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The first chapter of Ray Carney’s The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies is a must for anyone looking to understand how movies work. He perfectly explains how the average movie works using the ending of Casablanca as an example and then completely flips it on its head to describe the work of Cassavetes. I know it might be weird to recommend a book on a specific filmmaker, but using Cassavetes we can point out a major schism in filmmaking that really defines its interpretation: the fight between Hollywood and Europe over what you might call “realism.”

I wouldn’t recommend much past the first chapter, as he keeps on repeating himself over and over, but the first chapter is just so damn good it’s worth the purchase.

The first chapter of Ray Carney’s The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies is a must for anyone looking to understand how movies work. He perfectly explains how the average movie works using the ending of Casablanca as an example and then completely flips it on its head to describe the work of Cassavetes. I wouldn’t recommend much past the first chapter, as he keeps on repeating himself over and over, but the first chapter is just so damn good it’s worth the purchase.