{"id":85531,"date":"2014-06-21T05:52:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T09:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=85531"},"modified":"2014-07-18T07:03:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:03:04","slug":"im-almost-not-crazy-now-gena-rowlands-love-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=85531","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m almost not crazy now.&#8221; &#8211; Gena Rowlands, <i>Love Streams<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYgfCTWA9TU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was Gena Rowlands&#8217; 84th birthday on June 19.  I was looking online for a trailer of <i>Love Streams<\/i> (1984), and there was one made although the film was never really properly distributed.  But I did find a beautiful trailer put together by the Film Museum in Amsterdam, so I thought I would share it.  The quality is not great, but just wait! On August 12 the Criterion Collection is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28032-love-streams\" target=\"blank\">releasing a digital restoration of the film<\/a>, and it looks GREAT now. <i>Love Streams<\/i>, a masterpiece, John Cassavetes&#8217; last film, was never released on DVD.  So it&#8217;s a major moment.  And, of course, it&#8217;s a major moment for me as well because a video-essay, written and narrated by yours truly, on the acting of Gena Rowlands, is going to be included on the Special Features of the DVD.  I&#8217;ve seen a rough cut and it looks great.  <\/p>\n<p>At one point in the film, Sarah Lawson (Gena Rowlands) is on the phone with her soon-to-be-ex-husband (Seymour Cassel), who basically divorced her because she was so unstable. Sarah is trying to convince him that her time in Europe did her a world of good (all evidence to the contrary), and she says to him on the phone, with utter seriousness, her voice bright and excited, &#8220;I&#8217;m almost not crazy now.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>Gena Rowlands never ever EVER condescended to the &#8220;crazy&#8221; characters she played in her husband&#8217;s films. She played them as hopeful, optimistic. It is one of the many reasons why they can be so tragic, and why her work is so unique.  <\/p>\n<p>Again, August 12: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28032-love-streams\" target=\"blank\">Criterion release of <i>Love Streams<\/i><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And happy birthday Gena, you tough tough dame.  <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tumblr_n7fdhpm8zY1s3mlhro1_1280-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Gena Rowlands&#8217; 84th birthday on June 19. I was looking online for a trailer of Love Streams (1984), and there was one made although the film was never really properly distributed. 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