Cassavetes on Cassavetes (edited by Ray Carney)

‘I have such admiration for people who can recount their lives in auto-biography, because the connections are so complicated. I would never be able to straighten it out.’

The quote from the man himself which nicely opens this tome of a book on a true icon of cinema, your favourite director’s favourite director. This collection of interviews and essays continues Faber and Faber’s brilliant directors series. Covering Shadows, Faces, Husbands, Minnie and Moskowitz, A Woman Under the Influence (your favourite actors favourite film), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night, Gloria and Love Stream. 

Includes interviews with Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara among others.

Paperback

Published by Faber and Faber

First Edition

Published in 2001