Accidental Genius : How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film

by Fine, Marshall

• ISBN13: 9781401360139
• ISBN10: 1401360130
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-13
• Publisher: Miramax

Summary

A renowned film critic critically analyzes the influence of actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes on the evolution of American independent film, drawing on interviews with his wife, Gena Rowlands, as well as other colleagues and industry insiders, who shed new light on his seminal career. Reprint.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	IX
ONE A NEW YORK STREET KID	3	(6)
TWO THROUGH COLLEGE	9	(9)
THREE AADA	18	(7)
FOUR GENA	25	(5)
FIVE POST-AADA	30	(7)
SIX SAM SHAW	37	(5)
SEVEN "PASO DOBLE"	42	(6)
EIGHT TV STAR	48	(6)
NINE MOVIE STAR	54	(7)
TEN THE NEXT LEVEL	61	(8)
ELEVEN THE WORKSHOP	69	(5)
TWELVE ORIGINS OF SHADOWS	74	(7)
THIRTEEN SHADOWS	81	(8)
FOURTEEN SHOOTING SHADOWS	89	(8)
FIFTEEN GOING PUBLIC	97	(4)
SIXTEEN BEAT, SQUARE, AND COOL	101	(11)
SEVENTEEN JOHNNY STACCATO AND BACK TO THE SHADOWS	112	(13)
EIGHTEEN SHADOWS-A POSTSCRIPT	125	(4)
NINETEEN TOO LATE BLUES	129	(8)
TWENTY A CHILD IS WAITING	137	(8)
TWENTY-ONE IN LIMBO	145	(6)
TWENTY-TWO FACES	151	(5)
TWENTY-THREE FACES 2	156	(12)
TWENTY-FOUR DIRTY DOZEN AND ROSEMARY'S BABY	168	(8)
TWENTY-FIVE FACES 3	176	(11)
TWENTY-SIX PRE-HUSBANDS	187	(15)
TWENTY-SEVEN HUSBANDS	202	(5)
TWENTY-EIGHT HUSBANDS 2	207	(19)
TWENTY-NINE HUSBANDS 3	226	(17)
THIRTY A LEG UP	243	(10)
THIRTY-ONE MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ	253	(9)
THIRTY-TWO MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ 2	262	(12)
THIRTY-THREE A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE	274	(7)
THIRTY-FOUR A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 2	281	(4)
THIRTY-FIVE A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 3	285	(12)
THIRTY-SIX A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 4	297	(11)
THIRTY-SEVEN JOHN AND GENA	308	(6)
THIRTY-EIGHT MIKEY NICKY	314	(5)
THIRTY-NINE THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE	319	(10)
FORTY BOOKIE 2	329	(7)
FORTY-ONE OPENING NIGHT	336	(9)
FORTY-TWO OPENING NIGHT 2	345	(6)
FORTY-THREE APPROACH OF THE '80's	351	(8)
FORTY-FOUR GLORIA	359	(16)
FORTY-FIVE RETROSPECTIVE TEMPEST	375	(9)
FORTY-SIX LOVE STREAMS ON STAGE	384	(13)
FORTY-SEVEN LOVE STREAMS ON SCREEN	397	(19)
FORTY-EIGHT BIG TROUBLE	416	(4)
FORTY-NINE VALEDICTORY	420	(15)
FILMOGRAPHY	435	(8)
NOTES	443