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Woman Under the Influence (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Gena Rowlands (Actor), Peter Falk (Actor), John Cassavetes (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Special Edition, Widescreen
Contributor Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 27 minutes
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John Cassavetes devastating drama details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family s struggle to save her from herself. Starring Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands (in two of the most harrowing screen performances of the 1970s) as a married couple deeply in love yet unable to express that love in terms the other can understand, the film is an uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil. The Criterion Collection is proud to present one of the benchmark films of American independent cinema a heroic document from a true maverick director. Available for the first time as a stand-alone release, from the box set John Cassavetes: Five Films.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
Restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by longtime John Cassavetes collaborators Mike Ferris (camera operator) and Bo Harwood (sound recordist/composer)
Video conversation between actors Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk
Audio interview with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson, conducted in 1975
Theatrical trailer
Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes production photos
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kent Jones and an interview with Cassavetes

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One of the most original, moving, and
enlightening dissections of marriage yet made. --New York Times

Astonishingly true, sensitive, and poignant. --Richard Schickel

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRNWOM70DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ John Cassavetes
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Special Edition, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 27 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0012TIWTY
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 338 ratings

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prisrob
5.0 out of 5 stars Lives Of Desperation
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016
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'A Woman Under The Influence' may be a misnomer. It seems to me this is an entire family under the influence. The story of a family living in LA, and trying to live a life of quiet and not so quiet desperation. Peter Falk plays Nick Longhetti, he works for the city, and he is on call all the time to help fix the water works and anything else that breaks down. Gena Rowland's plays Mabel, a woman put together on a tight string. They have three children, and after viewing this film you wonder if they will grow up as alcoholics in a disheveled world.

John Cassavettes directed this film, and a superb film it is. The director's mother and Gena Rowland's mother also play the mother-in-laws. But the performance to behold is Gena Rowland. She has become Mabel, the woman trying to find her life in a crazy world. Her husband, Nick is also has problems,abusive at times, unclear in his mind, trying to understand his wife,but unable to see the big picture. No one in the family knows how to deal with Mabel, and they bring in the family doctor, who has no presence.

This is a film of a family on the brink, and the performances are so well done, it is difficult to think through the entire film without reacting to the performances. This film stays with you. Why nit did not win every Academy Award I do not understand.

Recommended. prisrob 01-27-16
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT Work. A film that will stay with you for a LONG time.
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014
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I found this movie while reading the Bio on John Cassavetes. Gloria is my all time favorite movie and wanted to see what else he produced. What can I say but, WOW. What an incredible performance by Gina Rowlands and Peter Faulk! I was exhausted at the end of the 2+ hr movie. The intricate weaving of each character and how they connect and communicate is SO true to life. The dialogue was just as gritty and disjointed as the cinematography.
The family dynamics and the gross display of mental illness was extremely spot on. I kept wanting to tell them all to shut the hell up. So much screaming, even when it wasn't necessary. I'm Italian, and could completely relate to the Italian characteristics, and had to think, "Geez, I hope this isn't what my family sounds like!". I think the most poignant part for me was at the end when Mabel asked her father to "stand up for me". This moment everything came together for me. Yes, she had mental illness, however, it was exacerbated by her abusive husband. She had no way out and asking her father for help was her final attempt at trying to be rescued from her husband. When her dad literally stood up, the message to the audience was that he never was really there for her, and realized it at that exact moment. Brilliant. With a failed suicide attempt (slicing her wrist) Mabel realized it was no use and gave into what her life ultimately is. It's too bad Cassavetes is passed on. I would have loved to see what else he had to give the indie film industry.
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W. Maughan
4.0 out of 5 stars Mabel looks like a scapegoat to me
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016
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To me, this movie is about how families create a scapegoat and keep that person crazy. The main character, Mabel, is married to an abusive husband. Another reviewer says his abusiveness is in response to her madness, but that just doesn't follow. People don't suddenly become abusive. They are raised to think that violence is an acceptable way to solve a problem, and there is a whole big fat set of thought processes that go with that. Mabel looks like a scapegoat to me. She is not allowed to be emotional and express her needs while those around her are also overly emotional and just as sick in the head. Nick gets a "good guy" image off of putting up with her, and he milks it by complaining about her to his co-workers, first saying "don't tell me she's crazy" as if sticking up for her and then turning around and saying, himself, that she is crazy. He really seems to be looking for some kind of praise for putting up with her. His dominating Mother has expectations he has to live up to, and that is a major factor, I think, in Nick's expectations of Mabel, his need for approval, and his methods for going about getting that approval from his mother and others. Mabel goes away for treatment, then comes back calmer and more able to articulate her needs; however, she returns to the same old family system, a system that does not ask about her needs or thoughts or feelings, but rather guesses or imposes what she should think, feel, and needs. This family system gives her conflicting messages about what it wants, double standards about what she can't do while other people do the same things. It all conspires to drive her back into her previous madness. I have my doubts about whether Nick loves her, really. I don't know if he is capable of it. He won't answer the question at the end. His co-dependent need for her to be sick is revealed in a nauseating scene where he tries to coach her back into making the old noises she used to make instead of communicating in a clear way. Mabel's new calmness highlights Nick's own instability and clearly he wants things back the way they used to be. Harrowing and revealing, I recommend this movie to people trying to understand dysfunctional family systems.
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E. Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars Gena Rowlands was incredibly realistic
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2014
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This movie came to me on Turner Classic Movies one night as a movie star's favorite film. So I took the road of "A woman under the influence" and was riveted to the screen. I was not in a position to take one bathroom break. Now that I bought the Criterion DVD, I can take that bathroom break when I want. I am also going to force my two sisters to watch it with me. I do not love this movie and there were moments when I felt very uneasy but I could not give it a 4 because Gena Rowlands was 5 star. The moments where I twitched in my seat where the ones that reminded me of my parents yelling and also I laughed on the flip side of weeping when Peter Falk takes the kids to the beach. "Goddamit we are going to have fun!!!!" The quote was not exact but a hundred comedy routines have been written off the mis-guided nurturing of kids by there parents. Like mistaking fun for happiness. This film is not for the weak or those looking for a chick flick. I feel like I really was shown something worth the money, the time and it made me want to talk about it, and go right out and buy it so I could show it to others I know would get something out of it. That is what I call entertainment.
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myke
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 10, 2017
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Gena rawlings is fantastic.
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Cinefilo DOC
5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER...
Reviewed in Italy on October 3, 2018
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Perla unica del cinema indipendente americano, girato da una coppia hollywoodiana che ci ha saputo regalare film strepitosi, Cassavetes & Rowlands: marito e moglie, regista e attrice...un continuo scambio di vita, amore e...grande cinema.
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ari29
5.0 out of 5 stars Emotions viscérales
Reviewed in France on August 19, 2015
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J'ai vraiment découvert, il y a assez peu d'années, le cinéma de John Cassavetes, à la télévision, lors d'un cycle consacré à sa filmographie. j'ai été happée par les thèmes traités, liés à la vie quotidienne des gens "ordinaires", immergés dans la vie des cités industrielles de la fin du 20ème siècle. Les personnages, en proie à la pesanteur des problèmes matériels et existentiels de cette vie "moderne", restent très actuels. Ce cinéma n'a pas vieilli. A aucun moment, le film n'est ennuyeux ni pesant et les acteurs sont magnifiques.
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David Oates
5.0 out of 5 stars A WOMAN OF OUR TIMES
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2014
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WHEN I BOUGHT THIS DRAMATIC MOVIE, IT WAS BECAUSE I KNEW THE LADY FILMSTAR'S DIRECTOR-HUSBAND JOHN CASAVETES WOULD BE BOUND TO SERVE US UP A PROPER TREAT. A THING THAT HE'D BEEN LONG-CAPABLE OF, AND HE DID'NT HALF MANAGE IT HERE, WITH HIS PROFOUNDLY COURAGEOUS EXPLORATION INTO HOW DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE ALTERED PROFOUNDLY IN THE HOME WHEN MENTAL ILLNESS STARTS TO FORM, LEAVING HER HUSBAND PLAYED BY PETER FALK UNABLE TO COPE OR RETRIEVE HER FROM ITS HELL AND HALUCINATORY SELF TORMENT. EXPECT NO SOAP-OPERA HERE. JUST WONDERFUL ACTING FROM A CAST GROPING FOR REASON WHILE IT OBLITERATES EVERYBODY. THOUGH THE FILM GOT A NOMINATION AT THE 1974 HOLLIWOOD OSCARS, IT WAS DE-MERITTED. MARKED DOWN, FOR BEING TOO BRUTALLY LIFELIKE. YET THE FILM GUIDES YOU, AND SOMEHOW YOU STAY WITH IT. IT DOESNT QUITE DIPRESS YOU. INSTEAD, IT COMPELLS YOU ON, TO WATCH. BUT THATS CASAVETES
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nekki
5.0 out of 5 stars Le chef-d'oeuvre de Cassavetes
Reviewed in France on February 11, 2015
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Un grand réalisateur, une actrice exceptionnelle, tout était réuni pour faire de ce film un chef-d'oeuvre. Film parfois insupportable par sa violence, mais d'une exceptionnelle richesse humaine. Le portrait de cette mère hystérique, mais généreuse et profondément amoureuse de son petit monde, est particulièrement émouvant. Un film très dur, avec des moments d'une grande humanité, qui vous font monter les larmes aux yeux.
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