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<\/a><\/p>\n\nI’ve held back on sharing this news until Criterion made the announcement. <\/p>\n
John Cassavetes’ 1984 film Love Streams<\/i> will be one of their August releases, and a video-essay, written and narrated by yours truly, will be included in the special features. My topic is the acting of Cassavetes’ wife and muse, one of the greatest actresses who has ever lived, Gena Rowlands. I am so pleased to have been asked to participate in this release in particular, since Cassavetes and Rowlands and the films they made together were so influential in my own personal development. It’s also just been wonderful to work with the folks at Criterion, a hip and classy outfit. <\/p>\n
Love Streams<\/i> is not a commercial or mainstream film. It wasn’t then, and it isn’t now. It is damn-near abstract, certainly one of the most abstract things Cassavetes did. It is also a masterpiece. He would be dead five years later at the age of 53. He knew that this would probably be his final film. Currently, if you want to see Love Streams<\/i>, you have to have a VCR. It never came out properly on DVD. And even if you have it on VHS, what you have there is a bowdlerized version with 20 minutes cut out. Not acceptable. So the fact that Love Streams<\/i>, a major major work by a major major director, is FINALLY getting the treatment it deserves is so fantastic. I am so happy to be a part of it. <\/p>\n
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