{"id":90925,"date":"2014-10-19T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T15:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=90925"},"modified":"2014-10-19T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T15:51:48","slug":"90925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=90925","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Gena Rowlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGena Rowlands in “A Woman Under the Influence,” 1974, directed by John Cassavetes<\/i><\/p>\n

\nThe great Gena Rowlands is being honored with a Career Achievement Award from the L.A. Film Critics Association<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 84-year-old actress is still working. Known primarily for the films she made with her husband, John Cassavetes, in the 60s, 70s, 80s, she’s never stopped. She has a unique position in the industry. One of the greatest actresses who has ever practiced the craft. She is outside the mainstream (although she has appeared in a couple of gigantic mainstream hits, mainly The Notebook<\/i>, which brought Rowlands to a whole new generation.). But still, while she was nominated for many awards (including an Oscar nomination in 1974 for her performance in Woman Under the Influence<\/i>), she has never been one of those actresses whose name is regularly in the pot come awards season. That is an indictment of the industry, not of her work. <\/p>\n

This Career Achievement award is thrilling news for those of us who have always looked to Rowlands as one of the greatest, who will see whatever she does, who cherish not only her work \u2026 but what her work seems to mean<\/i>. <\/p>\n

The award ceremony will be held on January 15. Wish I could be there. <\/p>\n

Gena Rowlands has been all over the place recently, her name in the news, what with the recent re-release of Cassavetes’ Love Streams<\/i> (his final film,) by the Criterion Collection. You can buy a copy here<\/a>, or elsewhere, Amazon, etc. Superb strange film. Extraordinary acting. And of course, there’s my video-essay included in the special features on Gena Rowlands’ career, and what it is that makes her HER. <\/p>\n

It is the kind of career that gives me hope. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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