directed by John Cassavetes
USA 1959 - 1977

 

 

John Cassavetes has been called a genius, a visionary, and the father of independent film. But all this rhetoric threatens to obscure the humanism and generosity of his art. The five films included here represent his self-financed works made outside the studio system of Hollywood, on which he was afforded complete control. While about beatniks, hippies, businessmen, actors, housewives, strippers, club owners, gangsters, and children, all of them are beautiful, emotional testaments to compassion. Cassavetes has often been called an actor's director.

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DVD Review: Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC

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Distribution Criterion Collection - Spine # 250 - Region 1- NTSC
Runtime 1:54:48 
Video Original Aspect Ratios
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s  
Audio English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) 
Subtitles English, None
Features

Release Information:
Studio: Criterion / Home Vision

Aspect Ratio:
Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1 to 1.85

Edition Details:

 

• More than two hours of new video interviews with Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Lelia Goldoni, Gena Rowlands, and Al Ruban
• Two versions of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Cassavetes’ original 135-minute, on home video for the first time, as well as his subsequent 108-minute re-edit
• Faces alternate opening: 17 minutes of footage not included in Cassavetes' final cut
• Cinéastes de notre temps: an episode from the French television series, dedicated to Cassavetes
• Workshop footage: rare silent clips from the Cassavetes-Lane Drama Workshop, from which Shadows emerged
• Audio commentary on A Woman Under the Influence by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and camera operator Mike Ferris
• Restoration demonstration for Shadows
• Audio interviews with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson
• Lighting and Shooting the Film: a study of the techniques and equipment used on Faces by Al Ruban
• Stills galleries: rare behind-the-scenes photos, publicity shots, and posters
• Biographical sketches of the actors Cassavetes frequently cast in his films, written by Tom Chartity (John Cassavetes: Lifeworks)
• English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
• Plus: a 68-page book featuring new essays on Cassavetes and the films by writers/critics Gary Giddins, Stuart Klawans, Kent Jones, Philip Lopate, Dennis Lim, and director Charles Kiselyak, as well as reprinted writings by and interviews with Cassavetes, and tributes to Cassavetes by director Martin Scorsese, Cassavetes' secretary Elaine Kagan, and novelist Jonathan Lethem

DVD Release Date: September 7th, 2004
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Part of Boxset that also includes 'A Constant Forge' (Documentary on Cassavetes by Charles Kiselyak) , 'A Woman Under the Influence', 'Shadows', 'The Killing of a Chinese Bookie', 'Opening Night', Faces.

 

 

              

 

 

 


"A Constant Forge"

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A Woman Under The Influence

 

 

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