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freudified_n_funkified — 19 years ago(July 10, 2006 11:05 PM)

From earth-shatteringly brilliant to damn good stuff, in that order.

1. Husbands
2. A Woman Under the Influence
3. Faces
4. Love Streams
5. Killing of a Chinese Bookie (long cut)
6. Minnie and Moskowitz
7. Opening Night
8. Shadows
9. Gloria
   All but Gloria are 10/10s by the way. Gloria's probably an 8.
   Cassavetes had the same quality as a director as he did as an actor when he was on-screen performing he had what can only be described as "it". You can't take your eyes off of him, and find yourself bored when he's not around. That's exactly how his filmmaking career was - cinema got boring when Cassavetes wasn't around.
   Also some love should go out to SHE'S SO LOVELY. God only knows what Cassavetes would have done with this had he been able to helm it. It doesn't have hardly any of his directorial sensibilities, but it feels a little like how if those other 9 movies mentioned above were novels, SHE'S SO LOVELY is a nice little short story. I've got a lot of analogies today.

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shepardjessica-1 — 19 years ago(July 24, 2006 03:31 PM)

A Woman Under The Influence ('74) followed by Husbands ('70) and Faces ('68)

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mittelbergjr — 19 years ago(July 25, 2006 11:48 AM)

I was always partial to The Dirty Dozen or The Incubus. He's great in both films.

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jerste — 19 years ago(August 11, 2006 09:45 AM)

A Woman under the influence then Faces.
The first is one of my very preferred films. Reading how this was made and how Gena Rowlands responded to John's directing is an amazing journey.

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Fini-Buliciri — 19 years ago(October 26, 2006 09:02 AM)

1. Gloria 10/10
2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 9/10
3. Opening Night 8 1/2 out of 10.
4. Husbands 8 out of 10.
   Cassavetes rocks!

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gnolti — 19 years ago(November 17, 2006 05:26 AM)

Right now it's Minnie and Moskowitz. You can't beat the scene when Zelmo freaks out on his blind date with Rowlands.
"Anyway, we delivered the Bomb."

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haciendacaliente — 19 years ago(November 20, 2006 07:26 PM)

I personally find it hard to subjectively "categorize" many of Cassavetes' films as being better/worse than the others, but I'll try (note: I haven't seen Husbands or Too Late Blues yet).
Greatest works:
Faces
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (the 1976 versionpersonally, if it weren't for Faces, this would probably be his greatest film)
Love Streams
A Woman Under The Influence
Just a shade below:
Opening Night
Minnie & Moskowitz (the scene with Zelmo is priceless)
Still pretty incredible, though not as essential:
Shadows
A Child Is Waiting
Blah:
Gloria

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MisterWhiplash — 19 years ago(March 05, 2007 05:03 PM)

1. Faces (10/10)
2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (10/10 for 1978 version, intend on seein 76)
3. Woman Under the Influence (10/10)
4. Shadows (9.5/10)
5. Husbands (8/1b680)
   "If it weren't for my horse I wouldn't of spent that year in college."

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movieman5000 — 19 years ago(March 06, 2007 09:31 PM)

1. A Woman Under The Influence
2. Faces
3. Love Streams
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
5. Shadows
6. Husbands
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Taki_no_shiraito — 19 years ago(March 08, 2007 09:07 PM)

1). The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 10/10
2). Faces 10/10
3). A Woman Under the Influence 10/101c84
4). Shadows 9/10
5). Minnie and Moskowitz 8/10
6). Opening Night 7/10

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tadeu-br — 19 years ago(March 29, 2007 11:22 AM)

Faces
A Woman under the influence
Opening Night
Gloria
Shadows

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