Love Streams - John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel, Gena Rowlands [1984] (Blu-ray + DVD - 8/12/2014)

In this emotional roller coaster ride, Robert Harmon John Cassavetes is a street-wise, sometimes obnoxious writer currently working on a book about the seamier side of buying/selling love, and Sarah Lawson Gena Rowlands is an emotive wife and mother struggling through a divorce and custody battle. When Sarah lands on Robert's doorstep with her suitcases, it seems at first that she has returned to her husband. Robert has several women staying at his place research sources!, but when his real ex-wife arrives with their young son, he sends the women packing. Sarah, it turns out, is Robert's sister. As the two work out their own live's hurdles -- Robert, the unaccustomed father with his 8-year-old son, and Sarah, trying to cope with her custody battle and its results -- their way of handling adversity and personal burdens becomes the real subtext of the film. This film won the Golden Bear Award at the 1984 Berlin Film Festival.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

Product Details

Actors: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott
Directors: John Cassavetes
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: August 12, 2014
Run Time: 141 minutes

Special Features
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; New audio commentary featuring writer Michael Ventura; New video essay on actor Gena Rowlands by film critic Sheila O'Malley; New interviews with executive producer and director of photography Al Ruban and actor Diahnne Abbott; Interview from 2008 with actor Seymour Cassel; "I'm Almost Not Crazy..." - John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work (1984), a sixty-minute documentary by Ventura on the making of Love Streams; Trailer; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Dennis Lim and a 1984 New York Times piece on the film by Cassavetes.

Cast & Crew
Gena Rowlands Sarah Lawson
John Cassavetes Robert Harmon
Diahnne Abbott Susan
Seymour Cassel Jack Lawson
Margaret Abbott Margarita
Jakob Shaw Albie Swanson
John Roselius Ken
Michelle Conaway Agnes Swanson
Eddy Donno Stepfather Swanson
Doe Avedon Mrs. Kiner
Tom Badal Sam the Lawyer
C. Frank Beetson Jr. Cashier
Neil Bell The Dog Man
Gregg Berger Taxi Driver
Risa Martha Blewitt Debbie Lawson
Tony Brubaker Frank
Logan Carter Female Impersonator
Alexandra Cassavetes Backup Singer
Dominique Davalos Backup Singer
Raphael de Niro Billy
Francois Duhamel Porter
Joan Dykman Phyllis
Robert Fieldsteel Dr. Williams
John Finnegan Taxi Driver
Joan Foley Judge Dunbar
Lenny Geer Lenny
Leslie Hope Joanie
Jamie Horton Porter
Jim W. Jones Taxi Driver
Kelly Lawrence Female Inpersonator
Christopher D. Morley Female Impersonator
Christopher Morley Female Impersonator
Phedon Papamichael Taxi Driver
David Rowlands Psychiatrist
Al Ruban Milton Kravitz
Michael Stein Porter
William Thompson Porter
Susan Wolf Jade Meadows Swift

Technical Credits
John Cassavetes Director, Screenwriter
Ted Allan Original Story, Screenwriter
Yoram Globus Producer
Menahem Golan Producer
Bo Harwood Score Composer
Phedon Papamichael Production Designer
Al Ruban Cinematographer, Executive Producer
George C. Villasenor Editor

Scene Index
Disc #1 -- Love Streams
1. Robert's Research
2. "Kinky Reggae"
3. Sarah's Custody Hearing
4. Back at the Nightclub
5. A Woman's Secret
6. Change of Heart
7. "Love is a Stream"
8. Surprise Visitors
9. Quality Time
10. Vegas Overnight
11. "I Love You, Dad"
12. "Where Are You?"
13. Sarah Calls Jack
14. "I'm Looking for the Sex"
15. Dancing with Margarita
16. Talk of Love and Art
17. "Love is Dead"
18. Animal Farm
19. A Baby for Robert
20. Sarah Collapsed
21. Making Them Laugh
22. "You Promised Me"
23. A New Understanding
24. Good-Byes
1. Color Bars

Disc #2 -- Love Streams
1. Filming the Operetta [5:43]
2. Not Crazy [6:00]
3. Make Me Laugh [11:31]
4. Liking Robert Harmon [4:01]
5. Shadows and Faces [6:01]
6. "I Don't Want to be a Victim" [8:33]
7. "A Substitute for Living" [6:28]
8. Cast and Crew [7:44]

Menu
Disc #1 -- Love Streams
Play the Movie
Chapters
Commentary
Commentary: On
Commentary: Off
Chapters
Cassavete's Reputation
Family Affair
Gena Rowlands
Concentrated Force
"Anything for John"
"The Actor is First"
Things Off-Balance
House as Metaphor
Albie's Presence
John's Green Mile
Jakob's Blood Pack
"We're Making a Dream"
"Dumbohead"
Ted Allan's Play
A Cinema of Alcohol
The Breakfast Nook
"Where Were You?"
Plot Points
"Farm Isn't Funny"
"We Have No Picture"
Tactics and Strategy
Bernstein and Harwood
"This is It, Kiddo"
"I Love This Fucking Movie"
Color Bars

Disc #2 -- Love Streams
Interviews
Al Ruban
Play
Diahnne Abbott
Play
Seymour Cassel
Play
Watching Gena Rowlands
Play
"I'm Almost Not Crazy..."
Play
Index
Trailer