Movie Details
| Title: | A Woman Under the Influence | |
| Director: | John Cassavetes | |
| Year: | 1974 | |
| Genre: | Drama | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.14.25 |
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| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.14.25 | Blu-ray | This Screening is part of event: DVRfest 2025 roll: 1 / 5 spine: 253 (CC 40) i'm not a spaghetti man! Ok, another two and a half hour movie. I had to split this in half and finish it the next morning. The John Cassavetes box set I think is one of the most popular call-outs in criterion closet youtube videos. Actors especially love these movies. Raw performances and wonderful creative processes and all that. Back when I had IFC, that channel also loved these movies because they were, like, the first independent film or something. I bet there are plenty of examples that predate Shadows but maybe not? who knows, I don't. In any case, I was never interested these Cassavetes movies. All the stuff they're lauded for are not the aspects of cinema that top my list. And I think I've seen several documentaries or segments of other docs about movies that showed stand-out scenes and interviewed Peter Falk or Ben Gazarra about what it was like and all that stuff. I think I saw Gloria pre-this journal but otherwise I never felt the need to sit down and watch this stuff. So what do I think of it now that I have? Well... I will say there was more story than I imagined, because I imagined there was zero story. Instead, in two and a half hours there's like six scenes. I will say that Falk and Gena Rowlands are acting their hearts out, but... I dunno, man. What's up with them? I guess Falk is a hothead and Rowlands is nuts? I think I spent most the movie grasping for some kind of narrative. Is she crazy because he's a hothead sometimes abuser? Is he driven to abuse from dealing with a crazy wife? Are they just crazy in their own way on their own? Is this the point of the movie? to wonder about this? Because they both do weird shit for the whole movie. So... I regret to say my opinion on this movie has not changed much. I can finally say that I've seen this which is nice, but it's just not for me. OK, that ends Criterion Random Roll for another year. 36 titles left? ooph, it was much more exciting when it was down to 4. And these box set titles, like, many of them I bought the box for other movies so this process might be rough. Rewarding too, but I'm definitely reminded why I came up with this format to begin with. Now for day 3 it's back to hard drive movies! |
