Arthur Penn

[WildcatOne]

Great film director, he made movies that stood the test of time. Rest in peace. WC1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Penn

[draglist]

Bonnie and Clyde was great. bp

[WildcatOne]

That was a great movie. Pretty accurate, too...great casting...Gene Hackman was extremely underrated in his role. I think it was Michael J. Pollard's first movie. what I learned from reading the Bonnie & Clyde website was that Bonnie never shot anybody or at anybody, she didn't brandish a gun, she didn't participate in the robberies or the shootouts...she was just along for the ride with Clyde...also she didn't smoke cigars. The cigar picture was a gag but it turned her into a negative media icon. She was not a good girl caught up in a situation with the wrong crowd, however...she was an accessory, therefore an accomplice, to every crime Clyde Barrow committed when she was with him...Penn made the violence in the movie comic but realistic because he said since I don't want to do this movie, and since I'm doing it anyway, I'm gonna make it as real as it can be...I think I'm gonna kick back later and watch "Little Big Man"...Faye Dunaway's in that one, too, come to think of it...Dude made some really great movies! Cheers, WC1
http://bonnieandclydemuseum.com/Links.html
The years have not been so kind to Michael J. Pollard...
http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/ ... or_1907851

[draglist]

Wow. He did LBM, too? That's one of my all time favorites. bp

[WildcatOne]

Yes, I think that movie was Penn's masterpiece...the thing about Little Big Man was that it was done in 1970 (The year George was born ) but to watch it now, you'd think it came out in 2000 or something...A kind of Cowboys & Indians "Forrest Gump"...Martin Balsam was great in that movie...looked to me like he beat Ernest Borgnine at his own game there...One of Dustin Hoffman's best roles, too...that was one of those movies you just don't want to end...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Man

[WCB]

Yes...

R.I.P. Mr. Penn
Thanks.....