John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia, a light- skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement.
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Ben Carruthers | Ben |
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Lelia Goldoni | Lelia |
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Hugh Hurd | Hugh |
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Anthony Ray | Tony |
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Dennis Sallas | Dennis |
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Tom Reese | Tom |
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David Pokitillow | David |
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Rupert Crosse | Rupert |
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David Jones | Davey |
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Pir Marini | Pir the Piano Player |
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Victoria Vargas | Vickie |
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Jack Ackerman | Jack - Director of Dance Studio |
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Jacqueline Walcott | Jacqueline |
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Cliff Carnell | |
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Jay Crecco | |
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Ronald Maccone | |
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Bob Reeh | |
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Joyce Miles | Girl in Restaurant |
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Nancy Deale | Girl in Restaurant |
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Gigi Brooks | Girl in Restaurant |
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Lynn Hamilton | Girl at Party |
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Marilyn Clark | Girl at Party |
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Joanne Sages | Girl at Party |
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Jed McGarvey | Girl at Party |
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Greta Thyssen | Girl at Party |
| Director | John Cassavetes |
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| Writer | Robert Alan Aurthur, John Cassavetes | |
| Producer | Seymour Cassel, Maurice McEndree, Nikos Papatakis | |
| Photography | Erich Kollmar | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Index | 2421 |
| Added Date | Jun 21, 2021 00:51:16 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:35:14 |
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John Cassavetes was a genius, a visionary, and the progenitor of American independent film, but that doesn’t begin to get at the generosity of his art. A former theater actor fascinated by the power of improvisation, Cassavetes brought his search for truth in performance to the screen. The five films in this collection-all of which the director maintained total control over by financing them himself and making them outside the studio system-are electrifying and compassionate creations, populated by all manner of humanity: beatniks, hippies, businessmen, actors, housewives, strippers, club owners, gangsters, children. Cassavetes has often been called an actor’s director, but this body of work-even greater than the sum of its extraordinary parts-shows him to be an audience’s director.
John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light- skinned black woman, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh (Hugh Hurd), and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement.
SPECIAL FEATURES
New, high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
A Constant Forge: The Life and Art of John Cassavetes (2000), a 200-minute documentary by Charles Kiselyak (Blu-ray)
New interviews with actress Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel
Silent footage from the Cassavetes-Lane Drama Workshop, from which Shadows emerged
Restoration demonstration
Stills and poster galleries
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1961 article by Cassavetes (DVD release)
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
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