John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity (Studies in Contemporary Film)

John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity (Studies in Contemporary Film)
by Ray Carney

John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity (Studies in Contemporary Film)
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Author: Ray Carney
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-07-20
ISBN: 0967417007
Number of pages: 68
Publisher: Co C Carney Cassavetes Consulting

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Book Review: This Book Will Change How You View Film
Summary: 5 Stars

Ray Carney's The Films of John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity has become my essential viewing guide to Cassavetes' films and it has changed the way I now look at all film.

Carney's writing is so different from most film criticism. It reads so clearly. You won't find any jargon, or fancy-schmancy film-book theories here. He doesn't attempt to explain the films or their characters by offering simplified psychological or sociological understandings. Instead, Carney shows how valuable it is to stay with the complex experiences offered in the films, to allow yourself to let the films teach you something new. Carney argues that all great art can give us new powers of understanding, more perceptive eyes and ears. Carney's deep belief in the importance of art comes through in his writing as the most radical, original and hopeful statements on art that I've ever read. I highly recommend you check out his web site at http://people.bu.edu/rcarney which features his writing about other indie filmmakers, masterwork paintings and American culture.

Summary of John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity (Studies in Contemporary Film)

A handsomely illustrated, general introduction to Cassavetes' major films. The book contains an introductory essay, as well as essays on Woman Under the Influence, Faces, Shadows, Minnie and Moskowitz, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Husbands, Love Streams, and all of the other major films. It features a new, previously unpublished interview about Cassavetes' life and work, and is beautifully illustrated with more than two dozen behind-the-scenes photographs of Cassavetes working with his actors and his crew.

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