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MUBI presents

Come to a free screen­ing of John Cas­savetes’ clas­sic debut

17 Mar 2016

Words by Little White Lies

Three men shaking hands, wearing suits and ties in a black and white photograph.
Three men shaking hands, wearing suits and ties in a black and white photograph.
MUBI presents a screen­ing of 1959’s Shad­ows, fol­lowed by a pan­el dis­cus­sion on the direc­tor his work.

John Cas­savetes is one of those names that con­stant­ly crops up in film crit­i­cism about oth­er films, such is the breadth of his influ­ence on mod­ern cin­e­ma. MUBI are cel­e­brat­ing the work of this late mas­ter, and so we want to offer spe­cif­ic focus to his sparkling, hand­made debut fea­ture from 1959.

While films like Jean-Luc Godard’s Breath­less and François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows were being cel­e­brat­ing for their use of real loca­tions, arrhyth­mic edit­ing, live sound and hand-held cam­er­a­work, Cas­savetes had already been there and done that on the streets of New York City with Shad­ows. Join us for a post-screen­ing a pan­el dis­cus­sion where we’ll expand upon Cas­savetes’ influ­ence on mod­ern filmmaking.

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Free screen­ing + Pan­el dis­cus­sion on why John Cas­savetes is so influential.

Thurs­day 31 March
71a Gallery, 71a Leonard Street
Lon­don EC2A 4QS

Too Late Blues (1961), Hus­bands (1970), Glo­ria (1980), Love Streams (1984).

Watch these movies now as a way to enjoy out live Cas­savetes pan­el discussion.

A new film each week from 9 March on MUBI. (For 30 days only.)

Find out more at mubi​.com/​l​wlies

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