#zoe cassavetes

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chloe sevigny, zoe cassavetes, and sofia coppola

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The way I feel that these two pictures are so similar.

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Vogue US September 2000

Zoe Cassavetes, Lisa Marie, Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, Venetia Scott & Robert Duffy by Annie Leibovitz

Styled by Camilla Nickerson

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Lick the Star (1998) Sofia Coppola

February 24th 2024

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sofia coppola and zoe cassavetes in hi octane (1994)

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Hi Octane - Episode 2 (1994)

Long lost variety show staring Sofia Coppola & Zoe Cassavetes that aired on Comedy Central in the early 90's!

Episode 2 featuring The Beastie Boys, Martin Scorsese, Anna Wintour, Thurston Moore, and Mike Watt

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Sofia Coppola in Hi Octane

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Happy 53rd, Zoe Cassavetes.

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Sofia Coppola and Zoe Cassavetes in Hi Octane (1994)

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Remembering Gena Rowlands 1930-2024

Sad news tonight: actress Gena Rowlands has died at 94. Some might call her the First Lady of Independent Cinema as the films she made with her husband John Cassevetes were so influential in the pantheon of independent cinema! John Cassevetes (1929-1989), who was married to Gena from 1954 to his death in 1989, would act in a ton of movies and take the money from those to direct his own films. A number of them starred Rowlands as his leading lady. John and Gena had three kids, all of whom are filmmakers: Nick (born in 1959, a friend and frequent collaborator of Ted Demme's! He actually co-wrote Blow), Alexandra (born in 1965, directed the excellent Z Channel documentary), and Zoe (born in 1970). Talent definitely runs in their family!

Peter Falk and Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence

John and Gena made about 10 films together, both co-starring and John directing Gena. The best of them was A Woman Under the Influence, which Gena was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for. Her performance as Mabel, the housewife who begins showing some behavioral issues with her husband and family. She gives one of the greatest film performances of all time. How she didn't win the Oscar is beyond me!

Other notable films she appeared in included The Brink's Job, Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett's mother in Light of Day, Another Woman, and Night on Earth.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

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So many Mr. Wrongs. So few Mr. Rights.

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Hi Octane - Episode 1 - Sofia Coppola & Zoe Cassavetes (1994)

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Zoe Cassavetes, Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth (1994).

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Happy Birthday Jim Jarmusch!

Happy Birthday Jim Jarmusch!

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Gena Rowlands and Parker Posey in Broken English (Zoe R. Cassavetes, 2007)

Cast: Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Justin Theroux, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Tim Guinee, Roy Thinnes, Dana Ivey, Bernadette Lafont, Thierry Hancisse. Screenplay: Zoe R. Cassavetes. Cinematography: John Pirozzi. Production design: Happy Massee. Film editing: Andrew Weisblum. Music: Scratch Massive. 

The ending of Broken English is a direct copy, down to the dialogue, of the ending of Richard Linklater's Before Sunset (2004), a movie about a fractured relationship that finds a satisfactory resolution. This similarity can only be an homage, but it shows up the comparative lack of originality in Zoe R. Cassavetes' film. In fact, the copy is so blatant, and the plotline of Broken English is so familiar that I hope Cassavetes' intention was to parody romantic comedies, especially those about young women who have trouble finding satisfactory men. Unfortunately, the parody doesn't go far enough to relieve the sense I have of a movie gone flat. Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a young woman with a good job who is anxious about her future without a steady relationship with a man. She has a failed fling with an actor (Justin Theroux) that leaves her more in the dumps, but then she meets a lanky, easy-going Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who manages to overcome her anxieties and defense mechanisms. But then he returns to France, leaving his cell number with her. It's a fine cast: Posey displays her exceptional gift for edgy humor and Drea de Matteo fits nicely into the familiar role of the best friend and confidante. The invaluable Gena Rowlands rises above her role as the stereotypical mother who wants her to get married. And Poupaud, smoking like a chimney, is a steady foil for Nora's jitteryness. But by the time the movie gets Nora to Paris and the city casts its patented romantic spell over things, including a stereotypical older Frenchman (Thierry Hancisse) who imparts his worldly wisdom, we get the feeling we've seen it all before.