A Life Well Lived: John Cassavetes And Gena Rowlands In Laurel Canyon, $5M

The home of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands,  pioneer actors and filmmakers who changed the course of independent cinema, has come on the market, presenting an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a property that occupies a singular place in the history of American cinematography. The couple purchased the c.1940 Laurel Canyon dwelling in 1963, and for nearly five decades it was the nexus of their work and family lives.

Cassavetes and Rowland worked principally outside of the studio system from the early 1960s to 1980s, making now-classic films like A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria; their home also served as a location for their films Faces, Minnie and Moskowitz, Opening Night, and Love Streams. The spacious but unpretentious 5-bed, 5-bath dwelling is set on a secluded, nearly 1-acre lot and asking $5M; uniquely, the listing gives us an intimate view of decades of creativity in a very domestic setting.

This is a home loaded with cinema memorabilia and deeply personal memories; one of the baths has a mural painted by a relative.

Cinema history and a completely unique property, represented by Kate Blackwood and Kristal Moffett  at Compass.

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