num_pages: 496
description: A renowned film critic critically analyzes the influence of actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes on the evolution of American independent film, drawing on interviews with his wife, Gena Rowlands, as well as other colleagues and industry insiders, who shed new light on his seminal career. Reprint.
language: English
title: Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the Independent Film
titlecomplete: Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the Independent Film
genres: Film, Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 125
publisher: Miramax