Opening Night

Pros: Gena Rowlands, script, raw drama of specific scenes.
Cons: very long, possibly uncomfortable, embarrassing scenes.

Watching a live performance is no different from watching any event where you know there's the potential for disaster. A taped or filmed event never has the same nerve-wracking intensity as it's obviously crafted in such a way the creators know what ...

Pros: one of Cassavetes's best films
Cons: Difficult and lengthy passages of improvisation - hard to get into at times

Where does art begin - with devotion and planning and careful conception, or with wild seat-of-the-pants improvisation and moments of sudden inspiration? For John Cassavetes it was a subtle combination of the two: contrary to popular belief, most of his ...