. Give the actor the camera, maybe they know.
I also really like him as an actor in Rosemary's baby.
So apart from bookie, a woman under the influence is good but a bit heavy.
And shadows is OK. That bit where they just piss about in the park and go to the museum. So influential on everyone.
I never liked husbands or faces tbh.
But the good bits still good, I guess. I love what he got out of Tim Carey and Seymour cassel also excellent. And just the whole premise, in over your head.
Just a bit flabby and weird.
There was a time I loved that film beginning to end but I'm not that person anymore. The book of conversations with him, Ray carney (?) is good too.
As much as anything it was his peculiar approach. Kind of fassbindery. Give the actor the camera, maybe they know.
I also really like him as an actor in Rosemary's baby.
So apart from bookie, a woman under the influence is good but a bit heavy.
And shadows is OK. That bit where they just piss about in the park and go to the museum. So influential on everyone.
I never liked husbands or faces tbh.
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Have you seen Elaine May's film with him and Falk, Mikey and Nicky? That one has its moments and feels a bit like one of his.
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Yeah, it feels like some bizarre am-dram version of Mean Streets or something. If you cut out most of the club scenes it'd be much more engaging, but then again you'd be missing the whole point of the film as Gazzara's a stand in for the director trying to keep his ragtag artistic project going. Apparently he didn't get the film until Cassavetes took him aside and burst into tears explaining that to him.
If you haven't seen it, you should watch Saint Jack. Gazzara again, but Bogdanovich directing and much more entertaining.
kinda interesting web of connections here...
cos this band were named after the comic series by chester brown? (which i love and should be required reading for everyone)
pretty easy to pick up scans - anna's archive has a load of collected strips i think.
and this band (must confess i don't know em at all) feature the guy who went on to do franz ferdinand? I went to school with the bassist of that band....
nah but i know about it. i heard from a friend it wadn't great so i've never bothered. if i like someone i sometimes don't like to watch their less good bits.Have you seen Elaine May's film with him and Falk, Mikey and Nicky? That one has its moments and feels a bit like one of his.
yeah i might do actually, good call. bogdanavitch is mentioned quite a lot in that tarantino book. he's into him. you watched rolling thunder yet? i've not got around to it myself. i struggle with 70s hollywood a bit these days, it used to be me fav time and place for cinema.
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I watched it in crap quality on YouTube, but yeah. I wasn't entirely convinced by it. There were some moving scenes though.
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Nah, haven't seen Rolling Thunder.
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I was bowled over by this one, left me completely exhausted. Bit long, plods in places and some of it's toe curling, but it really hit me. Dunno that I've ever gone through such a range and intensity of emotions watching a film, before or since. The total antithesis of something like The Hangover or any of those lighthearted things where you follow a group of blokes being blokey and having a good time. Texas Chainsaw Massacre aesthetic applied to a buddy movie.
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Saw A Woman Under The Influence with my sister after recommending it because I used to like it. We didn't finish it and cringed a lot at the overblown acting. It was the acting that drew me to it in the first place. Cassavetes' been in some decent films himself, and Falk is admirable. I think Shadows is my favourite, jazz tinged New York in black and white, and Love Streams has some bearable scenes, but overall a bit cringeworthy looking back.