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Originally released at 135 minutes, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie was trimmed down by Cassavetes to 108 minutes; this latter version is the one previously preserved on tape and disc until now. The two-disc version here retains both cuts; the longer one is certainly a tougher slog but contains some nice character moments (particularly from ...
Feb 15, 1976 · John Cassavetes takes a contemporary film noir turn (which he would return to in Gloria) after exploring domestic melodrama in A Woman Under the Influence with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Ben Gazzara plays Cosmo Vitelli, the owner of a sleazy Los Angeles strip joint, who loses $20,000 at a mob gambling club owned by a small time gangster ...
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips. A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Jan 4, 2024 · Fueled by John Cassavetes’ signature cinematic idiosyncrasies, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie plunges us into Cosmo’s chaotic orbit. Like a deranged orchestra conductor, Cassavetes fills the screen with overlapping conversations, the clatter of glasses, and the smoky haze of an underworld perpetually on the edge of eruption.
Jan 18, 2021 · He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn’t able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
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THE KILLING OF A Chinese BOOKIE is John Cassavetes fascinating look into the world of Cosmo Vitelli, owner of the Crazy Horse West, a California strip club. Cosmo, played by Ben Gazzara, owes a fortune in gambling debts, and agrees to commit a murder to payoff the loan.
Jan 2, 2014 · John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, the fourth film in Criterion’s John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, is presented on Blu-ray in the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 in 1080p/24hz. The dual-layer disc presents both the 1976 and 1978 versions of the film. In terms of presentations this is easily the most disappointing one in ...
