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Peter Sandza: Mother Nuckells, I'd appreciate it if you didn't untie 'em until after "M*A*S*H" is over.
Mother Nuckells: "M*A*SH"? I won't untie 'em until after "Sunrise Semester".
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Peter Sandza: Ask Childress if all this was worth his arm.
Bob: What? Did you do something to his arm, Peter?
Peter Sandza: I killed it. With a machine gun.
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes (December 9, 1929-February 3, 1989), was born in New York, USA, and was an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
In 1951, he participated in his first film " Fourteen Hours " and entered the show business circle. In 1953, he participated in the drama "Taxi". In 1959, he directed his first film "Shadow", thus starting his director career
[1]
. The film won the Pasinetti Award at the 25th Venice International Film Festival. In 1961, he participated in the documentary "Late Blues". In 1963, directed the drama " A Child Is Waiting ". In 1967, with the action movie " Das dreckige Dutzend ", he was nominated for the 40th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. In 1968, he served as the director and producer of the feature film " Face ", which was nominated for the 41st Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay. In 1973, with the feature film "The Affected Woman ", he was nominated for the 47th Academy Awards for Best Director.
In 1977, the self-directed and self-acted drama " Boundless Night " was released in the United States
[2]
, and the film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1980, the thriller film " Gloria " directed by won the Golden Lion Award, the main competition unit of the 37th Venice International Film Festival
[3]
. In 1984, the self-directed and self-acted drama " Love Streams " was released in West Germany
[4]
, and the film won the Golden Bear Award, the main competition unit of the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
.
[3] In 1986, directed the comedy film "Big Trouble". In 1995, the documentary "Martin Scorsese American Film Tour" was released. In 1997, the drama film " She's So Lovely " , which served as a screenwriter, was released. In 2003, the documentary "A Decade Under the Influence" in which he participated was released.
Performing Experience
In 1951, he participated in his first film "Fourteen Hours" and entered the show business circle. In 1953, he participated in the drama "Taxi" directed by Gregory Latour . In 1954, he appeared in the science fiction drama "Climax!"; in the same year, he participated in the thriller "Danger". In 1955, the crime movie "The Night Holds Terror" in which he participated was released.
In 1956, the crime movie "Crime in the Streets" starred in was released. In 1957, co-starring with Sidney L. Poitier in the film noir "City Edge"
. On March 20, 1958, the western movie "Double Riding in the Wind" was released. In 1959, he directed his first film "Shadow"
, thus starting his career as a director
. The film won the Pasinetti Award at the 25th Venice International Film Festival.
In 1961, he participated in the documentary "Late Blues". In 1962, directed the war movie "A Pair of Boots" co-starring Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges ; in the same year, directed the short story "My Dad is Better than Your Dad".
In 1963, directed the drama film " A Child Is Waiting " co-starring Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland
. In 1964, starred in the crime movie " The Killers "
. In April 1967, the crime movie " Devil's Angel " co-starring with Beverly Adams was released in the United States; on June 15, the action movie " Das dreckige Dutzend " starred by him was released, and he was nominated for the 40th Oscar for the film. Best Supporting Actor Award
, The 25th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, Film Category-Best Supporting Actor Award.
On June 12, 1968, the horror film " Rosemary's Baby " co-starring with Mia Farrow was released in the United States
; on November 24, the feature film " Face " directed by him was released in the United States and served as the producer of the film
. The film was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the 41st Academy Awards and the main competition unit of the 33rd Venice International Film Festival.
In 1969, he partnered with Britt-Marie Eklund to star in the crime film "Risk"
; in the same year, the romantic comedy film "We Love Travel" starred by him was released. In 1970, he directed the feature film " a form of address for one's husband " co-starred by Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk
. With this film, he was nominated for the 28th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay in the Film Category. On December 22, 1971, the romantic comedy film "Minnie and Moskowitz" directed by him was released in the United States
.
In 1974, he directed the feature film " Affected Woman " co-starring Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands
. With this film, he was nominated for the 47th Academy Awards for Best Director and the 32nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. -Best Director Award. In 1975, he participated in the feature film "Capone" directed by Steve Carver. On February 15, 1976, the directed drama " Buy the Tang Dynasty Agent " was released in the United States
; in the same year, he co-starred in the drama "Mikey and Nicky" with Ned Beatty .
In 1977, the self-directed and self-acted drama " Boundless Night " was released in the United States
. The film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1978, the thriller film "Anger" co-starring with Kirk Douglas was released
; In the same year, co-starring with Sofia Villani Scicolone and others in the action movie " Target Battle ". In 1981, he co-starred in the thriller film "Nightmare" with John Ireland ; in the same year, he co-starred with Richard Dreyfuss in the drama film "Whose Life Is This?"
In 1980, directed the thriller film " Gloria "
, co-starring Gena Rowlands and William Landham , and won the Golden Lion Award, the main competition unit of the 37th Venice International Film Festival
. In 1982, co-starred in the drama " Tempest " with Gena Rowlands
.
In February 1984, the self-directed and self-acted drama " Love Streams " was released in West Germany
. The film won the Golden Bear Award
, the main competition unit of the 34th Berlin International Film Festival ; on October 26, he participated in the horror documentary "Horror" "Encyclopedia" was released in the United States. In 1985, the drama film "King Kong's Fist" in which he participated was released. In 1986, directed the comedy film "Big Trouble" co-starring Peter Falk and Alan Wolf Arkin
.
In 1995, the documentary "Martin Scorsese's American Film Journey", compiled based on his video data during his lifetime, was released. In 1997, the drama film " She's So Lovely " was released as a screenwriter, directed by his son Nick Cassavetes
. On January 22, 1999, the crime film " Gloria " with which he served as the screenwriter was released in the United States. In 2000, the documentary "Continuous and Steady Progress" compiled based on his video data during his lifetime was released. In 2003, the documentary "A Decade Under the Influence", compiled based on his video data during his lifetime, was released.
Personal Life
On March 19, 1954, John Cassavetes married Gina Lowlands. In 1959, Gina Lolands gave birth to her son Nick Cassavetes
. In 1965, Gina Lolands gave birth to daughter Alexandra Cassavetes . In 1970, Gina Lolands gave birth to her son Zuoyi Kasowitz. On February 3, 1989, John Cassavetes passed away at the age of 59
due to chronic liver cirrhosis caused by long-term alcoholism
.
Character Evaluation
John Cassavetes’ highly recognizable work styles include improvisation, hand-held photography, loose sheet structure, and jazz-like free and casual editing techniques. The themes of the movies all come from real life and revolve around the same theme .
John Cassavetes is known as the "Godfather of Independent Film" and is the forerunner of American independent film. In Kasowitz's film, the performance of the actors occupies the core position, and other technical factors are set up to assist the actors' performance. At the same time, the director's guidance always aims at how to help the actors perform. As a result, Kasowitz's film constitutes a unity that revolves around actors. The uniqueness of this unity is reflected in the "improvisation" of the actors' performances. This kind of performance derived from theatrical stage training constitutes the unique style of Kasowitz's film. The success of Kasowitz's film depends not only on the efforts of individual actors, but also on a series of creative work done by Kasowitz. Therefore, it is a more precise angle to explain the improvisation in Kasowitz's film from the perspective of the film author. Whether in the script writing stage, the shooting stage or the post-editing stage, Kasowitz provides strong support and precise guidance for the actors' improvisational performances. He not only established the communication between the character and the actor himself within the framework of the camera, but also established the communication between the actor and the audience outside the camera, so that improvisation can go further on the road of film .
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