Bookie and Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) constantly vie in my head and heart for personal number one favorite Cassavetes film.
But then I realize that they are, in their way, two side of the same coin. With M&M starting from the inner darkness of a parking garage and into the blinding sunlight of two lonely people finding each other. Bookie starts and ends in an opposite way from the blinding spotlight of a seedy burlesque stage to standing alone bleeding on a city street in the dead of night.
For me, what Cassavetes does more than any director (other than perhaps Herzog) is INSPIRE. When I see one of his films— I want to MAKE one. John Cassavetes is like the Sex Pistols of Filmmaking!
Killing of a Chinese Bookie over 3 years ago
Bookie and Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) constantly vie in my head and heart for personal number one favorite Cassavetes film.
But then I realize that they are, in their way, two side of the same coin. With M&M starting from the inner darkness of a parking garage and into the blinding sunlight of two lonely people finding each other. Bookie starts and ends in an opposite way from the blinding spotlight of a seedy burlesque stage to standing alone bleeding on a city street in the dead of night.
For me, what Cassavetes does more than any director (other than perhaps Herzog) is INSPIRE. When I see one of his films— I want to MAKE one. John Cassavetes is like the Sex Pistols of Filmmaking!
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What was the first Criterion movie you watched? over 3 years ago
Hitchcock’s Notorious on laser disc!
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers over 2 years ago
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers over 2 years ago
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers over 2 years ago
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers over 2 years ago
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers over 2 years ago
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