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By Kris K (157) on 02 Mar 2009

Things happen in this movie, and you, as the viewer, watch them take place. The end…

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By Rory P (254) on 01 Mar 2009

A unique experience. The languid flow of the original version (cut in 1976) is superior to the re-edit…

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By George C (386) on 24 Feb 2009

Excellent movie, makes you feel as if you're right in the environment…

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By Jason R (1,823) on 18 Feb 2009

Great performance here from Gazzara. You can see his pain and the sheer desperation in his face…

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By Devon B (391) on 14 Feb 2009

Cosmo Vitelli is the owner of a strip club on the sunset strip in Los Angeles, and his business is slow…

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By Private U (13,627) on 01 Feb 2009

I hated this picture when I first saw it, but something made me give it another look, and getting to know its unusual language results in a…

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By Mattias E (160) on 03 Jan 2009

Ben gazzara is brilliant as cosmo vitelli. 10/10 for his performance…

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By Nina S (222) on 03 Jan 2009

Ben gazzara is brilliant as cosmo vitelli. 10/10 for his performance…

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By Matthew A (1,056) on 29 Dec 2008

My first John Cassavetes experience, and that's exactly what it was. Raw, shifting focus, in and out of light, pure performances. truly awesome…

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By Jackson S (352) on 17 Dec 2008

More interesting as an insight into Cassavetes' psyche than as a dramatic film. Some of it works. Some of it doesn't…

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By Cli O (622) on 06 Dec 2008

An underrated 70's crime film that explores a lot of ground that others generally don't…

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By Matt G (2,017) on 02 Dec 2008

I have a feeling I didn't watch the proper version of this, but it was still decent…

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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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