John Cassavetes on DVD

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justeleblanc · #1 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:10 pm

After watching his Criterion cycle, I'm now dying to see his three other masterpieces on DVD: Husbands, Minnie and Moskowitz, and Love Streams.

According to IMDB Husbands and Love Streams are both Sony properties, and Moskowitz is Universal. If this is true, does it mean that we're probably not going to see these films on DVD anytime soon?... especially not from Criterion.

duane hall · #2 Post by **duane hall** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:04 pm

Moskowitz was given a solid DVD release by Anchor Bay, although I believe it's now out of print. My local (very good) video store still had a copy a few months ago.

Love Streams was given a French DVD release. Information about that can be found in this thread.

analoguezombie · #3 Post by **analoguezombie** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:03 am

Yes, Moskowitz is OOP. You can find used copies for around $40. You can always rent it from netflix. Very doubtful on any new Region 1 releases of Husbands, Minne & Moskowitz, or Love Streams. The ENcore cable channel has been showing Husbands a lot this month so you can probably catch it there.

Otherwise, multi-region or bootlegs are your only option.

justeleblanc · #4 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:52 pm

that's negative on the nteflix option... but encore? hrm

analoguezombie · #5 Post by **analoguezombie** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:12 pm

Also check out Elaine May's Mikey & Nicky (out on HVe dvd). It stars Cassavetes and Peter Falk and has been called "the best Cassavetes movie that he didn't direct".

justeleblanc · #6 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:25 pm

So I watched LOVE STREAMS last night and I have two questions. One, who is the bearded man that Cassavetes laughs at in the final sequence in the house? Two, was Cassavetes's wave at the end intentional? I assume in the story he's waving to his sister, but I could be wrong.

Thanks to whomever answers it first.

Barmy · #7 Post by **Barmy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:01 am

1) Dunno, but it's a funny scene.

2) I've always assumed he is waving goodbye to the cinema audience knowing that, due to illness, this would be his last film.

chaddoli · #8 Post by **chaddoli** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:12 pm

I thought that too but after reading Cassavetes on Cassavetes, it appears he was planning another film before he died.

analoguezombie · #9 Post by **analoguezombie** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:57 pm

yeah but he died, he's a rotting corpse. so maybe a Romero/Cassavetes collaboration.

justeleblanc · #10 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:42 pm

Does anyone know if the R1 Gloria DVD is a snap case or a normal DVD case. I'm on the fence about whether I should buy it or not, and if it's a snap case I'm gonna pass.

Buttery Jeb · #11 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:07 pm

Just thought it should be mentioned that an episode of "Johnny Staccato" will be included on the Bravo/Universal DVD "Brilliant But Cancelled: Crime Shows," due May 16th.

ben d banana · #12 Post by **ben d banana** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:50 am

justeleblanc wrote:Does anyone know if the R1 Gloria DVD is a snap case or a normal DVD case. I'm on the fence about whether I should buy it or not, and if it's a snap case I'm gonna pass.

Normal.

sir karl · #13 Post by **sir karl** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:17 pm

Rupert Pupkin wrote: Minnie & Moskowitz has just been liscenced by Mk2 : transfer is excellent and the 2nd DVD features a really interesting and tricky analyse of this movie, + an excellent documentary with Cassevetes...

often many movie licenced by Arte and Mk2 have been released or are planned to be released by Criterion (La jetée, the Louis Malle box set, and on the side of Mk2 all the Truffaut, some Bresson such as Pickpocket, etc...)

So, obviously there is a new mk2 transfer of Minnie & Moskowitz and according to amazon.fr a dvd was released April 10th. Does anyone have the DVD and want to drop some comments about the picture quality, (forced) subs, extras etc.? Many thanks!

Cash Flagg · #14 Post by **Cash Flagg** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:33 pm

In this thread at DVDTalk, one of the moderators mentioned that Husbands, among several other catalog titles, was coming soon to dvd from Sony.

Person · #15 Post by **Person** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:06 pm

Well, let's just hope that it is Cassavetes' original cut.

Speaking of director's cuts, I also hope that Nickelodeon is the longer version presented in black and white, which was Bogdanovich's original intention back in '76 and that is how it was presented back in March at the Castro Theater in San Francisco at the behest of Cpt. Ascot.

Great to see that I Never Sang for My Father and a legit edition of Five are finally coming to DVD, too.

#16 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:45 pm

Person wrote:Speaking of director's cuts, I also hope that Nickelodeon is the longer version presented in black and white, which was Bogdanovich's original intention back in '76 and that is how it was presented back in March at the Castro Theater in San Francisco at the behest of Cpt. Ascot.

I hope it's not (though since the print is already struck, I'm sure it will be)-- there's a big difference between filming in black and white with special lenses and film, and just color-adjusting the film 32 years later.

Floyd · #17 Post by **Floyd** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:19 am

Why couldn't they also say they are bringing out Love Streams to further build up my excitement just to never release them? Oh well. I got that pretty good DVD from France but I'd imagine it could be improved on.

jaredsap · #18 Post by **jaredsap** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:25 am

Floyd wrote:Why couldn't they also say they are bringing out Love Streams to further build up my excitement just to never release them?

Because Sony doesn't own Love Streams. MGM does.

paa400 · #19 Post by **paa400** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:22 pm

It would be funny if Husbands came out on Blu-Ray.

Ashirg · #20 Post by **Ashirg** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:49 pm

DVD Savant and DVD Talk report that Husbands is coming soon as part of stupid-sounding Martini Movies line. Call it whatever you like, just make a proper release!

King Prendergast · Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:30 am

Too late Blues recently played at MOMA in NYC. Should that give me any reason to have hope for a video release anytime soon...?

ptmd · #22 Post by **ptmd** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:44 am

Too late Blues recently played at MOMA in NYC. Should that give me any reason to have hope for a video release anytime soon...?

No, since that was a screening of an archive print as part of a MoMA series focused on films with a Jazz score. The film is terrific, of course, at least as good in its own way as Shadows (although that film is much more historically important) and way better than A Child is Waiting.

pemmican · #23 Post by **pemmican** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:23 pm

The bearded man is the dog.

Minnie and Moskowitz is all over eBay on European DVDs.

There was a pretty good DVD-r of the "complete" restored UCLA cut of Husbands available from sellers. I got it from a guy calling his site Bob's Movies... which appears to no longer be online, alas.

Machine Gun McCain just came out in a French DVD - check Amazon France under the Italian title, Gli Intoccabili.

P.

Andrian Film Revival · Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:42 pm

Might be of interest to UK members - I noticed that Husbands is on TV this Saturday (6.10am and 3.45pm on Sky Movies Modern Greats). Apparently 135 mins.

Trelkovsky · #25 Post by **Trelkovsky** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:03 pm

Husbands will be released in Spain by Sony in November.

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