Opening Night (1977)

cassavetes said after you watch gena rowlands have a mental breakdown for two hours you can have a three second peter falk cameo, as a treat

Laura

the hybridization of written word and improvisation evokes the truest emotions. it's the antithesis of an algorithm. yes, you can predict that myrtle will drink a lot and freak out, but it's impossible to know what she'll say, how she'll behave. she's alienating and selfish…

mia lee vicino

Birdman found dead in a ditch.

Josh Lewis

who among us hasn’t had a meltdown on stage and quickly pivoted to crowdwork

fran hoepfner

wanna be in a relationship where i'm my husband's muse & i act absolutely insane in all of his work SO bad

Madison 🎭

If Gena Rowlands ran me over I'd apologize to her for getting in the way of her car

dani🇵🇸

All actresses should get to play an actress and they should get to do it opposite the director they have a longstanding professional and romantic relationship with

dylan gelula

“It’s a tradition actresses get slapped”

girlactress

An actress revolts. There's two things that really stand out for me about Opening Night. One is how easy it would be for this to be a very dry film about performing, theatre, aging and the relationship between actors and directors, yet Cassavetes never let it go down easy…

Filipe Furtado