Husbands

First time I watched this I was extremely hungover and in a miserable state which is not a good combo considering this is a very drunk and very miserable movie. Despite suffering throughout my intital viewing and not thoroughly enjoying it, something about Husbands won't leave me alone. On rewatch I understand why better but still I've just finished it and I feel as if I need to watch it again, not in a way where I don't enjoy it but in a way where I want to dig deeper into the narrative that surrounds Gus, Archie and Harry and the melancholic fury and manic energy entagled within. I also think reading the Husbands section from "Cassavetes on Cassavetes" and some other reviews helped me conjur up and articulate my feelings for this film. While even at some points feeling a little overblown and drawn out Husbands sticks with you wether out of frustration or an interest and confusion in what you've just seen. Cassavetes even recalls a similiar experience he had with a different film "A Place in the Sun". "I went to see this long, drawn-out picture. It made me very angry. I walked out. I said, "That's the worst picture I've ever seen in my life. What kind of a piece of crap is this?! I mean, how dare they?!"... and then I went to see the picture again the following night. And I saw it eleven or twelve times, twenty times, I don't know. I just kept going back. And everytime I saw it, I said, "this is the worst picture I've ever seen in my life."... About three times later I realized I liked the picture enormously, and it had something to do with something." Glad to have gone back to this and can't wait to go back again even if there's still parts of the film I don't necessarily love.