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Tag Archives: Faces
R.I.P. Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel has died. A John Cassavetes regular, an essential member of that merry band of actor misfits, who followed their own sense of truth with an improvisatory and free-flowing jazz-riff style so impossible to replicate (even though so many … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, RIP
Tagged Faces, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Love Streams, Minnie and Moskowitz, Seymour Cassel
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Great Movie Posters
A meme has been going around Facebook to post your favorite movie poster of “a great film.” It’s been a lot of fun to see all the different artwork posted by people. Figured I’d share some of them. First, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Badlands, Chinatown, Faces, Gilda, North by Northwest, Only Angels Have Wings, posters, Repulsion, Taxi Driver, Vertigo
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The Faces of Faces
“Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other.”
“These moments are so alive and spontaneous, it’s difficult to believe that ‘Faces’ was entirely scripted; though the actors were given great freedom when it came to their gestures and motivations, there was virtually no improvisation on set.”
A great review by Dana Stevens of John Cassavetes’ Faces, a movie I’ve never written about (my bad, entirely) – and the latest Criterion Collection release. I have the Cassavetes box set, so I don’t really need to buy the … Continue reading