Opening night
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Label
Opening night
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Opening night
Oclc number
897772178
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Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1977
Runtime
144
Summary
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
Technique
live action
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