Ray Carney

Ray Carney, also known as Raymond Carney, is an American "interdisciplinary arts scholar" primarily known for his work as a film theorist. His primary field of study is the works of actor and director John Cassavetes. He teaches at Boston University and has written several books on Cassavetes.http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/aboutrc/bookstore.shtml

Alternate Cassavetes works

Carney has discovered alternate versions of Cassavetes's seminal works, Faces and Shadows. The longer version of Faces he discovered is stored at the Library of Congress, but has been suppressed by Gena Rowlands, the widow of Cassavetes and executor of his estate. http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/discoveries/discfaces.shtml

Related Topics:
Faces - Shadows - Library of Congress - Gena Rowlands

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The alternate Shadows, also known as Shadows I or the Ur-Shadows, was created two years before the 1959 version. It was largely improvised, critically touted at the time of its screening but it confused most of the public in attendance, causing walk-outs. Cassavetes himself found the entire thing too technical, but he never-- as is wrongly supposed-- suppressed this work. He hired a Hollywood scriptwriter, rewrote and reshot over the next two years, creating an entirely different film-- only about a third of the Ur-Shadows remains in the final product.

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The film was thought lost for many years, but Carney managed to find a badly-worn sixteen millimeter print. http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/discoveries/shadowsquest.shtml

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