Al Ruban,
Ben Gazzara,
John Red Kullers,
Morgan Woodward,
Robert Phillips
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A sleazy nightclub manager, in debt to the mob, is pressured to wipe out an underworld power.
DVD Release Date: April 6, 1999
Stats: 247 reviews
Probably the coolest film ever made. Gazzara transfixes the audience and Cassavetes makes directing look easy. Its slow in places but it?s so smooth and stylish you will wish it was longer!
Ben Gazzara gives a great performance in John Cassavetes' meditative tale about masculine posturing, identity and desperation.
A unique experience. The languid flow of the original version (cut in 1976) is superior to the re-edit. Such a pace is both its strength and its weakness.
i.e. its excellent, freeing, but too long.
Certains aiment, d'autres pas, et je crois faire davantage partie de la seconde catégorie. Son style de réalisation très "sloppy", en caméra à l'épaule, est peut-être plus réaliste (encore que...), mais il n'en demeure pas moins assez étourdissant et pas forcément esthétique.
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The entire film flows perfectly. The camera lingers, the lighting sometimes flares and obscures the frame but everything feels natural
People say director Cassavetes wanted audiences to work, and I get that, but I find it off-putting to do ALL the work. Ben Gazarra is terrific as a club owner behind the eight-ball, but I would have appreciated him more if I wasn't trying to work out the plot all the time. Cass...( read more)
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