After receiving the prognosis from his doctor that he had six months to live , Cassavetes made '' Love Streams '' ( 1984 ) , which featured him as an aging playboy who suffers the overbearing affection of his recently divorced sister . It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear . The film is often considered Cassavetes 's " last film " in that it brought together many aspects of his previous films . He despised the film '' Big Trouble '' ( 1986 ) , which he took over during filming from Andrew Bergman , who wrote the original screenplay . Cassavetes came to refer to the film as " The aptly titled ' Big Trouble , ' " since the studio vetoed many of his decisions for the film and eventually edited most of it in a way with which Cassavetes disagreed
34th Berlin International Film Festival
34th Berlin International Film Festival
John Cassavetes