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John Cassavetes: Five Films DVD

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John Cassavetes: Five Films DVD

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  • Technical Specs
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 8
  • Run Time: 657 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen / Fullscreen
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004
  • Subtitles: English
  • Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Color: Color
  • Includes:
    New high-definition digital transfers of all films, with restored image and sound and (where applicable) enhanced for widescreen televisions

    More than two hours of new video interviews with Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Lelia Goldoni, Gena Rowlands, and Al Ruban

    Two versions of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Cassavetes’ original 135-minute cut as well as his subsequent 108-minute re-edit

    Faces alternate opening: 17 minutes of footage revealing the most significant differences of the two version’s opening sequences

    Cinéastes de notre temps: an episode from the French television series, dedicated to Cassavetes

    Workshop Footage: Rare silent clips from the Cassavetes-Lane Drama Workshop, from which Shadows emerged

    Audio commentary on A Woman Under the Influence by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and camera operator Mike Ferris

    Restoration Demonstration for Shadows

    Audio interviews with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson

    Lighting & Shooting The Film: A study of the techniques and equipment used on Faces by Al Ruban

    Original Theatrical Trailers

    Stills galleries with hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, publicity shots, and posters

    Biographical sketches of the actors Cassavetes frequently cast in his films, written by Tom Charity (John Cassavetes: Lifeworks)

One of the great voices in the history of American independent film, John Cassavetes gets a career-spanning 8-disc collection, featuring five of his films and a documentary on his life. This Criterion Collection release contains "A Constant Forge" (2000), "Shadows" (1959), "Faces" (1968), "A Woman Under the Influence" (1974), "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" (1978) and "Opening Night" (1977), and is peppered with newly-shot behind-the-scenes interviews and alternate footage, including a whole new cut of "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie." A must-have for any Cassavetes fan!
 
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