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'''Richard''': I don't feel like getting depressed tonight.
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'''Richard''': I don't feel like getting depressed tonight.tonight.
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* TheCameo: Don Siegel, Creator/DonSiegel, Hollywood film director who directed John Cassavetes in the 1964 version of ''Film/TheKillers'', is an extra at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go.
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* HandsomeLech: Chet, the vaguely sneezy blow-dried guy that Maria and her three friends come home with. Somehow, the fact that Chet came home with four middle-aged housewives rather than one makes him creepier.
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* ShoutOut: The opening scene is sleazy, pathetic ad man Freddy [[Series/MadMen Draper]] screening a commercial film for Richard. Freddy says "We call it ''Film/LaDolceVita'' for the commercial set.
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* ShoutOut: The opening scene is sleazy, pathetic ad man Freddy [[Series/MadMen Draper]] screening a commercial film for Richard. Freddy says "We call it ''Film/LaDolceVita'' for the commercial set."
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* LadyDrunk: All four of the women in Maria's little group are melancholy, but Florence, the drunkest and the one most nakedly desperate for affection, stands out.
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''Faces'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/JohnCassavetes.
It is about the existential despair and ennui among upper-class suburbanites. The story centers around a married couple, Richard and Maria; he is an executive at a finance company and she (this being 1968) is his stay-at-home wife. Their marriage might or might not have had something to do with love at some point, but the film finds them having dissolved into mutual resentment. One night a seemingly pleasant but actually tense conversation ends with Richard demanding a divorce. Richard leaves the house immediately, going off to see Jeannie (Creator/GenaRowlands), a high-end prostitute. Maria goes out with her friends, where she meets a businessman at the bar.
Gena Rowlands was Cassavetes' RealLife wife and his most frequent leading lady. Christina Crawford, adopted daughter of Creator/JoanCrawford and later of ''Film/MommieDearest'' infamy, appears as "Woman Scattering Coins at Bar". John Marley, who stars as Richard, found a horse's head in his bed in ''Film/TheGodfather''.
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!!Tropes:
* TheCameo: Don Siegel, Hollywood film director who directed John Cassavetes in the 1964 version of ''Film/TheKillers'', is an extra at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When a cranky Richard barks "You look lousy" to his attentive secretary, we learn a lot about him right off the bat.
* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: A single evening.
* FaceFramedInShadow: How Jeannie is framed as Freddie, off-camera, starts screaming about how she's a whore--Freddie is mad because Richard showed up and she started paying more attention to him.
* HighClassCallGirl: Jeannie receives clients in her own home and charges at least $200 (in 1968 money).
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Jeannie specifically denies this, saying "I haven't got a heart of gold." But as later becomes clear, she really cares about Richard in a way she doesn't care about all the other gross businessmen who pay her.
* ShoutOut: The opening scene is sleazy, pathetic ad man Freddy [[Series/MadMen Draper]] screening a commercial film for Richard. Freddy says "We call it ''Film/LaDolceVita'' for the commercial set.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: When Jeannie says she's going to change from her dress into something more comfortable, Freddy says "My heart! It's so excited!" Subverted when Jeannie comes out wearing a simple sweater and slacks. Notably, when Jeannie's with Richard, whom she likes a lot better, she does change into a nightie.
* SpeechCentricWork: The whole movie is talking, as through a series of encounters people are forced to deal with the emptiness of their lives.
* StepfordSmiler: Richard and Maria make happy, pleasant talk, even laughing and telling jokes, but there's a thick undercurrent of tension that occasionally bursts out. Eventually he demands a divorce and walks out of the house.
* StylisticSuck: Most of the independent films made by Cassavetes were NoBudget affairs but he really pushed it to the limit here, filming DeliberatelyMonochrome with a handheld 16mm camera. The movie looks like one of the "cinema verite" documentaries that were becoming popular in that era, like ''Film/{{Primary}}'' or 1969 film ''Film/{{Salesman}}''.
* TakeThat: Maria wants to go to a movie.
--> '''Maria''': There's a Bergman film in the neighborhood.\\
'''Richard''': I don't feel like getting depressed tonight.
''Faces'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/JohnCassavetes.
It is about the existential despair and ennui among upper-class suburbanites. The story centers around a married couple, Richard and Maria; he is an executive at a finance company and she (this being 1968) is his stay-at-home wife. Their marriage might or might not have had something to do with love at some point, but the film finds them having dissolved into mutual resentment. One night a seemingly pleasant but actually tense conversation ends with Richard demanding a divorce. Richard leaves the house immediately, going off to see Jeannie (Creator/GenaRowlands), a high-end prostitute. Maria goes out with her friends, where she meets a businessman at the bar.
Gena Rowlands was Cassavetes' RealLife wife and his most frequent leading lady. Christina Crawford, adopted daughter of Creator/JoanCrawford and later of ''Film/MommieDearest'' infamy, appears as "Woman Scattering Coins at Bar". John Marley, who stars as Richard, found a horse's head in his bed in ''Film/TheGodfather''.
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!!Tropes:
* TheCameo: Don Siegel, Hollywood film director who directed John Cassavetes in the 1964 version of ''Film/TheKillers'', is an extra at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When a cranky Richard barks "You look lousy" to his attentive secretary, we learn a lot about him right off the bat.
* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: A single evening.
* FaceFramedInShadow: How Jeannie is framed as Freddie, off-camera, starts screaming about how she's a whore--Freddie is mad because Richard showed up and she started paying more attention to him.
* HighClassCallGirl: Jeannie receives clients in her own home and charges at least $200 (in 1968 money).
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Jeannie specifically denies this, saying "I haven't got a heart of gold." But as later becomes clear, she really cares about Richard in a way she doesn't care about all the other gross businessmen who pay her.
* ShoutOut: The opening scene is sleazy, pathetic ad man Freddy [[Series/MadMen Draper]] screening a commercial film for Richard. Freddy says "We call it ''Film/LaDolceVita'' for the commercial set.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: When Jeannie says she's going to change from her dress into something more comfortable, Freddy says "My heart! It's so excited!" Subverted when Jeannie comes out wearing a simple sweater and slacks. Notably, when Jeannie's with Richard, whom she likes a lot better, she does change into a nightie.
* SpeechCentricWork: The whole movie is talking, as through a series of encounters people are forced to deal with the emptiness of their lives.
* StepfordSmiler: Richard and Maria make happy, pleasant talk, even laughing and telling jokes, but there's a thick undercurrent of tension that occasionally bursts out. Eventually he demands a divorce and walks out of the house.
* StylisticSuck: Most of the independent films made by Cassavetes were NoBudget affairs but he really pushed it to the limit here, filming DeliberatelyMonochrome with a handheld 16mm camera. The movie looks like one of the "cinema verite" documentaries that were becoming popular in that era, like ''Film/{{Primary}}'' or 1969 film ''Film/{{Salesman}}''.
* TakeThat: Maria wants to go to a movie.
--> '''Maria''': There's a Bergman film in the neighborhood.\\
'''Richard''': I don't feel like getting depressed tonight.
