Episode 11: GLORIA (1980)

Welcome back to Love Streams: The John Cassavetes Podcast! In this podcast, a filmmaker and a film studies scholar (who happen to be married to each other) unpack, marvel at, and puzzle over the movies directed by American filmmaker, John Cassavetes, one movie at a time. Here we go, folks: It's time for Gloria! Episode highlights include: some really fantastic ideas for action figures; the subtle Wisconsin accent (and the incredible talents) of Gena Rowlands; the Cassavetes Man (who might actually be a Cassavetes Little Boy); the surprising similarities between peep films and experimental cinema; fairy grandmothers and fairy godmothers; relational excess; John Cassavetes aka the Logistics Filmmaker; the things that happen when you mix up the aesthetics of Los Angeles and New York; banana troubles; the particularities of child-acting; and, a major insight about Jonas Mekas. This podcast is recorded at Longmont Public Media in Longmont, Colorado. LPM rules! We couldn't do Love Streams without this amazing community resource. Want to learn more about us, or get in-touch? I sure hope you do because we're making our website easier to find! Please visit sunnypictures.co/lovestreamspodcast to say hello.