Monthly Archives: April 2009
Johnny Staccato
The detective series starring John Cassavetes as a jazz pianist turned private eye lasted one season (1959-60). Jay Maeder in the Daily News writes that Johnny Staccato “was regarded as just too downbeat and strange – too hip for the room, as they say.” But there are twentysome episodes circulating. A commenter on IMDB.com provides [...]
on the set of Love Streams
Last week it was 1965 and John Cassavetes was driving a French journalist through the Hollywood Hills to his home, snapping his fingers along to the Beach Boys, and joking about making a musical of “Crime and Punishment.” In the clip below nearly twenty years have passed, but this appears to be the same house [...]
Posted in Female performers, Motion Pictures Tagged Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Motion Pictures 1 Comment
Introducing a new blog feature
The most compelling blogs seem to manage a perfect balance of immediacy, regularity, and self-exposure. New York Hack and Thirty-Year-Old Secretary, two that I followed closely and are both now on indefinite hiatus, were also highly specialized, which I found appealing. These offered windows onto particular professions, a cab driver and a secretary. The latter [...]
Bea Arthur, 1922-2009