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This rare Korean VHS release for "Big Trouble" (1986), cult/art director John Cassavetes's last film, goes under the title of "Con Artist Peter Falk." Send-up, and homage to, 40s film noir did brisk rental business in North America. Scarcer in Korea.
Paste-up street art in San Francisco, California reproducing a movie poster from the 1976 film "The Assassination of a Chinese Bookie", directed by John Cassavetes. This particular poster is for the Italian version
Swiss-British-German postcard by News Productions, Baulmes and Stroud / Filmwelt Berlin, Bakede, no. 56569, 1994. Photo: Larry Shaw. Caption: John Cassavetes and John Huston, Pinewood Studios, England, 1967.
American actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes (1929-1989) was one of the first directors whose films were made independently of Hollywood studios. His directorial debut was Shadows (1959) was a high point in the development of American independent film. Like many of his films, Shadows is characterised by a cinéma vérité style, with improvised dialogues and raw camera work. In 1968, he received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Screenplay for Faces. His best-known film is probably A Woman Under the Influence (1974), in which his wife Gena Rowlands plays a mother with declining mental health. Cassavetes received an Oscar nomination for directing, and Rowlands a nomination for best actress.
American director, screenwriter and actor John Huston (1906-1987) was the son of actor Walter Huston. He became a director himself and made his debut with The Maltese Falcon (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart. With such films as Key Largo (1948) and The Asphalt Jungle (1950), he became one of the decisive factors in the popularity of Film Noir. His other classics include The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The African Queen (1951), Moby Dick (1956), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). He is the father of Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston.
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La Gentille Blonde
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Amiens, France
John Cassavetes Rivages/Cinéma
Very deep salutes... That coquettish adaptation of John Cassavetes' film about actors nevertheless brought intense, physically challenging, and refined performances from Isabelle Adjani and Frédéric Pierrot.
