Faces

John Cassavetes
United States, 1968

35mm Archival Print

Faces is really an anti-intellectual picture; it’s against all people that know and for people that just feel.

John Cassavetes
featuring

John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel,

Faces is the nightlong journey to the epicenter of a marriage on the rocks. A Los Angeles business executive (John Marley) is jarred out of complacency in his marriage and spends the night with a call girl (Gena Rowlands). His wife (Lynn Carlin) picks up a friendly young stud (Seymour Cassel) in a discotheque and in the morning attempts suicide. Faces is unflinching in its portrayal of the things we do for love. Ray Carney observed, “However doomed, [John Cassavetes’s characters] are still smarter, more passionate, more creative than almost any other figures in all of film.”

Judy Bloch
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • John Cassavetes
Cinematographer
  • Al Ruban
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • 130 mins
Source
  • UCLA Film & Television Archive
Permission
  • American Genre Film Archive
Additional Info
  • Restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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