Faces

Faces
by John Cassavetes

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Actor: Fred Draper, Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel
Director: John Cassavetes
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-04-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]

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Movie Review: Not Your Mainstream Film
Summary: 2 Stars

I thought Cassavetes' "A Woman Under the Influence" was brilliant, but I'm sorry to say I only lasted 20 minutes into Faces before turning it off. I know it is supposed to be ground-breaking, influential, a masterpiece, etcetera, but I just could not take the annoying characters any longer. The first 20 minutes appeared to be some improvisational piece that had over-stayed its welcome.

I respect what Cassavetes did for American independent film, but I think you really have to love experimental film to enjoy Faces.

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Summary of Faces

John Cassavetes' probing, relentless study of a middle-class married couple is regarded as the first American independent film to cross over to mainstream audiences. The film examines a seminal 36 hours in the life of Richard and Maria Frost, during which their 14-year relationship finally falls completely apart. John Marley, Gena Rowlands

A sensation when it was released in 1968, this John Cassavetes film earned Oscar nominations for actors Seymour Cassel and Lynn Carlin. Improvised and shot in an edgy, hand-held fashion, the film examines the disintegration of the marriage of a couple in mid-life doldrums. Each seeks solace elsewhere: husband John Marley with prostitute Gena Rowlands, wife Carlin with a free spirit played by Cassel. But neither finds anything approaching the fulfillment they feel is missing from the marriage. Indeed, in Cassavetes's probe of raw emotions, these people discover that, just maybe, the problem lies not with their spouse but with themselves. You need to be a fan of Cassavetes's loose, actor-friendly style to appreciate this intriguing but sometimes rambling drama. --Marshall Fine

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