Director/Writer: John Cassavetes
Director of Photography: Mitch Breit, Al Ruban
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045274/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Woman_Under_the_Influence
Video/Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgQIOxWeEk
Summary (from IMDB): Peter Falk is a blue collar man trying to deal with his wife’s mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavior, but when her actions affect their children, he has her committed. Written by BA Jacobson.
My take: I love, love, love this movie. Second time I’ve seen it and liked it even more this time. I’m a sucker for Cassavetes but even more so for Gena Rowlands, so game over for me. Dialogue and acting? Flawless. Such an honest view of a relationship. This time, I recognized similarities with “Rosemary’s Baby,” a film that featured Cassavetes as an actor. In the end of “A Woman Under the Influence,” the family almost treats Rowlands character like Farrow’s character – she is to be feared yet protected, silenced yet set free from the confines of her own mind. I could go on and on about his movie but I have over 40 more to watch so for the two people reading this, gotta go.
