faces
1968 film by cassavetes, i think might be the best one i saw of him yet. i have to finish the marriage trilogy i guess. class, power and sex were thematized brilliantly. at the end of the day it turns out that i'll beat you with my money.
posted by irmik @ 7:21 PM
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This film is one of the supreme masterworks of all of American cinema. It is absolutely essential. Yes, it is "difficult." Yes, it is "slow." But those standards are for enterainment. Cassavetes wants to take us out of our ordinary ways of viewing. He wants to deny us the escapism of "entertainment." That's the point. If you have trouble with this film--good! If you find it infuriating--good! If you find it not entertaining--good! It wants to get under your skin. It wants to shake you up. It is a deep exploration of manhood in America, of the power games that men play with women, and of the other kinds of games women victimize themselves with. doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor Deeper than Citizen Kane, more abrasive than Magnolia or American Beauty, Faces turns the camera on the ordinary, everyday ways men and women treat each other. It wants to get under your skin, and if you allow it to, without giving up or shutting your mind to it, it will profoundly enlighten you.
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