Husbands

...of a bourgeois philanderer with brutal precision. "Husbands" starred Cassavetes, Falk and Gazzara as family men who struggle to come to grips with the death of a friend. With its hand-held camerawork and theme of midlife...

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...actor-friendly film can still both exasperate and enthrall. Peter Falk, left, Ben Gazzara and John Cassavetes star in "Husbands," which is now 11 minutes longer on DVD. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainmment) It's impossible to separate...

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...matter is: this film is much too long. On the DVD's 30-minute, very informative supplement The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara extols a four and one-half hour cut of Husbands. This sounds like torture to me. But...

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...Kael, in this magazine) and audience walkouts. Unsurprisingly, the troubled reception signals the film's virtues: this formally radical, deeply personal work still packs plenty of surprises. The story centers on three longtime friends,...

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His 1970 tour de force Husbands, which just received a long-overdue DVD release, accordingly alternates between moments of brutal, dark-night-of-the-soul honesty and scenes that play like extended acting-class exercises. A...

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Husbands (film) Husbands is a 1970 film written and directed by John Cassavetes. This ensemble film, which describes three middle class men in the throes of a midlife crisis, stars Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and Cassavetes. The film, in cinema...

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...three-act structure and narrative coherence will be disappointed. "Husbands" is a character study first and foremost, and the trio's emotional journey propels the actors forward. Though sometimes tedious, the interaction between Messrs. Falk,...

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...specialty as he allowed each actor to create with the camera rolling. "Husbands" was not a box-office hit, even though Cassavetes recut it from four hours to 142 minutes. A simple premise had become a serious examination of male bonding and...

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