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Tag Archives: John Cassavetes
Peter Labuza Interviews Me for The Cinephiliacs Podcast: We Discuss John Cassavetes’ Opening Night
I had a great time talking with Peter Labuza for his wonderful Cinephiliacs podcast. You can download the episode here. We get into it! We talk about actors, movies, movie stars, John Wayne, Elvis, Judy Garland, gesture – and then … Continue reading
“I’m in trouble, y’see?”
Gena Rowlands, in “Opening Night” That movie is “my heart”. Conversation at a party with five wonderful gentlemen.
Opening Night: It’s All In the Eyes
This post is for my friend Shelagh Carter.
“Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other.”
It’s John Cassavetes’ birthday. In the early 90s I came across some photos in Interview magazine that Sam Shaw had taken while hanging out at the Cassavetes household. There’s John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzarra, and Peter Falk clowning around beside the … Continue reading
An Ark
Here is Jason’s post on the same event. We have coordinated the launching of our respective posts, realizing that we both wanted to write about the same thing (and they would have gone up early this morning if Blogger hadn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Opening Night
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The Theme is Cassavetes
John Cassavetes has been everywhere the last week (not to mention on my wall, but then that’s always been true). Alex and I watched Opening Night while she was here (she had never seen it). She said to me, “You … Continue reading
The Faces of Faces
“Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other.”