Archive of films Husbands / Husbands
USA
1970, 131 min
Section:
Out of the Past
Year: 2019
Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and John Cassavetes as Harry, Archie and Gus: New York buddies we meet at the funeral of a prematurely deceased friend. Suddenly conscious of their own mortality, the offbeat trio decide to take off on two days of wild carousing in an attempt to escape the stupefying prosperity of middle-class life. A newly restored version of an exceptional piece from the “godfather of independent film.”
Synopsis
Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and John Cassavetes as Harry, Archie and Gus: New York buddies we meet at the funeral of a prematurely deceased friend. Suddenly conscious of their own mortality, the offbeat trio decide to take off on two days of wild carousing in an attempt to escape the stupefying prosperity of middle-class life. Cassavetes, the “godfather of independent film” and arguably the most remarkable director of all time, was adroit at the art of conveying authentic human experience with a searing intensity. After KVIFF’s Tribute to John Cassavetes in 2004, we offer a melancholy and provocative diamond in the rough – here screened in its newly restored version – as cardinal proof of the filmmaker’s pre-eminence.
Karel Och
About the director
John Cassavetes (1929, New York City – 1989, Los Angeles, California). Selected filmography: Shadows (1959), Too Late Blues (1961), A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984)
Contacts
Park Circus Group
15 Woodside Crescent, G37UL, Glasgow
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 141 332 2175
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.parkcircus.com
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Out of the Past |
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Director: | John Cassavetes |
Screenplay: | John Cassavetes |
Dir. of Photography: | Victor J. Kemper |
Editor: | John Cassavetes |
Art Director: | Rene D'Auriac |
Producer: | Al Ruban |
Production: | Faces Music |
Cast: | Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes |
Sales: | Park Circus Group |