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By Mark C (1,395) on 10 Nov 2008

It's Cassavetes. It's compelling. Antidote for artifice…

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By Will J (246) on 07 Nov 2008

Cosmo Vitelli could very well be the most interesting character I have ever encountered in a film, due to both his severe amount of intricacies…

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By Darrin N (14) on 25 Oct 2008

A typically extraordinary character study from Cassavetes, focused, as a lot of crime drama is, on the shifting dynamics of inter-male behavior…

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By Riley H (411) on 24 Oct 2008

Wow. There are some incredibly tense moments. Then there are long stretches of the worst strip club act I've ever seen…

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By Carl C (207) on 20 Oct 2008

Cassavetes at his masterful best…

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By Brad R (338) on 14 Oct 2008

A lot different for Cassavetes, but he still handles it well and in his own way…

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By Sean N (499) on 08 Oct 2008

The entire film flows perfectly. The camera lingers, the lighting sometimes flares and obscures the frame but everything feels natural…

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By Eric R (1,431) on 07 Oct 2008

John Cassavetes is the most underrated american filmmaker ever. Why? because he is simply one of the best ever…

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By Max N (202) on 30 Sep 2008

La angustia de un hombre y su vida al limite, arruinada por la soledad, por el juego…

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By Ashley C (536) on 24 Sep 2008

The premise of the film seems exciting and makes you think it's a pure gangster film…

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By Jennifer W (491) on 12 Sep 2008

I saw the long version which was pulled from release 7 days after it came out…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 09 Sep 2008

As much an indictment of modern filmmaking as the delusional nature of macho posturing, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a complex and fascinating…

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By Adam P (1,180) on 30 Aug 2008

The approach is refreshing, and there isn't another gangster film like it…

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By Eric H (2,898) on 28 Aug 2008

The Cassevetes film for people who don't like Cassevetes films. A tough and prurient crime thriller. Classic 70's wierdness…

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By Jason C (2,488) on 20 Jul 2008

It probably hasn't aged well, but Cassavetes' films were never easy to watch…

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By Enrico C (40) on 10 Jul 2008

Just watched this again after almost a decade. What a unique and finely crafted film. Ben Gazzara's performance is just amazing…

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By Paul Z (502) on 06 Jul 2008

Cassavetes is known for his aversion to American cinematic formulas in the name of finding the truth behind human behavior in showing them…

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By Marc G (404) on 27 Jun 2008

Initially set up to be a kind of gangster noir picture (similar to Le petit soldat actually), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is more intensely…

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By Grant P (84) on 27 Jun 2008

Initially set up to be a kind of gangster noir picture (similar to Le petit soldat actually), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is more intensely…

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By Jason K (1,459) on 26 May 2008

If you've only seen Scorsese mob movies (which are great, by the way), see this shit for a totally new perspective that is equally as effective…

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