{"id":14504,"date":"2012-02-24T02:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T02:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14504"},"modified":"2012-02-24T02:20:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T02:20:56","slug":"the-making-of-husbands-john-cassavetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/02\/24\/the-making-of-husbands-john-cassavetes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of Husbands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An old BBC documentary shows how John Cassavetes<\/a> made his low budget film Husbands<\/a>\u00a0(1970).<\/p>\n

Although slightly more expensive than his first four films – Shadows<\/a>\u00a0(1959),\u00a0Too Late Blues<\/a>\u00a0(1961),\u00a0A Child is Waiting<\/a>\u00a0(1963) and\u00a0Faces<\/a>\u00a0(1968) – it is a\u00a0fascinating\u00a0insight into how independent films were made before the Sundance revolution.<\/p>\n

During this period of directing he was better known as an actor in films such as Don Siegel’s\u00a0The Killers<\/a>\u00a0(1964), Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen<\/a>\u00a0(1967) and\u00a0Roman Polanski<\/a>‘s Rosemary’s Baby<\/a>\u00a0(1968).<\/p>\n

But he was using this acting money to self-finance his\u00a0films as a director – often shooting scenes in his\u00a0own home – and even forming\u00a0as a company to handle foreign distribution.<\/p>\n

Husbands saw him star alongside Peter Falk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ben Gazzara<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0a trio of married men who go on a spree around New York and London, after the funeral of one of their close friends.<\/p>\n

This BBC documentary probably aired on BBC1 around the UK release.<\/p>\n