I have a watchlist of film as long as your arm . Some are on there because I read a review and others are recommendations. I cannot for the life of me remember why this strange film was on my watchlist but I pretty glad I watched it despite its many faults.
This is about Cosmo , who is a strip club owner who is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
To say this film is raw is an understatement. It's as 1970's as a film can get.
It's extremely dated but in a good way. I love that 70's era and the carbon dating of this film is it's biggest appeal.
I watched the original cut which is 139 minutes long but I I wish I'd seen the Directors cut which is 27 minutes shorter.
This version is baggy. It's unnecessarily long because of the many shots of what was going on , on stage in Cosmo's club .
At times it feels like an amateur dramatics society for strippers. The women can't act and the stage scenes are just weird and not erotic in and way . Why anyone would pay to watch it is a mystery but heh , it was 1976.
The whole story about paying off the gambling debt is a good one but gets mobbed down by the club nonsense.
Ben Gazzara and Seymour Cassel are good , even though they do look like they are improvising at times and when they do eventually get around to actual plot , it's a pretty decent watch .
This film reminds me a lot of a substandard - Mean Streets - and I wasn't surprised to hear that Scorsese was involved in the original idea for this film.
John Cassavetes made some good films in his time . This isn't one of the better ones but it's an interesting piece of work none the less.
This is about Cosmo , who is a strip club owner who is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
To say this film is raw is an understatement. It's as 1970's as a film can get.
It's extremely dated but in a good way. I love that 70's era and the carbon dating of this film is it's biggest appeal.
I watched the original cut which is 139 minutes long but I I wish I'd seen the Directors cut which is 27 minutes shorter.
This version is baggy. It's unnecessarily long because of the many shots of what was going on , on stage in Cosmo's club .
At times it feels like an amateur dramatics society for strippers. The women can't act and the stage scenes are just weird and not erotic in and way . Why anyone would pay to watch it is a mystery but heh , it was 1976.
The whole story about paying off the gambling debt is a good one but gets mobbed down by the club nonsense.
Ben Gazzara and Seymour Cassel are good , even though they do look like they are improvising at times and when they do eventually get around to actual plot , it's a pretty decent watch .
This film reminds me a lot of a substandard - Mean Streets - and I wasn't surprised to hear that Scorsese was involved in the original idea for this film.
John Cassavetes made some good films in his time . This isn't one of the better ones but it's an interesting piece of work none the less.