Peter Falk unloads on the most chaotic genius in American cinema. Buckle up.
Get the scoop on the legendary actor-director-New Yorker John Cassavetes straight from the mouth of his friend, peer and co-star Peter Falk (Columbo) in Paul Joyce’s documentary, Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes. Falk lays bare the quirks and gifts of the director of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and A Woman Under the Influence, and star of De Palma’s The Fury and Tarantino favourite Mikey and Nicky, in this outright and honest interview.
Acting
Falk's raw, wandering anecdotes feel more performance than interview.
Direction
Joyce lets silence breathe; the pauses say more than words.
Director
Paul Joyce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Falk and Cassavetes were so close that Falk financed parts of Husbands with his Columbo money — and never told the studio.
This 1993 artifact predates the full Cassavetes revival; Falk's testimony helped cement the mythos before Criterion got their hands on him.
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