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Cassavetes Box Set
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Film Description
Features two versions of The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (the original 1976 version and the shorter 1978 version), Faces, Opening Night, A Woman Under The Influence and Shadows.
Film Information
| Director | John Cassavetes | ||||
| Starring | Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Peter Falk
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| Genre | Classic Film
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| Country | USA | Language | ENGLISH | Year | - |
DVD Extras
Six discs; Two versions of The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, the original 1976 version (135 mins) and the shorter 1978 version (108 mins); UK exclusive commentary on The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie from Peter Bogdnovich and producer Al Ruban; Alternate opening to Faces, with optional audio commentary from Peter Bogdanovich and producer Al Ruban; Audio interviews with Cassavetes on Opening Night, A Woman Under The Influence and The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie; Exclusive interviews with Seymour Cassel and Elaine Kagan, Cassavetes’ long-time assistant; UK exclusive commentary on Shadows from Seymour Cassel and Tom Charity; UK exclusive commentary on Opening Night from Tom Charity, Mike Ferris (camera operator) and Bo Harwood (sound recordist); Early rehearsal footage from the production of Shadows; Booklet including interviews, essays and biographies
Technical Details
| Certificate | 15 | Length | 750 mins | Label | OPTIM | ||
| Cat No | OPTD0261 | Format | DVD | Colour | |||
| Region | 2 | Aspect | 16:9 Anamorphic\1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen | ||||
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Review by Michael Brooke on 9th August 2005
It's hard to convey the impact of John Cassavetes’ films when they were first released – and, since his untimely death in 1989, their patchy distribution has ensured that he’s better known for his acting (Rosemary’s Baby, The Dirty Dozen) than for his immeasurable influence on half a century of American independent film. Despite his Hollywood background, Cassavetes’ work wilfully refuses to play by established rules: scenes play in what seems like real time, dialogue is rambling and naturalistic, and the camerawork is as freewheeling as the jazz improvisation that inspired his first film, Shadows (1959), a groundbreaking study of interracial relationships in New York City. His best films often starred his wife Gena Rowlands: in Faces (1968), she’s the ‘other woman’ in a Bergmanesque study of a troubled marriage, depicted in such pitiless detail that it almost seems as though Cassavetes is forcing his audience to eavesdrop on deeply private anguish. As A Woman Under the Influence (1974), her growing mental illness causes her husband (Peter Falk) almost equal trauma in trying to hold their marriage together, while in Opening Night (1977), she’s a stage actress whose professional and personal life is shattered by the death of one of her fans (Cassavetes himself plays her co-star). The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) initially seems like the wild card in this particular pack, its story about the Mob demanding favours from Ben Gazzara’s nightclub owner more suited to a pulpy thriller - but in Cassavetes’ hands it’s an engaging character study whose plot is merely a passing distraction. This new DVD set contains all five; a release welcome, long overdue and utterly essential.
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