Cassavetes' First Film (1959) "Shadows" about race relations during the Beat Generation

Shadows, John Cassavetes

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John Cassavetes. Shadows. Archive of 2 original silver gelatin vintage photographs and one softcover Art Film Critic Review. Both original photos have the film's title and info in the lower white margin: Lion International, 1959. These photographs were used for display as lobby cards in movie theaters. 8" x 10" each. Black and white. Shadows was John Cassavetes first film, about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York and turned the concept of race upside down, shocking audiences in the late 1950s. The film follow three black siblings, though only one of them is dark-skinned enough to be considered African American by society. Film critic Leonard Maltin considered Shadows a milestone of American independent cinema as it was the first independent film that had success outside the Hollywood system. It also won the Critics Award at the Venice Film Festival. The pamphlet has an illustrated cover. Inside is a two page review by UCLA professor Colin Young on the film. He states "Shadows shows us once again how to see. Its structure is simple and surprisingly uncluttered for a film which had no script. It's concern, quite simply, is to take us under the skin of a small group of people living on the fringes of conventional New York society." Scarce as few things have survived from this early independent film. Archive is in very good condition.

N° de réf. du vendeur 19643

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• Titre: Cassavetes' First Film (1959) "Shadows" about race relations during the Beat Generation
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Photography
  • 1960s-1970s
  • Film and Entertainment
  • African American