a woman under the influence
Today is the day I introduce a new feature on Cute & Delicious, one that I’ve been wanting to share for some time now.
I love movies. Adore them.
The truth is, I like movies more than cooking fancy recipes or riding bikes or knitting or sewing. Shawn and I watch a lot of movies. Countless. If you’ve been reading for awhile, you might have heard about our Halloween movie parties where we’ve watched horror movies for days straight without stopping (or sleeping).
Since movies are such a big part of my life and I wanted to incorporate that love a little bit more on the blog. I’ll be featuring a few films here and there that I love, just to share them with you all.
I’m starting with one of the most amazing films Woman Under the Influence
I was completely captivated by this film the first time I saw it. Rowlands seamlessly portrays a woman who is on the brink of normalcy, just a touch stranger than everyone else. It is uncomfortable to see her act out, but you love her all the same. You can see how her husband, played by Peter Falk, loves her just as much because of her quirks as in spite of them. It is an intimate story of a family that could be like any other but just isn’t quite.
One of the most impressive parts of this film is it’s realism. While it can be extreme, it’s also unlike so many movies out there with their formulaic realities. It’s no wonder that it received the academy awards for best actress and best director in 1975.
A few months ago, Cinefamily did a retrospective of Cassavetes films with many of the cast members and various crew there for different screenings. We tried to attend as many as we could. By far the highlight for me was seeing Gena Rowlands speak along with A Woman Under the Influence. Hearing her thoughts on the film just shed a whole new light on it.
So here is the part where I get to be all fan girl and show the photo Shawn took of me with Gena Rowlands right after she signed a poster for me. Yeah I waited for a good long time to do that and then got too nervous to ask her a question. Terribly exciting.
I’m so glad you’re going to talk about movies!!
I was so struck the first time I saw this movie. This is my favorite Cassavetes film, Gena Rowlands is so outstanding.
This is what I wish I was doing on my blog. Movie reviews and all this extra cool stuff. Nice work.
Great post! I will watch this.
Yes, more movie talk! That picture of you with Gena is so great. Have always meant to see this movie but have never gotten around to it… you’ve now convinced me.
LOVE this film! A boy who broke my heart introduced me to Cassavettes, but I’m always super thankful for that relationship because without it I’d be Cassavettess-less! <3 Gene.
I missed this? 🙁 That film looks phenomenal – time to check it out on Netflix, me thinks…
I remember watching this film in film class! It was so memorable.
I’m loving you blog, by the way 🙂
This is a brilliant film really great
i only seen Peter Falk as Lt Columbo but my word
he played a very devoting on screen husband and father
he was a top actor and this reflected in his global award winnings
Peter will always be in his fans hearts and memories ..but Gena Rowlands
was Brilliant too
and her Husband directed this film brilliant it deserves a belated noticfication
of some outstanding work by all those involved peter was in other films
like Mikey and Nicky Husbands and this films they all brilliant guess what they directed
by John Cassavettes ..who i think is on the same league as Steven Speilberg
anyway that my opinion oh hmv dvd /cd store are selling dvds
love and light
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Peter Falk no 1