Shadows (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 17, 2009
- Originally Released: 1959
- Label: Criterion
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ben Carruthers, Hugh Herd, Anthony Ray & Lelia Goldoni | |
Performer: | Rupert Cross, David Jones, Jack Ackerman, Tom Allen, Dennis Sallas & David Pokitillow | |
Directed by | John Cassavetes | |
Edited by | Maurice McEndree | |
Composition by | Charles Mingus | |
Cinematography by | Erich Kollmar | |
Produced by | Maurice McEndree |
Entertainment Reviews:
100%
TOMATOMETER
Fresh and vital, SHADOWS became a landmark for US indie cinema.
Uncut
...Startling....A raw, fresh slice of life...
Los Angeles Times
...[The film] influenced a wave of filmmakers....Goldoni is spectacular here...
USA Today
4 stars out of 5 -- [B]rave and heartfelt....It's a rare snapshot of ordinary people from a time in which the film industry was interested in anything but.
Total Film
Product Description:
When actor John Cassavetes, frustrated with the lack of reality in movies in the late 1950s, decided to direct his own low-budget film, a new form of cinema was born. Defined as "an improvisation" in the closing credits, SHADOWS concerns three New York siblings whose mixed racial backgrounds create tension in their relationships. Hugh (Hugh Herd) is a dark-skinned jazz singer who can only find work that belittles his talent; Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light-skinned aspiring writer; and Ben (Ben Carruthers), the youngest, a light-skinned ladies man who spends his nights searching with his white friends for conquests. Hugh and Ben argue over Ben's inability to accept his racial background, an issue that reaches its boiling point when Lelia develops a relationship with Tony (Anthony Ray), a racist. The film boasts a gritty, compelling style, and Charles Mingus's bouncy jazz score enhances the frenetic camera work to give it a documentary-like feel. The performances, all naturalistic and seemingly unrehearsed, add even greater realism to Cassavetes's vision, resulting in a visionary work that is widely considered the first independent American film.
Description by Image Entertainment:
John Cassavetes' directorial debut revolves around an interracial romance between Lelia (Lelia Goldoni), a light-skinned black woman living in New York City with her two brothers, and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man. The relationship crumbles when Tony meets Lelia's brother Hugh (Hugh Hurd), a talented dark-skinned jazz singer struggling to find work, and discovers the truth about Lelia's racial heritage. Shot on location in Manhattan with a cast and crew made up primarily of amateurs, Cassavetes' Shadows is a visionary work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement.
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