{"id":95827,"date":"2015-02-11T11:36:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=95827"},"modified":"2024-10-27T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T19:36:13","slug":"movie-night-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=95827","title":{"rendered":"Movie Night Last Night: Reveling in Rowlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Love is a stream. It’s continuous. It doesn’t stop.”
\n“Oh, no, it does stop.”
\n“Oh, no, it does NOT stop.”
\n— Love Streams<\/i>, directed by John Cassavetes, 1984<\/p>\n

Alex had never seen it. How could she? It hadn’t even been properly released on DVD or VHS until Criterion came out with its edition. It was thrilling to watch it with her. <\/p>\n

One time when she was staying with me, we went on a Cassavetes binge and watched Woman Under the Influence<\/i> and Opening Night<\/i> on the same day. It took us all day to get through the movies because we had to keep stopping and pausing, to discuss. At one point, we both were sitting on the floor, riveted by Woman<\/i>, and I heard this strange tapping sound in the room. I couldn’t figure out what it was. Then I glanced at Alex. She sat there, hunched over, legs crossed, eyes up on the TV screen, and she was nervously and compulsively tapping on her front tooth<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“Could you please stop doing that.”
\n“No. I honestly can’t.”
\n“Please stop.”
\n“I can’t stop.” <\/p>\n

That’s the effect Rowlands\/Cassavetes has on us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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