this light heat ( for cassavetes ) love story be pleasantly convey by two wonderful performance by gena rowlands and seymour cassell . rowlands be never more beautiful a a repressed and damage mid 30 woman who meet her match in seymour . cassell be a powderkeg of energy and romantic notion ( on his term ) . there be a great support performance by val avery a zelmo swift and an unusual ( a always ) timothy carey that worth the price of admission . make between husband and a woman under the influence this be cass most accessible film that should touch the heart of anyone ( especially the cassavetes hater ) who claim his film be too long and ponderously heavy at time . make my top ten that year and not see by enough people . an positive .