Faces

James Benning’s "remake" of John Cassavetes’s Faces (1968) is an unexpected venture into the world of found footage filmmaking. As Benning explains, he’s reconstructed Cassavetes’s Faces in such a way that it’s comprised entirely of shots of single faces, each actor and actress is on screen as long as he or she is in the original and each scene is exactly as long as it is in the original. This reconstruction, he notes, remains steadfastly true to its title

Full Cast of Faces

John Marley as Richard Forst (archive footage)

John Marley

as Richard Forst (archive footage)

John Marley (October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor who was known for his role as Phil Cavalleri in L...

Gena Rowlands as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Gena Rowlands

as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Gl...


Crew of Faces

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