For a short man, John Cassavetes stature has grown at an exponential rate over the past few decades. The recent availability of his films on DVD have allowed him to be re-discovered by a new appreciative generation of film-goers, filmmakers and critics. During his lifetime however, Cassavetes’ films were often met by a perplexed public [...]
Archive for August, 2008
You got embarrassed and you made a jerk of yourself. That’s all. I make a jerk of myself everyday…
Posted in Films, tagged A Woman Under the Influence, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Martin Scorsese, Peter Falk on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arthur said they’d wait for nightfall to do the job, thus respecting the tradition of bad B pictures…
Posted in Films, tagged Anna Karina, Bande a Part, Bertolt Brecht, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Luc Godard, Michel Legrand, Raoul Coutard, Sami Frey on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before we begin I feel I need to get one thing straight; Godard IS God. To begin a film blog without starting with one of the greatest auteurs of the medium, who influenced the direction of Modern Cinema, would be like making an omelette without an egg. It just wouldn’t work! And so, I will [...]
