Love Streams
- Director: John Cassavetes
- Writer: Ted Allan
- Producer: Yoram Globus; Menahem Golan
CGiii Comment
If you can tolerate the atrocious supporting cast then it may have a certain appeal - but, it is not an easy journey.
Indulgence is a Cassavetes trademark - with this, he does not disappoint.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. The decadent life of Robert is made of alcohol, cigarettes, and short-time relationships with women; women he interviews for a book, he spends a weekend with at a casino or fall in love with for the fun of an evening. Having no constraints, he his unable to be responsible for anything including the care of his son, leaving him alone in an hotel room and teaching the 8-years old boy how to drink. His life is made of his own phantasms as an artist. His sister is divorcing from her husband because of her exuberant and insane behavior. She scares her daughter Debbie who prefers to stay with her father, a decision that hurts Sarah very deeply and reinforces her nervous breakdown. Most of the movie takes place in the house of Robert. We watch Robert and Sarah struggling with their own lives. As the movie progresses, the house gets empty little by little...
Cast & Characters
Gena Rowlands as Sarah Lawson;
John Cassavetes as Robert Harmon;
Diahnne Abbott as Susan;
Seymour Cassel as Jack Lawson;
Margaret Abbott as Margarita;
Jakob Shaw as Albie Swanson;
Eddy Donno as Stepfather Swanson;
Joan Foley as Judge Dunbar;
Al Ruban as Milton Kravitz;
Tom Badal as Sam the lawyer;
Julie Allan as Charlene;
Doe Avedon as Mrs. Kiner;
Frank Beetson as Cashier;
Neil Bell as The Dog Man;
Gregg Berger as Taxi Driver