(gena rowlands) i said, "how do you know when the light is ght?"ou'ren the audience, you want to reach through to touch the face of the person that you're looking at." and i thought, you know, that's how immediate the characters in the audience, how intimate they were. and i don't know. for some reason, i always found that enormously touching. (narrator) john cassavetes collaborated with a close circle of friends, including his wife, gena rowlands, to explore a world of emotional chaos outside the standard hollywood fare. (gena rowlands) every time you break a rule in anything a certain number of people are going to be disturbed. and people were not used to being disturbed in the movies. john didn't write a logical, intellectual, well-crafted script from beginning to end, which everyone is always comfortable with. (gena rowlands) he'd write a very full script, but when he gave you the part, that was yours. now you! you let me finish! you're a man who doesn't say what you mean very well. what you meant was this was a wonderful evening and you enjoye