John Cassavetes, Shadows

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just picked this up on laser disc, a 1959 film, it's really *very* charming
Soundtrack by Charles Mingus, tho' it's mostly background music
While searching on the Net about this film, it seems there is more than one version, and Cassavetes *may* have lost the original reels by leaving these in the New York subway; and subsequently had to reshoot the film as the laser disc version I've just watched
As the 1st US independent filmmaker ( if you don't count DW Griffiths! ) finding these reels must have been like finding the Reel-to-Reel tape of Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix left in the back seat of a NY cab; or unearthing a Picasso, one of those "truth stranger than fiction" stories....
Grins

Original reels of Shadows located (Open in New Window)

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Topic - John Cassavetes, Shadows - grinagog 00:34:31 11/06/06 (5)

Re: John Cassavetes, Shadows - Rod H. 10:39:42 11/06/06 (4)

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You are so right about "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie"... - Jimmy NYC 05:39:51 11/09/06 (1)

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