I’m gonna Gazzara-pill this board. Even if it takes years. I lay down my life for you, Benny.
If you join now I promise positions of high esteem in the Gazzara army. Applicants may provide a favorite Ben Gazzara performance, and perhaps another photo of our beloved Benny.

>>212915587 (OP)
>I’m gonna Gazzara-pill this board
I wish you success with this endeavour.
>favorite Ben Gazzara performance
Probably Husbands or Buffalo '66. Honourable mentions to Anatomy of a Murder and Dogville.

>>212915702
All good choices, and yet much of his filmography is still in obscurity. I would recommend Il Professore as an introduction to his Italian language films.
For instance, many people feign ignorance that our hero Benedetto was once a PHAROAH? Surprising, yes, but true..

>>212915587 (OP)
I adore The Strange One. It made me start using "angel turkey" as a term of endearment despite everyone asking me what the fuck is an angel turkey

>>212915587 (OP)
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie is great, he really got to sleaze it up in that one, which played to his strengths

>>212915858
>I would recommend Il Professore as an introduction to his Italian language films
Thanks for the rec.
>For instance, many people feign ignorance that our hero Benedetto was once a PHAROAH? Surprising, yes, but true..
I assure you that my ignorance was as genuine as my curiosity is piqued.

>>212916110
It’s my favorite. Ironically he complained to Cassavettes that he didn’t understand what the film was about or what he wanted him to do. For me, it’s a love letter to Ben. Cosmo is complex: always funny at the wrong time, and serious when no one is looking. A very funny and beautiful film. I always feel emotional at the end, during his pep talk to the girls.

>>212915587 (OP)
I watched They All Laughed yesterday, didnt like him in it at all.

You will never Gazzara-pill this town.

>>212916381
>JC Penny is here because of me!
This shit cracks me up, espescially cause no one gives a fuck about JC Penny anymore.

>>212916381
>>212916445
that's a real jewel of a B-movie, and the remake ain't bad either

Known bisexual in hollywood circles

I hereby declare /bgg/ a resounding success. May style (not class) return in some small way to this godforsaken board
https://youtu.be/upL99XQ5_jQ?feature=shared

>>212916445
>>212916381
>>212916640
road house 2, there now you are cursed like me

>>212915587 (OP)
best thread on /tv/

>>212917075
It’s a labor of love

>>212916267
There was a JC retrospective for free, I kept missing the relationship dramas and finally got time for this. Had no idea it was jazz improv influenced, it went on and on and broke my brain. Bad Lt. may have tried vainly to do sth similar. It's like his All That Jazz, cos Falk/JC's chemistry just overshadowed everyone.

What's that 80s movie they all took some sex trip to Asia? He was typecast as the sleaze for a bit.

>>212915702
Falk looks great here

>>212917677
Do you mean Saint Jack? Otherwise idk.

Husbands or Chinese Bookie? Which one should I watch?

>>212917946
I think Husbands is a better introduction to the style. Cassavettes had a sense of humor ahead of his time and the awkward situational comedy is very in your face in Husbands. Dark movie but also full of love.
Chinese Bookie is all those things, but then there is a more of a plot on top of it. A plot that is hard to follow because the protagonist is oblivious, like Inherent Vice.
They’re both great, and peppered with lots of strange performances from non-professionals.

>>212915587 (OP)
I am now applying to the Gazzara army and will be loyle.
>favorite Ben Gazzara performance
Husbands. There's still a missing hour of footage that will never be found that he's in. Things seemed pretty optimistic until even Criterion couldn't find it.
>perhaps another photo of our beloved Benny.
I like his look in Chinese Bookie, especially the leather jacket.

>>212918215
A couple clips of the footage are in the documentary “making husbands” on youtube. By all accounts the missing hour (I think closer to 50 minutes) is more light hearted antics like the basketball scene and the gambling. When John was pressured to cut it down from 3 hours he opted always to leave in the most intense and serious pieces over anything he thought was too sentimental or cute. Even at the expense of confusing the continuity in a couple places, ha.
There is a novelization that Cassavettes drafted up with his script girl. It still exists and its held by some college. Never been published. I think it’d be great to get out there. Like how they published the shooting script of Greed. We just need to email Ray Carney about it I guess.

>>212918549
>A couple clips of the footage are in the documentary “making husbands” on youtube
Oh yeah, I've seen it. It sucks that the only really clean scene we got from that was the guys dancing with the girls, which is a really beautiful scene too. The one piece that interests me for sure is Gazzarra and a whole crowd rushing to the trains, it looked really surreal (could be just the fact that it's behind the scenes and we see everything).
There's also this picture.
>There is a novelization that Cassavettes drafted up with his script girl.
Thank you for being the only other person on earth I've seen mention this. I'm aware it's mentioned in one of his long ass biographies, didn't know it was done with help. It's like the Holy Grail to me. I really like Husbands, and it seems to be John's most sentimental work, it seems to be the one he had the most control over as he even went to the cutting room himself with it. I'm very curious what's in the novel, seeing as the movie is already incredibly improvised and breaks a lot of rules.

>>212918639
I am almost totally positive there was a university website that had the manuscript in their archive and had some sort of program where they would print you a copy for some large sum like $200. I came across this in maybe 2017 while doing a lot of research on John’s films and I was broke so I didn’t get it obviously. Now I can’t find it. Again, someone just needs to email Ray Carney and get the real info. If there’s anything to know about John’s work he knows it. To say nothing of the multiple unfilmed screenplays and the three stageplays still out there somewhere.
I heard some film festival finally screened the first cut of Shadows. After Gena and Al Rubin spent 20 years blocking it from release. You can’t make this shit up!

Saint Jack was his best movie and definitely not because of the asian twink ass naked.

>>212918549
>the documentary “making husbands” on youtube
Can you link it? Youtube is giving me random shit.

>>212918166
>I think Husbands is a better introduction to the style. Cassavettes had a sense of humor ahead of his time and the awkward situational comedy is very in your face in Husbands.
Seconding this. Always surprised when I see people recommend holding off on it until being familiar with Cassavetes' style

Benp

>>212915587 (OP)
Mr. Gazzara has a beautiful singing voice. What a set of pipes! He sang in the same club as Sinatra, you know? You know, Sinatra sang in that very club?

>>212916267
Best thread on /tv/.
My favourite Chadavettes as well.

>>212915587 (OP)
his scene in big lebowski always stood out to me, probably haven't seen anything else he's in

>>212915587 (OP)
>I’m gonna Gazzara-pill this board
finally, some taste

>>212920507
go watch buffalo '66 right now

>>212920507
he plays a similar character in road house. ben is a great actor because he can play the roles with intensity, such that you believe what he's doing.

Benp

>>212920572
Seconded.

Benp