Shadows DVD+Blu-ray

John Cassavetes, 1959

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Film Details

Directed by John Cassavetes

Produced in 1959

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - American film

Cast

Leila Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Anthony Ray

Genres

Classic Drama Movies • Classic Movies Blu-rays

Film Description

John Cassavetes' groundbreaking debut feature, Shadows (1959), is a film which gave birth to a radical new film language that has influenced the work of filmmakers in the decades since its release. It revolves around the doomed relationship between a young mixed-race woman Lelia (Lelia Goldoni) and Tony (Anthony Ray), a white man who betrays his prejudice when he meets Lelia�s brother, a struggling jazz singer. Shot on location in the jazzy, beatnik underground of 1950s New York, with a cast and crew made up primarily of amateurs, this groundbreaking film is as devastatingly powerful now as ever. The film's improvised score comes from Charlie Mingus and Shafi Hadi.

DVD+Blu-ray Details

Certificate: PG

Publisher: BFI

Length: 78 mins

Region: 2

Cat No: BFIB1125

Format: DVD+Blu-ray B&W

DVD+Blu-ray Extras

2 discs
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
Audio commentary with Seymour Cassell and Tom Charity
Peter Falk on Cassavetes: the early years (DVD only, 13 mins): never-before-seen interview footage with Cassavetes� friend and collaborator
16 mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane�s acting workshop (DVD only, 4 mins)
Original theatrical trailer (DVD only)
32-page illustrated booklet featuring new essays and notes from Michael Atkinson, Brian Morton and Tom Charity.