Tribute to John Cassavetes 2004 / Minnie and Moskowitz / USA 1971
Cassavetes’ version of a romantic comedy offers an energetic exploration of the attraction and repulsion of affection, particularly through the volatile relationship of the title characters, two dissimilar yet equally lonely people in seventies Los Angeles. With Gena Rowlands as museum curator Minnie and Seymour Cassel as parking attendant Moskowitz.
“You know I think that movies are a conspiracy. They set you up from the time you’re a little kid. They set you up to believe in ideals, and strength and good guys and romance - and, of course, love.” – Minnie Moore Cassavetes’ version of a romantic comedy offers a high-volume, high-energy exploration of the attraction and repulsion of affection, particularly through the volatile relationship of the title characters, two dissimilar yet equally lonely people. Anxious blonde Minnie Moore (Gena Rowlands) works as a curator at a Los Angeles modern art museum and maintains an abusive relationship with a married man (Cassavetes). When her concerned colleague sets her up on a blind date that goes disastrously wrong, Minnie is rescued by Seymour Moskowitz (Seymour Cassel), a long-haired, preposterously moustached parking lot attendant from New Jersey. Single-minded and spontaneous, Seymour decides that Minnie is the woman of his life and launches an all-out campaign to win her love (that would constitute stalking today.) Ambivalent Minnie recognizes their extreme differences, but her belief in romance ultimately allows her to reciprocate. With Cassavetes’ mother as Mrs. Moskowitz and Rowlands’ mother as Mrs. Moore.
114 min / Color, 35 mm
Director John Cassavetes
/ Screenplay John Cassavetes
/ Dir. of Photography Alric Edens, Arthur J. Ornitz, Michael Margulies
/ Music Bo Harwood
/ Editor Robert Hefernan
/ Producer Al Ruban, Paul Donnelly
/ Production Universal Pictures
/ Cast Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, John Cassavetes, Tim Carey, Katherine Cassavetes
/ Contact Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H., United International Pictures
see Tribute to John Cassavetes
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