Liz Brown

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 from before and there’s still a French camera crew on hand. Cassavetes is directing a scene from his penultimate film, Love Streams, which, with its dreamy ballet sequence and Diahnne Abbott singing “Kinky Reggae,” maybe is a musical of sorts. After calling it a day, Cassavetes (“Cassavets” in the French pronunciation) and Gena Rowlands linger at the doorway for a few moments before going inside. The voiceover says it’s 3 am.

There’s also an interview with Peter Falk at the end.

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