You watch this film and teeter on a bolster's edge between thigh-slapping absurdity and cheek-soaking sentimentality. Peter Falk is just phenomenal with his tender wordless gazes, but that's two Cassavetes films i've seen which nearly capsize under the weight of gurning (Minnie and Moskowitz is the other).
"This is your father talking so you obey me. I remember before when you were punching me in favour of your mother" -- great line!
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Movie comment on A Woman Under the Influence
chichilatte
You watch this film and teeter on a bolster's edge between thigh-slapping absurdity and cheek-soaking sentimentality. Peter Falk is just phenomenal with his tender wordless gazes, but that's two Cassavetes films i've seen which nearly capsize under the weight of gurning (Minnie and Moskowitz is the other)."This is your father talking so you obey me. I remember before when you were punching me in favour of your mother" -- great line!
Movie comment on Killer of Sheep
chichilatte
@theanniversary07 so true! scratch "maybe" or "independent" or "american" and it would still be true.Movie comment on The House of Mirth
chichilatte
Heartbreaking, for the softies (like me). Would make a terrific double bill with The Go-Between