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Films Directed By John Cassavetes

   
   
FACES FACES (15)
Cassavetes' probing, relentless study of a middle-class married couple is regarded as the first American independent film to cross over to mainstream audiences. The film examines a seminal 36 hours in the life of Richard and Maria Frost, during which their 14-year relationship finally falls complete...
   
KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (15)
Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt. Then, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker at an illegal local casino. The guys he owes this time aren't so frien...
   
OPENING NIGHT OPENING NIGHT (15)
Gena Rowlands plays nervous actress Myrtle Gordon on the brink of a breakdown as she prepares for the opening night of her Broadway play. The entire movie takes place in the few days prior to the opening and shows the backstage turmoil of a doomed production. Gordon begins to fall apart when an ador...
   
SHADOWS SHADOWS (15)
A depiction of the struggle of three black siblings to survive the mean streets of Manhattan, 'Shadows' was Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film exploring interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City, made from a script entirely improvised by the talented cast,...
   
WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (15)
Peter Falk is a blue collar man trying to deal with his wife's mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavior, but when her actions affect their children, he has her committed.
   
   

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