absolutely blown away john cassavetess opening night first movie ive seen seems bigger scale thus feels mainstream still feel grounded previous films perhaps makes intense also something undoubtedly cathartic watching moviebr br its fact cassavetes made staple career ideal expressed behind camera throughout career director expressing front rowlandss character middleaged stage actress myrtle gordon cannot bring play role upcoming production written uncalculatedly follows impulse impulse resulting appears chaos stage finds right one daringly abstract premisebr br this movie fail capture innate steering one goes emotional cleansing one understands myrtle many things does seen even portrayed something destructive yet might best thing her may cleansing rather breakdown withdrawal cocoon rebellion culminates meltdown cassavetes gives character brutally real touch early on ardently arguing nothing common character yet quiet emotionally corroding fear opposite truebr br the last scene climactic performance myrtle shares character painfully estranged acting her one interesting hilarious hardhitting enlightening enjoyable moments ive ever seen movie