Rowlands and John Cassavetes on the set ofFaces(1968).

With Gene Darfler and Val Avery inFaces.

Her obliqueness might be due, in part, to the way Jeannie always seems to be in motion.

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FACES, Gena Rowlands, 1968

Jeannie, do me a favor.

Dont be silly anymore.

But Iammyself, she answers.

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Rowlands and John Cassavetes on the set ofFaces(1968).

Who else would I be?

Released in the mid-1980s,Love Streamsis the warmer, rhapsodic response toFacessthorny portrayals of sex and middle-class alienation.

Rowlands and Cassavetes inLove Streams(1984).

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With Gene Darfler and Val Avery inFaces.

For much of the movie, the two characters crisscross each other in various stages of fumbling departure.

FacesandLove Streamsillustrate Rowlandss career-long fascination with the psychic and filmic edges.

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Rowlands and Cassavetes inLove Streams(1984).