Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950's) New York City. Read more
| Starring | Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray |
|---|---|
| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950's) New York City.
| Starring | Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray |
|---|---|
| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1959 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 12 Sep 2005 |
16mm realistic drama which began a new and essentially dreary trend of grainily true-life pictures with improvised dialogue and little dramatic compression.
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A Cassavetes classic
Rather appropriate that Charlie Mingus is playing jazz throughout most of the soundtrack here as the film itself is much like jazz - meandering, pleasant enough... read more »
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Great Film
I read that John Casavetes was a fan of Goddard, and you can tellit it in this film, a seminal one in American cinema. Indeed, if the film had been called '... read more »
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A Cassavetes classic
Rather appropriate that Charlie Mingus is playing jazz throughout most of the soundtrack here as the film itself is much like jazz - meandering, pleasant enough... read more »
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the emotional line
in each cassevetties film, you need to keep an eye out for the moment of genius, where the style and emotional content combine for a tiny mirical captured on ... read more »
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