Faces

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The work Faces represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alpha Park Public Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Faces

Statement of responsibility: produced by Maurice McEndree ; written and directed by John Cassavetes ; associate producer, Al Ruban ; Faces Distribution Corporation presents

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Powerful story of the disintegration of a marriage of a captain of industry and his wife
"John Cassavetes puts a disintegrating marriage under the microscope in the searing Faces. Shot in high-contrast 16 mm black and white, the film follows the futile attempts of the captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty relationship in the arms of others. Featuring astonishingly nervy performances from Marley, Carlin, and Cassavetes regulars Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel, Faces confronts modern alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema." -- Publisher's description

Credits note: Musical director, Jack Ackerman ; director of photography, Al Ruban; editors, Al Ruban, Maurice McEndree

PerformerNote: Lynn Carlin, John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper, Val Avery

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