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Book SynopsisAmerican filmmaker John Cassavetes (1929-1989) made only nine independent films during a quarter century, but those films affected the cinema culture of the 1960s to the 1980s in unprecedented ways. With a close nucleus of actors and crew members on his team, Cassavetes created films that explored the gritty side of human relationships.
Trade ReviewOldham . . . identifies the essences of this pioneer: an actor's director 'who felt compelled to let his actors unleash their potentials, shape their own cinematic realities, and play them out naturally on the screen'; . . . a specialist 'in men-women relationships and their emotional dysfunctions'; . . . and always an artist 'with almost child-like admissions of a belief in humanity's better self ' and 'a surprising naiveté he transferred to his characters, both male and female.'"" - Kurt Brokaw,
The Independent""A particularly important book for film courses, either as a primary text to provide a definition of how a consummate independent filmmaker feels and works or as a supporting text in a course on filmmaking and critical studies."" - Lowell Harris, adjunct professor of film studies, University of Tampa
