TIL that back in the day if you wanted to rent a Cassavetes film before they were widely accessible you had to ring John Cassavetes' house and he'd be like "huh? oh yeah sure come over" and you'd go over and his wife (THE!!! GENA ROWLANDS!!!) would answer the door and be like "oh you're here for John? okay one sec. JOHN!!!!!!!!" and then John Cassavetes would amble out in a bathrobe and take you into his garage where instead of a parked car there were racks and racks of film and he would rent one to you for a weekend for $50
i'm assuming that if you didn't return the film then Gena Rowlands would show up at your house dressed like Gloria Swenson and pull a gun on you
@dickgirldebord @90stvqueen absolutely incredible things happening over here
I would give anything to go back…

















