One of John Cassavetes's more conventional projects, unrivalled on that count until Gloria and Big Trouble -- a "problem picture" on the instruction of mentally retarded school children. The use of actual retardees, in painfully extreme closeup, is simultaneously tough-skinned and soft-hearted -- a logical extension of his "people orientation." The professional people, however, are kept under stricter control than usual, and the cameraman has to jump through hoops. Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill. (1963) — Duncan Shepherd
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