I think the most astounding thing about Cassavete’s debut “Shadows”, the scene that emotionally rings true for me (something Cassavete’s totally perfected in his later films) is the one featured in the photograph above, the moment just after Lelia has slept with Tony, she breaks his embrace and sits up, her mood changes as she has realised the weight or “reality” of what she has just done, it is not how she imagined it, Tony tries to “explain” himself to her but she becomes more alienated and childlike – like a lost child. The tone of her voice is quite haunting: “Please don’t touch me. Please don’t touch me, I want to go home.” It is an incredibly powerful scene, one that I haven’t really seen anyone come close to since with regards to the subject matter.