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Love Streams. (film) Love Streams is a 1984 American film directed by John Cassavetes, in what would be his final independent feature and penultimate directorial project. The film tells the story of a middle-aged brother (Cassavetes) and sister ( Gena Rowlands) who find themselves relying on one another after being abandoned by their loved ones.
Aug 24, 1984 · Love Streams: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel. Two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls reunite after years apart.
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- Drama
- John Cassavetes
- 1984-08-24
John Cassavetes's "Love Streams" is the kind of movie where a woman brings home two horses, a goat, a duck, some chickens, a dog, and a parrot, and you don't have the feeling that the screenplay is going for cheap laughs. In fact, there's a tightening in your throat as you realize how desperate an act you're witnessing, and how unhappy a person ...
Dennis Lim Village Voice Love Streams is at once a culmination of the director's obsessions and his most atypical film. Nov 15, 2005 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times There's no other ...
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- John Cassavetes
- PG-13
- Gena Rowlands
Love Streams. The electric filmmaking genius John Cassavetes and his brilliant wife and collaborator Gena Rowlands give luminous, fragile performances as two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls who reunite after years apart. Exhilarating and risky, mixing sober realism with surreal flourishes, Love Streams is a remarkable film that comes ...
- Sarah Lawson
Love Streams is a solitary film by an unorthodox filmmaker. As we weave through this emotional labyrinth, and wander through an endless sequence of dimly lit rooms, frantic car rides, and the occasional perfectly framed still, we see characters who are in desperate need to give love and to be loved.
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It was wonderful seeing John Cassavetes and wife Gena Rowlands play brother and sister, each with serious sanity issues, in 'Love Streams' (I had only previously seen them together in the stellar 'Opening Night', my favourite Cassavetes film), from a script he co-wrote with the author of the 1980 stage play, Ted Allan (Cassavetes' character, Robert Harmon, was originally played by Jon Voight ...
