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Title Faces / The Criterion Collection ; Janus Films ; associate producer, Al Ruban ; producer, Maurice McEndree ; written and directed by John Cassavetes
Edition [130 minute version]
Published [United States] : [The Criterion Collection] : [Janus Films], [1968]
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014
©1968

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white
Summary John Cassavetes puts a disintegrating marriage under the microscope in the searing Faces. Shot in high-contrast 16 mm black and white, the film follows the futile attempts of the captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty relationship in the arms of others. Featuring astonishingly nervy performances from Marley, Carlin, and Cassavetes regulars Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel, Faces confronts modern alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema
Notes Originally produced in 1968
First cut of film ran just under 240 minutes. After initial screening, film was cut down to 183 minutes and shown in Montreal. Film was shortened to 130 minutes and shown at the National Film Theatre in the U.K. per Films and filming, v. 14, no. 12, p. 8. A 220 minute version was shown in March 1968 to various audiences and the final 129 minute version was completed in August 1968 per Carney, R. American dreaming, p. 316. Some sources cited below give runningtimes from 127 to 130 minutes for the theatrical release. This version is probably the theatrical release version
Credits Director of photography, Al Ruban ; editors, Al Ruban, Maurice McEndree
Performer John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Fred Draper, Seymour Cassel
Notes Reference sources used: Variety, 6/26/68; Monthly film bulletin, v. 35, no. 419, p. 192; New York times, 11/25/68; International motion picture almanac, 1970, p. 371, 530; The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States: features 1961-1970, p. 319-320; Films and filming, v. 14, no. 12, p. 8; Carney, R. American dreaming, p. 85, 316
Online resource; title from title frames
Subject Married people -- United States -- Drama
Marital conflict -- United States -- Drama
Adultery -- United States -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama
Marriage -- United States -- Drama
Prostitutes -- United States -- Drama
Prostitutes.
Married people.
Marriage.
Marital conflict.
Man-woman relationships.
Adultery.
United States.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Form Streaming video
Author Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989, film director , screenwriter.
Ruban, Al, film producer.
McEndree, Maurice, film producer.
Marley, John, 1907-1984, actor.
Carlin, Lynn, 1938- actor
Rowlands, Gena, actor.
Cassel, Seymour, 1935-2019, actor
Draper, Fred, actor.