John Cassavetes: Five Films (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Number of Discs: 5
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 12 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 22, 2013
- Originally Released: 1959
- Label: Criterion Collection
- Note: High-definition digital restorations of all five films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
- High-definition digital restoration of director John Cassavete's 108-minute 1978 version of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- A constant forge: the life and art of John Cassavetes (2000), a 200-minute documentary by Charles Kiselyak
- Interviews with actor Leila Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel about Shadows
- Silent footage from the Cassavetes-Lane drama workshop, from which Shadows emerged
- Restoration demonstration for Shadows
- Alternate eighteen-minute opening sequence for Faces
- Episode of the French television series Cinéastes de Notre Temps from 1968, dedicated to Cassavetes
- Making "Faces," a documentary featuring interview with actors Cassel, Lynn Carlin, and Gena Rowlands and director of photography Al Ruban
- Al Ruban on lighting and shooting "Faces," a new program
- Audio commentary for A Woman Under the Influence by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and camera operator Mike Ferris
- Conversation between Rowlands and actor Peter Falk about A Woman Under the Influence
- Interview program featuring actor Ben Gazzara and Ruban discussing The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- Conversation between Rowlands and Gazzara about Opening Night
- Interview with Ruban about Opening Night
- Three audio interviews with Cassavetes from the 1970s
- Stills and poster galleries
- Trailers
- Plus: a booklet featuring essays by Gary Giddins, Kent Jones, Kiselyak, Stuart Klawans, Dennis Lim, and Phillip Lopate; writings by and interviews with Cassavetes; and tributes to the filmmaker by director Martin Scorsese; actor and writer Elaine Kagan, Cassavete's former secretary; and novelist Jonathan Lethem
- Special Edition
- Audio:
- English
- Subtitles - English
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Anthony Ray, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, John Marley, Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel & Lelia Goldoni | |
| Directed by | John Cassavetes |
Entertainment Reviews:
[O]ne of the most controversial creators of postwar cinema.
Premiere
Product Description:
Considered by many to be the father of independent film, John Cassavetes left behind a body of work which has become essential viewing for anyone interested in the art of narrative filmmaking. Peopled with average people, down-and-out types, and low-level criminals, his humanist vision is never flashy and always compassionate. This eight disc set collects five of these films, along with Charles Kiselyak's definitive documentary on Cassavetes, A CONSTANT FORGE (2000). SHADOWS (1959), FACES (1968), A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974), THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1978), and OPENING NIGHT (1977), are all presented here in definitive versions, from new transfers.
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- Sales Rank: 109,814
- UPC: 715515111713
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