La Cinémathèque Film Club: Great Directors Mini-Series

This Film Club mini-series is an homage to two of the greatest creative spirits in cinema.

The second film director, American John Cassavetes, was an actor, film director and screenwriter. Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, writing and directing over a dozen movies, which he partially self-financed, and pioneered the use of improvisation and a realistic cinéma vérité style.

Schedule: SAT, AUG 6   
Great Director John Cassavetes

11AM-1:20PM   |   Faces (1968)
Faces confronts modern alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema.

1:30-2PM   |   Break for Lunch

2-2:20PM   |   Discussion

 2:20-4:30PM   |   A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
This devastating drama details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself. This is one of the benchmark films of American independent cinema.

4:30–5PM   |   Compare the two films, the creative process of the director and his message.