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Well done Arthur Penn obit in the Times.

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powermatic

RIP. Link below.

"dammit"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/movies/30penn.html?scp=1&s (Open in New Window)

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"The Chase;" "Night Moves;" "Missouri Breaks." 3 very - tinear 09:24:00 10/02/10 (10)
unusual, original works. Add to them, "Alice's Restaurant;" "Bonnie and Clyde;" and, "The Miracle Worker," and you have a director whose oeuvre compares to any others of his generation.
Pensive, action-filled, artistic, AND entertaining: Penn was the whole package.
He deserves more fame.
- RE: "The Chase;" "Night Moves;" "Missouri Breaks." 3 very - powermatic 16:09:58 10/02/10 (9)
  I was a bit surprised at the dismissive tone this obituary writer used for 'Little Big Man', which I think holds up very well even today, and I enjoyed 'The Missouri Breaks' much more than, apparently, most. Both movies turned the whole oater sensibility on it's head, with gleefully rambling plots and goofball characters, interspersed with real and horrifying violence. But 'Bonnie And Clyde' is masterful-if that was the only film on his resume, he still, as you say, deserved more.
  
  "dammit"
  - Strange, I think Little Big Man is a laughably bad film. nt - tinear 20:53:37 10/02/10 (8)
    sdfa
    - Good for you - danj 23:15:06 10/06/10 (0)
      I think it's one of the great American movies of the 1970s. I really appreciated how Penn punctured so many of the myths and historical lies of "the old west." It's funny, brilliant, poignant, and, at times, profound.
      
      I know I'm in the minority but I had to speak up.
    - RE: Excellent movie...now go hide and watch Pulp Fiction for hundredth time (nt - Gandra1 08:26:44 10/04/10 (0)
      nt
    - Oh, I don't find that so strange. In fact, I'm not surprised at all. (-: /nt/ - powermatic 16:21:53 10/03/10 (0)
      .
      
      "dammit"
    - Well, there WERE laughs (Faye Dunnaway's performance in particular) - Road Warrior 07:41:29 10/03/10 (3)
      but laughably bad?
      
      "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
      - The first film I can remember that showed Native Americans as more than just card board cutouts - Tony D. 12:41:12 10/03/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Well, there WERE laughs (Faye Dunnaway's performance in particular) posted by Road Warrior on October 03, 2010 at 07:41:29
        
        and a damn funny film to boot.
        
        An excellent book as well.
        
        J.B.
      - Dated, silly, bloated. Just one guy's opinion, mind you. nt - tinear 10:07:38 10/03/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Well, there WERE laughs (Faye Dunnaway's performance in particular) posted by Road Warrior on October 03, 2010 at 07:41:29
        
        fds
        
        Dated? Yea, now, for sure, but then, not. Just another IMHO, etc. ^ - Road Warrior 13:36:46 10/03/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Dated, silly, bloated. Just one guy's opinion, mind you. nt posted by tinear on October 03, 2010 at 10:07:38
        
        "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
    - Why is that? * - Tony D. 07:30:14 10/03/10 (0)
      *
Very apt, and very thorough. - Harmonia 18:17:51 09/30/10 (2)
I remember being enthralled with The Miracle Worker as a youngster. Bonnie & Clyde was a shocker at the time, and it surely threw down the gauntlet to the standard American studio movies.
- RE: Very apt, and very thorough. - patrickU 05:50:30 10/01/10 (0)
  The miracle worker, oh yes.
- Great obit! Who was the ( French? ) director - grinagog 21:11:31 09/30/10 (0)
  who said: "All you need to make a film is a woman with a gun" ?
  
  Bonnie + Clyde holds up extremely well in the "road trip/woman with a gun" genre that's been consistently bankable Hollywood fare: Kalifornia, Thelma + Louise etc. etc.
  And it was there first
  
  Surprised he didn't make more films, what a talent
  RIP
  
  GW

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