Im just discovering Johns filmography as a director in the last year and i loved Opening Night lucky enough to see it in a theatre and A Woman Under The Influence
Good point about the dig at method acting. Most anyone with praise for Cassavetes will still turn around and claim the usual roster of method stars constitute the “greatest actors of all time,” in turn apparently missing what Cassavetes’s cinema shows us.
The Hays Code was set aside in J965 and, for a little while, it allowed for magnificent, vibrant, intriguing and unique films out of Hollyweird. Then, as with all things here, it all went to hell.
I had a crush on him in the Dirty Dozen. I was a teenager at the time and was crushed when he died at the end. I was too young to understand, the karma of the characters were resolved in the end.
THE CARNEY BOOK on the man still the best 1 , I m sure, early 80s. THE KILLING OF A CHINEESE BOOKIE his most neglected near-master... (=not gonna say the end part .. - neither would have he ..).
No, he didn’t invent it. But it’s also sort of a given that experimental, non-narrative filmmakers already operated outside the system, and could do so as they see fit. Casabetes directed full length feature narrative films.
A song by one of the most famous DIY bands which perfectly encapsulates the ethos of the director is: Fugazi-Cassavetes th-cam.com/video/Ru6J-44mk9o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7NjaFwUE2On5WfMQ
Rest in peace Gena and John, one of cinemas finest duos
@brickwallpictures .....ALONG WITH 1) Claude & Stephane 2) Paul & Joanne (3) ....Federico & Giulietta
i don´t think yr opinion matters bout who invented independent cinema
just by looking at the title here
He was a riveting actor. There's nothing that he's been in that he isn't the person to watch. He's just fascinating to watch.
John Cassavetes is in my opinion the voice of the silent generation. His natural and ultra realistic style of filmaking still holds up.
@@andrewmaximo4485 S I L E N T ??? Take off your earplugs : his flix were loaded w YELLIN ...fussin n fightin ...
hes screenwritting was too good
this the most spot on thing about John Cassavetes i've heard-excellent analysis.
wtf how does this video only have 73 likes? glad i found your channel through your john cazale video.
Im just discovering Johns filmography as a director in the last year and i loved Opening Night lucky enough to see it in a theatre and A Woman Under The Influence
Thank you very much, Sir.
Excellent video
Shadows is primitive yet it still feels radical.
@@ricardocantoral7672 MINGUS made A diffrence .. the overdog of the underdog !
Fantastic video. I love Cassavetes... ever consider a Sam Peckinpah deep dive?
Satirical comment?
Why take out Shadows and Gloria? Gloria is one of his best. What is a "purist" Cassavetes film anyway?
Well done vidio - thanks
Good point about the dig at method acting.
Most anyone with praise for Cassavetes will still turn around and claim the usual roster of method stars constitute the “greatest actors of all time,” in turn apparently missing what Cassavetes’s cinema shows us.
Fantastic review! Wonder what it would be like if M. Scorsese directed a J. Cassavetes unfilmed script !?
The Hays Code was set aside in J965 and, for a little while, it allowed for magnificent, vibrant, intriguing and unique films out of Hollyweird. Then, as with all things here, it all went to hell.
@@pninnabokov3734 THAT S a v e r y brief version of it ...simply amazing stuff came out in the 70s. The garbage started roun 87-8.
amazing video
Good to see Jack Woltz was an early supporter.
Heeey, when’s your top 250 movies list gonna be ready?
I had a crush on him in the Dirty Dozen. I was a teenager at the time and was crushed when he died at the end. I was too young to understand, the karma of the characters were resolved in the end.
Gloria blew me away
THE CARNEY BOOK on the man still the best 1 , I m sure, early 80s. THE KILLING OF A CHINEESE BOOKIE his most neglected near-master... (=not gonna say the end part .. - neither would have he ..).
The director who hated entertainment.
Shadows is my shit
I hardly think he invented independent filmmaking. Check out Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Kenneth Anger, Harry Smith et al
And don't forget, especially in Black independent filmmaking, Oscar Micheaux & Melvin Van Peebles
@@ezekegotbeats yes!
No, he didn’t invent it. But it’s also sort of a given that experimental, non-narrative filmmakers already operated outside the system, and could do so as they see fit.
Casabetes directed full length feature narrative films.
I don't know if I would call Gena his muse but she was definitely intregral to his movies..
I never liked him as an actor - too nasally, smug, one-note, cavalier - but I appreciate his films.
Maybe because as an actor outside his own films, he’s mostly in terrible films (and knows it).
Who are you??
A song by one of the most famous DIY bands which perfectly encapsulates the ethos of the director is: Fugazi-Cassavetes
th-cam.com/video/Ru6J-44mk9o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7NjaFwUE2On5WfMQ