Cassavetes on Cassavetes
by John Cassavetes
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Author: John CassavetesEditor: Ray Carney
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-15
ISBN: 0571201571
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Book Review: A Consciousness-Shifting Treasure
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, Ray Carney has done it again: years of research have culminated in a wonderful examination of Cassavetes, by Cassavetes: his life and work. Carney's takes on the important independent filmmaker's mischief, guts, growth and ups and downs are inspirational. You get a deep look here at a way of living, working and risking that is not about the ambition, power or money so prevalent in the American film industry. Carney carefully lets Cassavetes tell the story in his own words, chronologically following the director's experiences from his childhood to his early career struggles to his groundbreaking independent films. There is much new information.
Throughout, family and love are front and center: these were so deeply important to Cassavetes and were primary themes in his films. I also take away from this book a new inspiration to try to find a way to live and work that places things like security, conformity and acceptance in a more healthy perspective.
Anyone contemplating the arts, film theory or technique, criticism, or just personal or professional growth should read this book. It is a delightful, consciousness-shifting walk through another way to be creative and just to be.
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