Faces

Movie
German title	Faces
Original title	Faces
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	130 minutes
Rod
Director	John Cassavetes
script	John Cassavetes
production	John Cassavetes, Maurice McEndree
music	Jack Akerman
camera	Al Ruban , Maurice McEndree, Haskell Wexler
cut	Maurice McEndree, Al Ruban, John Cassavetes
occupation
John Marley : Richard Forst Gena Rowlands : Jeannie Rapp Lynn Carlin : Maria Forst Seymour Cassel : Chet Fred Draper : Freddie Draper Val Avery : Jim McCarthy Dorothy Gulliver : Florence Joanne Moore Jordan : Louise Draper Darlene Conley : Billy Mae Gene Darfler : Joe Jackson Elizabeth Deering : Stella Ann Shirley Christina Crawford

Faces is a 1968 film drama written and directed by John Cassavetes . The main characters were John Marley , Gena Rowlands , Fred Draper , Seymour Cassel and Lynn Carlin . In 2011 the film was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress . The film was shot in cinéma vérité style.

action

The film is about the breakup of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, played by John Marley and Lynn Carlin. In the course of the film, several individuals and groups are shown to whom the husband tells that he wants to get a divorce. The man spends the following night in the company of business people and prostitutes, while the woman spends it with friends and a playboy.

production

Movie poster with the film cast

The film was recorded on high-contrast black and white film in 16mm . Steven Spielberg worked on the film as an unpaid errand boy.

Versions

Several versions of the film were shown publicly. At the world premiere in Toronto, the film had a running time of 183 minutes. Cassavetes cut the film to 130 minutes. This is also the usual version. Ray Carney accidentally left a 147-minute version in the Library of Congress.

reception

Faces received 83% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews.

Carlin and Cassel were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Cassavetes was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars .

Pauline Kael was negative about the film. It is badly played and roughly conceived.

In 2011, Faces was selected by the Library of Congress as "Culturally, Historically, or Aesthetically Significant" for inclusion on the United States National Film Register. The film register called the film "an example of cinematic excesses", whose extensive arguments "showed emotions and power relations between men and women that rarely appear in more conventional films".

Faces and other works have influenced filmmakers like Martin Scorsese , Woody Allen , and Robert Altman .

literature

• Ray Carney: The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies . Cambridge University Press., 1994, ISBN 978-0-521-38815-3 .
• Ray Carney: Cassavetes on Cassavetes . Faber and Faber, London 2001, ISBN 978-0-571-20157-0 .

Web links

• Faces in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Faces in the All Movie Guide (English)
• Faces at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Masks and Faces Essay at Criterion Collection
• Faces review by Richard Brody at The New Yorker

Individual evidence

1. ^ 'Forrest Gump,' 'Airplane' Among 25 Movies Added to National Film Registry . In: Reuters . December 28, 2011 ( reuters.com [accessed February 8, 2020]).
2. ^ Faces (1968). Retrieved February 6, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Jason Bailey: 10 Memorable Pauline Kael Quotes About Movies. In: www.flavorwire.com. June 6, 2019, accessed February 6, 2020 . 
4. ↑ 2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates. December 28, 2011, accessed February 8, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Tribute: 26 Years Ago, John Cassavetes Died. In: Rehab Reviews. February 3, 2015, accessed February 6, 2020 (American English).