A Woman Under the Influence (Cassavetes, 1974): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 3.10pm
This 35mm presentation, which is also screening on June 28th, is part of the Wanda and Beyond season (full details here) at BFI Southbank.Chicago Reader review:
John
Cassavetes's 1974 masterpiece, and one of the best films of its decade.
Cassavetes stretches the limits of his narrative—it's the story of a
married couple, with the wife hedging into madness—to the point where it
obliterates the narrator: it's one of those extremely rare movies that
seem found rather than made, in which the internal dynamics of the drama
are completely allowed to dictate the shape and structure of the film.
The lurching, probing camera finds the same fascination in moments of
high drama and utter triviality alike—and all of those moments are
suspended painfully, endlessly. Still, Cassavetes makes the viewer's
frustration work as part of the film's expressiveness; it has an
emotional rhythm unlike anything else I've ever seen. With Gena Rowlands
and Peter Falk.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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