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Faces by J.Cassavetes {the world is very chicken 1}
by: daniele
screening at 5pm, Small Cinema - Richard Hoggart Building.
Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes.
Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery.
Synopsis:
A group of film executives get together to watch their newest movie: Faces.
The film within a film begins with two drunk, middle-aged businessmen babbling the night away in the company of a high-class prostitute. One of the men, Freddie (Fred Draper), is an insufferable bore who has strong misogynistic tendencies; the other, Richard Forst (John Marley), a married man, develops feelings for the prostitute, Jeannie (Gena Rowlands). Richard’s fourteen-year marriage has been suffering from chronic ennui for some time, and the cool, experienced Jeannie arises his long dormant spirit. It doesn’t take long before Richard returns to Jeannie’s home for more fun and games — plus some nasty arguments with a few of her drunk, woman-hating clients.
Meanwhile, Richard’s much younger though equally bored wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), decides that she also needs some excitement of her own. Joined by a group of female friends, she goes to a club where she meets a nice young man, Chet (Seymour Cassel). Later in the evening at Maria’s home, the women try to figure out who’s going to bed the eager-to-please Chet. Maria is the lucky one. She and Chet have a night of sex and physical solace, which is followed by a morning of guilt and a suicide attempt. Maria is saved by Chet, who slaps her some and then hands her a cigarette. He also tells her that "nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other."
Posted on: Wednesday November 21 2007 ______________________________________
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Faces by J.Cassavetes {the world is very chicken 1}
by: daniele
screening at 5pm, Small Cinema - Richard Hoggart Building.
Direction and screenplay: John Cassavetes.
Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery.
Synopsis:
A group of film executives get together to watch their newest movie: Faces.
The film within a film begins with two drunk, middle-aged businessmen babbling the night away in the company of a high-class prostitute. One of the men, Freddie (Fred Draper), is an insufferable bore who has strong misogynistic tendencies; the other, Richard Forst (John Marley), a married man, develops feelings for the prostitute, Jeannie (Gena Rowlands). Richard’s fourteen-year marriage has been suffering from chronic ennui for some time, and the cool, experienced Jeannie arises his long dormant spirit. It doesn’t take long before Richard returns to Jeannie’s home for more fun and games — plus some nasty arguments with a few of her drunk, woman-hating clients.
Meanwhile, Richard’s much younger though equally bored wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), decides that she also needs some excitement of her own. Joined by a group of female friends, she goes to a club where she meets a nice young man, Chet (Seymour Cassel). Later in the evening at Maria’s home, the women try to figure out who’s going to bed the eager-to-please Chet. Maria is the lucky one. She and Chet have a night of sex and physical solace, which is followed by a morning of guilt and a suicide attempt. Maria is saved by Chet, who slaps her some and then hands her a cigarette. He also tells her that "nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other."
Posted on: Wednesday November 21 2007 ______________________________________
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