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17 April 1978 (Sweden) morePlot:
An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Signatures: Gena Rowlands (From FilmExperience. 7 March 2009, 12:08 AM, PST)
Another Brilliant Ivo Van Hove Moment
(From CultureCatch. 12 December 2008, 10:02 AM, PST)
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Masterpiece Drama from Cassavates... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gena Rowlands | ... | Myrtle Gordon |
 | John Cassavetes | ... | Maurice Aarons |
 | Ben Gazzara | ... | Manny Victor |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Sarah Goode |
| Paul Stewart | ... | David Samuels |
| Zohra Lampert | ... | Dorothy Victor |
 | Laura Johnson | ... | Nancy Stein |
 | John Tuell | ... | Gus Simmons |
| Ray Powers | ... | Jimmy |
 | John Finnegan | ... | Prop man |
| Louise Lewis | ... | Kelly (as Louise Finch) |
| Fred Draper | ... | Leo |
| Katherine Cassavetes | ... | Vivian |
| Lady Rowlands | ... | Melva Drake |
| Carol Warren | ... | Carla |
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Nancy Stein: I never bothered you. You want to kill me. I devoted my life to you. To movies. To music. To theater. I'm 17 years old. I like sex. I like to turn people on. And that's what the theater is: sex. It's like getting laid.Myrtle Gordon: Um, what did you do to her?
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Beautiful film, pure Cassavetes style. Gena Rowland gives a stunning performance of a declining actress, dealing with success, aging, loneliness...and alcoholism. She tries to escape her own subconscious ghosts, embodied by the death spectre of a young girl. Acceptance of oneself, of human condition, though its overall difficulties, is the real purpose of the film. The parallel between the theatrical sequences and the film itself are puzzling: it's like if the stage became a way out for the Heroin. If all american movies could only be that top-quality, dealing with human relations on an adult level, not trying to infantilize and standardize feelings... One of the best dramas ever. 10/10.