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Arthur Penn |
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Director / Producer |
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1922 - 2010 |
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Born September 27,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Key
Production Country: USA |
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Key Genres: Drama,
Western, Revisionist Western |
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Key
Collaborators: Dede
Allen (Editor), George Jenkins (Production Designer), Warren Beatty
(Leading Player), Marlon Brando (Leading Player), Faye Dunaway (Leading Player), Gene Hackman (Leading
Player), Hurd Hatfield (Leading Player), Fred Coe (Producer), Robert M.
Sherman (Producer), Ghislain Cloquet (Cinematographer) |
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Highly Recommended:
Bonnie
and Clyde (1967)* |
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Recommended:
The
Left-Handed Gun (1958), The Miracle Worker (1962), Mickey One (1965),
Night Moves (1975)* |
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Worth a Look: The
Chase (1966), Alice's Restaurant (1969), Little Big Man (1970), Four
Friends (1981) |
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Approach with Caution:
The Missouri Breaks (1976) |
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* Listed in TSPDT's
1,000 Greatest Films
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Links: [
Amazon
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[
IMDB ] [
All-Movie
Guide ] [
Senses
of Cinema: Great Directors ] [
Film Reference ]
[
WNET
New York Interview ] [
Internet Broadway
Database ] [
Hollywood Reporter News Article (2006) ]
[
Moving Image Source Article (2008) ]
[
New York Times Article (2010) ]
[
Sight & Sound Article (2010)
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Books:
[
Arthur
Penn ] |
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"For
a stage director whose work suffers from an oppressive
literalness of effect, Penn has revealed a distinctive flair for
the cinema. The intense physicality of the performances in his
films serves to counterbalance a strained reading of lines. A
director of force rather than grace, Penn may yet reassert the
plastic role of the actor in the scheme of things. Be that as it
may, The Left-Handed Gun remains a tribute to the
director's gifts of improvisation."
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Andrew
Sarris (The American Cinema, 1968) |
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"Penn is the
classic example of a fine director touching his peak, wobbling a
little, re-finding himself, and then going, completely off the
boil... There are too few directors of Penn's particular talent
around today and it is something of a tragedy that either
Hollywood, or the sum of his own particular idiosyncrasies, has
let him down." -
Mario Reading (The Movie Companion, 2006) |
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"American
director who has made an interesting variety of films, some of
them very fine - but only 13 in 30 years... Since Bonnie and
Clyde, Penn has not proved to be a major figure at the box
office; his films are always fascinating, even exciting, in
concept and casting, but sometimes lacking in fulfilment." -
David
Quinlan (Quinlan's Illustrated Guide to Film Directors, 1999)
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"The alienation of modern man in society, and the breaking of
myths and legends are the subjects of Penn's most effective
films." -
William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978) |
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Please
note that the rating given for this director (see top-right) is based
only on the films we have seen (listed above). Films by this director
that we haven't seen include Target (1985), Dead of Winter (1987), and
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989). |
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