Title: Love streams /
Authors: Cassavetes, John, 1929-1989,; Allan, Ted,; Rowlands, Gena; Cassel, Seymour, 1935-2019; Abbott, Diahnne,; Ted Allan.
Year: 1984
Subjects: Brothers and sisters Drama.; Women United States Social conditions.; Fathers and sons United States Drama.; Children; Man-woman relationships Drama; Dating (Social customs); Men Sexual behavior; Smoking; Women Social conditions.; Prostitutes Drama
Abstract: In a remarkable performance, actor, director Cassavetes plays a dissolute writer, who when he is not drinking or pursuing his latest romance, spends his time gambling in Las Vegas. In a scene which by today's standards would be described as child abuse, Robert leaves his eight year old son in a Las Vegas hotel room while he hits the gaming tables and picks up a prostitute. Although he is a disinterested father, Robert is a loving and supportive brother to his eccentric sister Sarah. When Sarah shows up in Los Angeles after leaving a bad marriage, she moves into Robert's bungalow and starts converting it into a small zoo. It is not long before Robert kicks out his menagerie of young women and the two siblings begin to fill the house with dwarf ponys, ducks and birds. Cassavetes' script was partially inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. like Prospero, Sarah and Robert create their own reality in their Los Angeles bungalow, filling it with laughter and enchanted animals.