To say marriage is difficult and imperfect would be an understatement, especially in the case of Mabel and Nick Longhetti. John Cassavetes’ film that centers around the married couple illustrates the toxicity of unhealthy relationships, and in doing so, reveals the surfacing of mental illness that may very well be an inevitable result of such…
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A Woman Under the Influence
The 1974 film A Woman Under the Influence directed by John Cassavetes is about a unhappy housewife who is struggling with a mental illness in a society where mental illnesses are not often talked about. She is married to Nick, a construction worker who doesn’t understand the way she behaves. While most of the audience…
Husbands, Solaris and understanding reality.
The movies I watched this week are Solaris and Husbands. Both of these movies were intriguing and confusing at the same time. Both films appear to be unconventional and thought provoking. While they have their similarities they also have there differences such as, Husbands appears to be a low budget film,…
Luchino Visconti and John Cassavetes: A Hollywood portrayal of real life
Italian neorealism as a genre, with films like Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima, had a major impact on the style and substance of the New Hollywood Cinema era, which can be seen in John Cassavete’s “A Woman Under the Influence.” Examples abound in overall similarities of the main characters and how they are treated/viewed by those around…
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