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  John Cassavetes
The film title momentarily flashes Faces, and that is all the introduction the venerable improvisational director, John Cassavetes, will need in order to present his film.
Faces follows an evening in the lives of Richard and Maria Forst (Lynn Carlin), a couple who, after fourteen years of marriage, is at a relational crossroads.
In contrast to the active and confrontational camerawork of his earlier films (most notably in Faces), John Cassavetes creates a spare, muted, and objective portrait, capturing with underlying compassion the empty lives of emotionally adrift characters who act out the ache of their unarticulated despair through incomprehensible, cruel, and often self-destructive acts.
www.filmref.com /directors/dirpages/cassavetes.html   (1111 words)

  
 Faces (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faces was a 1968 movie, directed by John Cassavetes and starring talented actresses, Gena Rowlands (his wife) and Lynn Carlin, who received one of the two Oscar nominations that the film garnered for her supporting role as "Maria".
The film was shot in high contrast 16 mm fl and white film stock.
Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominated performance
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faces_(movie)   (131 words)

  
 Faces Of Death/Faces Of Death - Fact Of Fiction?
If you revisit the film though, especially on DVD where the picture quality is cleaner and clearer than those VHS bootlegs most of us first experienced the film on, it's quite obvious that many of the film's most notorious scenes are not real.
The film has never looked pristine and seeing as it was culled from various it should go without saying that the visual quality fluctuates depending on the scene and the source material used for that scene.
Those who have seen the film via shoddy VHS tapes, and usually bootleg or 9th generation copies at that, will be pleased to see that the film looks much better here than it ever did on tape, even if it's still far from perfect.
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/E-H/faces_of_death.html   (1162 words)

  
 Faces of Death Videos Death the Final Journey, Faces of Death, Traces of Death, Executions Horror Monod Cane ...
FACE OF DEATH - A gruesome shockumentary that looks at death experiences around the world, in uncensored film footage that offers coverage of autopsies, suicides, executions, and animal slaughter.
Faces of Death 4 Volume 4 More macabre moments of death caught on film, including a person ripped to pieces and a wedding massacre.
Executions -- Gory footage of actual executions filmed since the beginning of the 20th century, framed in the guise of an examination of the socio-cultural phenomenon.
faces-of-death.fanspace.com   (733 words)

  
 The Small Faces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Small Faces were an English rock and roll band of the 1960s.
Lane and Marriott met in their mid-teens in 1965 while Marriott was working at the J60 Music Bar in Manor Park; Lane came in with his father Stan to buy a bass guitar, struck up a conversation with Marriott, bought the bass and went back to Marriott's house after work to listen to records.
The name stuck in part because of the mod slang usage of the word "face" to mean a popular, trendsetting individual.) Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan, whose keyboard talents and dimunitive stature fit with the groove of the band perfectly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Small_Faces   (1589 words)

  
 The Criterion Collection: Faces
The disintegration of a marriage is dissected in John Cassavetes’ searing Faces.
Shot in high-contrast 16mm fl and white, the film follows the futile attempts of captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty marriage in the arms of others.
Faces was transferred in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1 from a 35mm duplicate negative, blown up from the original 16mm A/B original.
www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=252   (285 words)

  
 Carney's discovery of a long print of Faces
The first version of Shadows and the long version of Faces are two of Ray Carney's most important artistic finds, but Professor Carney has made a name for himself as the discoverer and presenter of many other new and unknown works of art.
Faces went through five or six completely different assemblies, with different scenes, different shot selections within scenes, different mood music, and different running times for each version.
Carney summarizes the artistic importance of the discovery: "Faces is one of the seminal masterworks of American independent film.
people.bu.edu /rcarney/discoveries/discfaces.shtml   (1797 words)

  
 Performing the everyday: Time and affect in John Cassavetes' Faces
In Cassavetes' work, the performance of character and identity is generated in the moment of filming, a moment that likewise leaves a trace on the performing body (of both character and actor) (7).
In the last scene of the film where Richard (John Marley) and Maria sit on the staircase smoking, (after Richard has returned home from spending the night with a prostitute only to find Maria recovering from her own liaison with Chet), there is a decided ambiguity and uncertainty regarding their status as a couple.
But the film finally does end, or rather arrests; Maria eventually walks away into the kitchen and Richard walks into the upstairs section of the house, and with a frontal long shot of the staircase the film stops.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/01/16/cassavetes_faces.html   (3234 words)

  
 Faces - DVD Movie Central
Faces' ensemble cast are a reflection of true middle-class America suburbia, and each character has his or her own personal flaws and problems.
Faces was a vindication of John Cassavetes' vision for film as something more meaningful than simply a way to make a buck.
Faces, one of the most influential films of the 1960's and certainly a forebear to the character-driven American cinema of the 1970's.
www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/faces.htm   (1675 words)

  
 Faces Official Website:
The Faces deserved a few, and the Faces belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, even though it's a hard sell when the Hall of Fame is a Walk of Shame.
Of course, if you are new to the Faces and aren't certain you want to have Mac sign your stuff by ordering his fantastic array of goodies, try this.
A new company was found, and the Faces site moved to their servers (reservoirs) a few weeks back, getting ready for all the water that would have to be handed out once the Box Set went live.
www.the-faces.com /whatsnew.htm   (4546 words)

  
 Faces of Globalization: Filmmakers in Korea
Two local films -- a Korean War blockbuster "Taegukgi" (the South Korean national flag), and "Silmido," a film based on the true story of the aborted commando mission to assassinate the North Korean leader -- attracted more than 10 million viewers respectively this year in a country with a population of 48 million.
South Korean films are increasingly popular across Asia and further afield in America or Western Europe and their stars have extended to out of the country.
The explosive growth of the South Korean film industry is largely attributable to the so-called "screen quota" system, the decades-long legal shield for homegrown films against the flood of Hollywood movies.
www.globalenvision.org /library/8/629   (1335 words)

  
 Faces (John Cassavetes): John Marley Gena Rowlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
What they actually talk about is anyone’s guess, since much of the dialogue is inaudible, but the sections that are intelligible are best described by one line in the movie: “Blah, blah, blah.” And when actors are given loads of blah-blah-blahs, their performances come across as one single, flat blah.
Faces is a historically important motion picture because it is, at least officially, the first independently made and distributed American film to reach mainstream audiences.
The film within a film begins with two drunk, middle-aged businessmen babbling the night away in the company of a high-class prostitute.
www.altfg.com /Reviews/Faces.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Faces Of Death
We then witness one of the most infamous scenes in the film, a group of restaurant patrons are seated, entertained with music and alcohol and then are given a monkey to bash with a mallet.
The film opens with a crematorium and a body being burned, the narrator begins by saying that the original host Dr. Gross had passed on and was being given his funeral rite.
The film ends with a pair of nasty tales, the first involving a mega leech which attached to a poor swimmer and the last one featuring an FBI raid on a suspected drug house which yields a satanic cult complete with snuff film and a blood filled flask.
www.everwonder.com /david/facesofdeath/faces.html   (1131 words)

  
 Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen - Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
The sixth film in the Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" is an entertaining and intriguing mystery.
Both story and film involve something valuable, which is hidden in the cellar of an ancient manor, and clues to its location are hidden in a series of questions and answers, called The Musgrave Ritual.
And in both the story and the film Sherlock Holmes deduces the meaning of the ritual and solves the mystery.
www.basilrathbone.net /films/shfacesdeath   (530 words)

  
 Kannada film industry faces theatre crunch - The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a consequence `small' films are removed irrespective of how they are performing to make way for `big' names.
But when more than one film runs successfully, the issue is how to release the next film," Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) president S Ramesh told The Times of India.
But this does not happen because producers look at muhurat and auspicious dates and insist that their films have to be released in that particular theatre, on that day," he maintained.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=215253   (537 words)

  
 New faces in films   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She's committed for a three month schedule till September, which means Kirti will miss the excitement of her first release in Hindi (she already has three successful films to her credit in the south).
Kirti is quite excited about the film, which is scheduled to release on August 18.
Films are the best thing to have happened to me. I'm not at all confused.
www.netguruindia.com /entertain/n_newfaces.html   (777 words)

  
 Cassavetes' Works: Faces
Yes, this film is one of the supreme masterworks of all of American cinema.
He is an aging film executive heavily involved in the "money end" of the business; she is a younger bored housewife despairing of her husband's indifference.
Faces is first and foremost a film that is felt and so it is difficult to adequately depict it in a cerebral fashion on the page, nonetheless, one can hazard a few impressions.
people.bu.edu /rcarney/cassoverview/films/faces.shtml   (4487 words)

  
 Film Noir "Fade to Black"  Red Inkworks
Film noir, occasionally acerbic, usually cynical, and often enthralling, gave us characters trying to elude some mysterious past that continues to haunt them, hunting them down with a fatalism that taunts and teases before delivering the final, definitive blow.
A progenitor of the film noir of the 1960's, Lang was preoccupied throughout his oeuvre with the dark side of human nature: vengeance, violence, and the criminal mind.
He is not a film scholar, but he is a good writer with the passion of a B-movie fan, and his entertaining look at a niche in film history is readable and well researched.
www.redinkworks.com /fade_to_black.htm   (2705 words)

  
 Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) is a classic example of a Warner Bros. gangster/crime melodrama of the 1930s - a slick, action-packed, hard-hitting studio film layered with a touch of social conscience.
However, Rocky pretends to be a coward as he walks to the electric chair at the end of the film, to disillusion the "Dead End" Kids of gangster glamor.
Jerry faces the challenges of teaching boys like Rocky when he was younger and working with tough, gutter-bred neighborhood boys (including the "Dead End" kids), trying to make them decent citizens.
www.filmsite.org /ange.html   (1004 words)

  
 Documentary Film & Video: Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I'm also continuing to work on my film about former wives of polygamy who are adjusting to their new lives in an open society while fighting for the rights of young girls still living in polygamy.
Not simply a biography, this film is at its core an exploration of the effects of growing up under Fascism, being a believer until the bitter end, and then coming to understand and accept the horrifying and heartrending reality of the Holocaust.
The film attempts to answer questions about how a fascist mentality is first created, and what happens when the illusion of heroism, upon which it is based, is destroyed.
communication.stanford.edu /documentary/newsletters/nspr02-03.html   (2855 words)

  
 Arizona faces tough competition for film projects
At Old Tucson Studios, which has set the stage for western films and TV shows dating back to 1939, officials are creating their own incentives to draw filmmakers.
It is slated to be the backdrop to two major movies and four smaller films next year.
Congress Street in Tucson is set ablaze with an explosion during the filming of Stephen King's miniseries Desperation as hundreds gather to watch and feel the blast on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004.
www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/1204azfilms04.html   (764 words)

  
 Movies Based on True Stories - Real People - REEL FACES at ChasingtheFrog
In The Exorcism of Emily Rose, director Scott Derrickson explores the tragic death of Emily Rose, a young woman whose story of demonic possession is based on the real-life case of Anneliese Michel.
Here we explore the life and death of Anneliese, as we not only question the film's interpretation of the true story, but also ask if whether or not Anneliese Michel was really possessed at all.
Explore the events behind the film's story and meet the actors and their real-life counterparts.
www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/reel_faces.php   (343 words)

  
 FILMMAKER Magazine Showcases 25 Hot New Faces In Indie Film; Many Are Women
Instead, magazine editors have chosen 25 people who are not only new to the film industry at large, but are new to the independent film world as well (and uniquely, many of them are women).
New faces Talkington and Schub have both made award-winning short films, become fixtures on the festival circuit, and are currently developing feature scripts, while Yu won a 1997 Oscar for her documentary short "Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien."
Interestingly enough, while women have made many advances in the film industry, there is a notable lack of people of color on the list, which is largely indicative of the industry at large.
www.indiewire.com /biz/biz_980701_Filmmaker25NewF.html   (418 words)

  
 Acclaimed film faces stereotypes: 1/ 6/ 2006
The film, directed by Ang Lee, is the story of two young men -- a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the grasslands of Wyoming in summer 1963.
Film critics have hailed the film as "ground-breaking" and "unapologetic" for its male sex scenes; some critics have dubbed it "Romeo and Romeo on horseback."
The New York Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Society of Film Critics gave the film the same awards, respectively.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-06/01-06-06/a01lo842.htm   (766 words)

  
 Filmmaker Magazine | Summer 2003: 25 NEW FACES OF INDIE FILM 2003
Oldham’s film chronicles the story of Kim and Steve Smith and their two children, a once picture-perfect Mormon family thrown into turmoil when Steve, now out of the closet, tests positive for AIDS.
Filmed and edited over the course of four years, The Smith Family launched the 2002 season of POV for PBS (it was picked up at the 2001 IFP Market) and recently took home a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Documentary in addition to a number of other festival prizes.
Shot in 16mm, the film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, won Best Short Film at NYU’s First Run Festival and was one of only four American shorts selected to play at the Cannes Film Festival by the Cinéfondation.
www.filmmakermagazine.com /summer2003/features/25_faces1-5.php   (1636 words)

  
 MediaRights: Film: The Faces of AIDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Faces of AIDS tells the story of the human experience of living with AIDS in Africa.
These are stories of fear and hope, of the struggle against pain and abandonment, and the fight for greater awareness and understanding about the disease.
The Faces of AIDS challenges stereotypes and asks questions about the need for African solidarity to fight the epidemic.
www.mediarights.org /film/the_faces_of_aids   (116 words)

  
 DVD Times - Faces
Making a film which returns to the independent roots of Shadows, not to mention its stylistic methods, such chitchat seems to have been included as a kind of fuck you to the Hollywood system.
What Faces does have in common with Shadows, however, is the fact that there are no great dramatic necessities for the film to hang onto.
As with Cassel’s commentary on Shadows, his 46-minute chat to film historian Tom Charity discusses as much what went on behind the camera as it does his role as an actor, whilst his associations with Cassavetes, which lasted many years, also allows for some choice anecdotage and some considered discussion of his working methods.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58465   (1127 words)

  
 Harry faces tough test in battle to be best film - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
BOY wizard Harry Potter is facing his toughest challenge yet as he battles King Kong to be named the best film of 2005.
The fourth film adaptation of JK Rowling's books is also topping the list of best family title and most entertaining film in the survey by online movie database IMDb.
But Alone in the Dark, starring Christian Slater and Tom Cruise's hit film War of the Worlds are battling it out for the dubious title of worst film of 2005.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /news/5047544.shtml   (216 words)

  
 A film puts faces on unseen street children | csmonitor.com
The resulting film explores the fragile lives of street children - as well, often, of their families - through the story of a 10-year-old boy named Cemil, who runs away from home because of an abusive stepfather.
Meanwhile, his mother, who comes to Istanbul to look for him, faces her own struggles as she is pursued by her former brothers-in-law, who feel her divorce hurt the family honor.
Guven started his research for the film by spending time in places where streets kids hang out, trying to work his way into their world.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0220/p01s04-woeu.html   (1460 words)

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