I think of the Cassavetes films first, then Anatomy, then the couple he did with Bogdanovich. (Haven't seen Road House.) Worth noting how close his death was to Falk's. His IMDB filmography spans 60 years.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
think "hipsters" might also remember this one fondly too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yWEs74FsIM
― buzza, Saturday, 4 February 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
the NYT obit didn't even mention road house and had quite a bit about the cassavetes films. so culture is not yet dead yay.
― wad of baloney (Eisbaer), Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
nor Gilbert Gottfried's bit about aliens who land and ask him "Ben Gazzara's a good actor, why doesn't he have a series?"
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 February 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
he is so godam sexy in anatomy of a murder
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 4 February 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, wow, ben gazzara. i never thought much of chinese bookie, but he's great in it. the penis scribbling scene is my favorite gag in the big lebowski. i remember him seeming very warm and likable in an avclub interview a couple years back:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/ben-gazzara,35105/
hes one of those guys, even though i havent seen a ton of his stuff, where the stuff that you do see really sticks with you. like anatomy of a murder. curious about his italian language work!
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 4 February 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
also I knew he had done TennWilliams onstage in the '50s, but did not realize he was the first Brick in Cat on Broadway.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 February 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
One of my favorite actors, sad he died of the kind of pancreatic cancer. Loved both Husbands and Chinese Bookie. Loved him here toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-dClTQ7yPc
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 4 February 2012 07:15 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit :(
r.i.p. original Cosmo Vitelli, you and cassavetes pulled off some magic there. I even got seriously excited and sentimental to see you and Gena hangin out in that Paris omnibus a few years ago. godspeed.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Saturday, 4 February 2012 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
when he and Lee Remick drive off and Jimmy Stewart gives them a look that says "I'll be seeing your ass in court again soon" while also envying the fuck out of them.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 February 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
i remember him seeming very warm and likable
years and years ago I dated his editor and was lucky enough to have a few dinners with Mr. Gazzara and I can tell you that he was incredibly warm, and generous, and an all-around lovely man. Drank me under the table, unsurprisingly.
― all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Sunday, 5 February 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
he definitely seemed like a super-great guy. very sad. :(
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 6 February 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.tri-cityherald.com/smedia/2012/02/03/23/07/959-11Jf8k.St.55.jpg
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 6 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
also can we just take a moment and look at lee remick? no objections? OK:
http://i2.listal.com/image/1242359/600full-lee-remick.jpg
http://static.life.com/ugc/091/ugc1157091/watermarkcomp.jpg
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 6 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
which version of Chinse Bookie do I screen: the 108- or 135-minute cut?
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
108
― flappy bird, Thursday, 21 June 2018 05:18 (five years ago) link
tf @ these results, this needs to be redone