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Monday July 28, 2014

Day: July 28, 2014

Review

What’s at Stake in the Work of Art: John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

July 28, 2014
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By Brandon Konecny. Apart from Faces (1968) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974), none of Cassavetes’ films were successful, both commercially and critically. They were seen as chaotic, technically inept, haphazardly improvised—they were, in short, a chore to watch. But none of them, not even Husbands (1970), incurred the […]

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