The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:12
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
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Reviews for The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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This is my favorite John Cassavetes movie, perhaps because it's the most appealingly sleazy. Full Review |
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Cassavetes' films can be annoying and enigmatic, but they are usually creative and interesting. Not so with this one. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Watching the film is like listening to someone use a lot of impressive words, the meanings of which are just wrong enough to keep you in a state of total confusion, but occasionally right enough to hold your attention. What is he trying to say? Full Review |
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Gazzara plays a strip-club owner committed to staging sad, unsexy, decidedly personal semi-nude musical revues. Full Review |
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Heavy stuff, but it takes its sweet sweet time in getting to the point. Full Review |
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Its only interest now is in its representation of its era.
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A self-indulgent but inventive John Cassavetes written and directed film... Full Review |
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As much an indictment of modern filmmaking as the delusional nature of macho posturing, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a complex and fascinating document. Full Review |
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A postnoir masterpiece. Full Review |
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