John Cassavetes: Five Films (#250) Jackie Chan the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves

the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves

led by Fry (Radha Mitchell)

writer Peter Handke

Kevin O’Leary

John Cassavetes: Five Films (#250) Jackie Chan the Academy Award–winning Bicycle ThievesJohn Cassavetes was a genius, a visionary, and the progenitor of American independent film, but that doesnt begin to get at the generosity of his art. A former theater actor fascinated by the power of improvisation, Cassavetes brought his search for truth in performance to the screen. The five films in this collectionall of which the director maintained total control over by financing them himself and making them outside the studio systemare