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A Woman Under the Influence
starring: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes
directed by: John Cassavetes
directed by: John Cassavetes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786304864159
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6304864159
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
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Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 24, 1998
Running Time: 155 minutes
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1974
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Amazon.com:
John Cassavetes's long, free-form drama is best appreciated as a good showcase for Gena Rowlands, playing a woman whose sanity literally appears to be shattering as different aspects of her personality eclipse others at various times. Peter Falk plays her struggling, blue-collar husband, trying to understand the phenomenon and sometimes losing his patience. As with most of Cassavetes's works as a director, one can't help but find one's attention drifting in and out (especially at two and a half hours), but Rowland's performance is a key reason the film has been declared a "national treasure" by the Library of Congress. --Tom Keogh
Description:
A tough-minded, moving film about a working-class housewife's mental breakdown caused by imposed social rules. This insightful study of sexual politics earned both Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes an Oscar nomination. Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, and Matthew Cassel.
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- Unhappy with this DVDI expected a better edition of this movie title. To use a photography term, it was unsharp, it required a disc turnover to complete viewing and their were no special features, such as professional commentary, which I know is available. I was very disappointed with this disc.
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- I Lived This!The first time I saw this movie was when it came out in 1974. It was a total catharsis for me as I was always being told by my husband at the time that I was the crazy one, just like Mabel. I totally related to her. The kids running around without much supervision, Mabel trying to medicate herself with alcohol, picking up guys, the whole thing! I thought someone was following my family around with a camera, that's how true to life this film was for me. My husband was even Italian!
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- Get under this film's influence, now!Coming from a background in improvisational theater, Cassavetes has the ability to write film scripts that show us exactly how far conventional storytelling has wandered from reality. Rather than doing this, as the early postmodernists would, by defying the conventions of narrative, Cassavetes chooses to defy, primarily, the conventions of scene framing and dialogue scripting. If you eavesdrop on a conversation between two people who know each other, you are likely to catch them at a moment where one ... Read More
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- Courageous and Uncompromising FilmThis movie is a breakthrough - courageous and uncompromising view at the family and at the marriage where both spouses love each other deeply but they are both not well, they don't know how communicate when somebody else present, even their own children. They could be happy on the deserted island but not surrounded by friends and families. I was fascinated by both, Peter Falk's and Gena Rowlands' performances. She looked like a little girl, trapped in a woman's body - confused, insecure, listening ... Read More
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- Absolutely UnforgettableI think the director hit the bullseye here.
Not co-incidentally the documentary "A Decade Under the Influence" was named after this film--showcasing those renegade filmmakers of the 1970s who defied Hollywood in their portrayal of realistic, sympathethic characters and the everyday living room dramas encasing them.
Gena Rowlands in her tour-de-force performace as the Woman Under the Influence, implied insantiy, but truthfully, just trying to function in the world around her- ... Read More
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