Andy_aurel
Active Member
Nate Champion said:Ah, I wasn't being serious about the ending.
Actually, I'd recommend starting with 'Shadows', his first film. Very refreshing and much more tender than most 'realist' films that claim to have been influenced by it. The soundtrack is suburb and the acting really gets you there. Most of all possibly is it's quite funny.
The boxset was going for 50e in tower - that's a good reduction from 90e originally. I'd recommend a purchase if you like good actors being given their head. Cassavetes wasn't one for caring about the actual cinematography so to speak. He notoriously kicked gifted dp Caleb Deschanel off 'A woman under the influence' - but Deschanel just couldn't get what Cassavetes was all about.
I'm sorry, I've read Cassavetes on Cassavetes and could probably be here all day. An interesting, contrary complex man who I didn't get personally, but I understood where he was coming from completely. It's all a quest for truth y'know.
'A woman under the influence' was actually shown at the Galway Fleadh this year, introduced by Cassavetes authority Ray Carney. Did anyone see it? Ironically, possibly the hardest of his films to watch, it proved his biggest hit. Peter Falk is exceptional in it. Then exceptional performances are the norm when it comes to Cassavetes' films.
Sold. Shadows is currently on its way from Amazon rental..|..|