Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

John Cassavetes

Scénariste:

John Cassavetes (writer)

Date de sortie:

21 juillet 1972 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Romance

Intrigue:

A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.

Plot Keywords:

Break Up | Museum | Shaving | Blind Date | Los Angeles California

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

It's okay to be crazy.

Ensemble

Gena Rowlands	...	Minnie Moore
Seymour Cassel	...	Seymour Moskowitz
Val Avery	...	Zelmo Swift
Timothy Carey	...	Morgan Morgan (as Tim Carey)
Katherine Cassavetes	...	Sheba Moskowitz
Elizabeth Deering	...	Girl
Elsie Ames	...	Florence
Lady Rowlands	...	Georgia Moore
Holly Near	...	Irish
Judith Roberts	...	Wife
Jack Danskin	...	Dick Henderson
Eleanor Zee	...	Mrs. Grass
Santos Morales
Kathleen O'Malley
Jimmy Joyce

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP

Lieux de tournage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

Universal Pictures

Anecdotes:

In 1964 Seymour Cassel appeared as a parking attendant on a segment of the series "Burke's Law: Who Killed Annie Foran? (#1.28)" (1964), which co-starred John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands.

Guillemet:

Zelmo Swift: You know, I don't go out much. Did you know that? I'm actually scared of women. You must be frightened of men too, huh? I don't know what to say to them, to women. I say, "Hello! Hello, how are you?" I say anything I can think of, but I don't say anything, not really. I'm a loner, I'm always alone. My interests are in Keats, Shelley, Swinburne, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Wordsworth... Opera, poetry, music... Did you know I was reading since I was twelve years old? I wear glasses now, I read so much.
Minnie Moore: That's funny, I... I would've sworn you're a businessman.
[...]

Connexions:

Références Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

It's okay to be crazy.

Life is crazy. You're crazy, I'm crazy, we're all crazy. We're all a little bit Minnie, and a little bit Moskowitz. Sometimes it does seem best to be sensible...but then what might you be missing out on?

You gotta be you. You don't have to park cars and semi-randomly yell at people, but you can't hide yourself behind a veil (or dark sunglasses) and pretend and act like everything is okay. And sometimes, you really do have to throw caution to the wind, because why else are you alive?

I'm not going to 'rate' this love compared to Cassavetes' other movies, because they are all absolutely 100% unique works and each their own individual act of expression and exploration of our lives. In that sense they are all great, and comparisons are odious. For sure, this movie has that one crazy, sometimes maddening, but ultimately wonderful and freeing quality that all his movies have- you never know what's going to happen next, and you never know what the characters are going to think, do, or feel next. Neither do the characters themselves- and do we really want to live our lives any other way? Unlike Moskowitz, you can have a great job and judiciously sock away money into your IRA, but still live the life of an adventurer inside- in your feelings, your spirit, and your very experience of life. Yeah, we can have it both ways, that's what Cassavetes shows us. Thank God somebody did.