Interview [Audio]: John Cassavetes

Much of what we know today as “independent filmmaking” derives from the creative genius of John Cassavetes and movies he created in the 60s and 70s. You may remember him from his acting roles in movies like The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Rosemary’s Baby (1968), but he used the money he made as an actor to fund a handful of movies he wrote and directed including such noteworthy films as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), and A Woman Under the Influence (1974).

This last movie is perhaps his most famous as a writer-director, so it is remarkable that Eyes On Cinema has discovered this 1975 post-screening Q&A session with Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, the star of A Woman Under the Influence and the filmmaker’s wife.

Here is this rare 90 minute conversation with a filmmaker who has influenced Paul Thomas Anderson, John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh and countless others.

Via Eyes On Cinema.

HT to Indiewire for the link.