Opening Night
Opening Night • 2h 24m
Directed by John Cassavetes • 1977 • United States
Starring Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara
While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, after which she begins to confront the chaos of her own life. Headlined by a virtuoso performance by Rowlands, John Cassavetes’s OPENING NIGHT lays bare the drama of a performer who, at great personal cost, makes a part her own, and it functions as a metaphor for the director’s singular, wrenched-from-the-heart creative method.
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Al Ruban on OPENING NIGHT
Al Ruban collaborated with director John Cassavetes on nearly all of his films. In this brief interview, conducted in New York in 2004, he discusses his role as producer and cinematographer on OPENING NIGHT.
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John Cassavetes on OPENING NIGHT
This twenty-nine-minute audio excerpt is from an interview with director John Cassavetes conducted by film scholar Michel Ciment in 1978.
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Jonathan Lethem on OPENING NIGHT
