Memorial Tribute to Dede Allen: Double Feature. BONNIE AND CLYDE & ALICE's RESTARANT June 10, 2010
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Memorial Tribute to Dede Allen: Double Feature. BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1967, Warner Bros., 111 min. Arthur Penn’s New Hollywood masterpiece follows the criminal exploits of Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway), Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and the rest of the Barrow gang in the Depression-era Midwest. Pauline Kael, in her rave review of the film, specifically mentioned Allen’s editing as “brilliant” and wrote that the final ambush sequence is a “rag-doll dance of death…It is a horror that seems to go on for eternity, and yet it doesn't last a second beyond what it should.”
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ALICE'S RESTAURANT, 1969, MGM Repertory, 111 min. Dir. Arthur Penn. Arlo Guthrie's 18-minute FM radio hit, inspired by run-ins with New England law enforcement and his local draft board, becomes a freewheeling, spontaneous odyssey under Penn's direction. A wistful, funny depiction of the ups and downs of the hippie lifestyle.
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AmericanCinematheque
Dede Allen (1923-2010) is widely regarded as one of the most influential film editors in the history of American cinema. Ushering in an urgent, exciting aesthetic that incorporated shorter shot duration and dynamic jumpcuts, Allen's editing style largely helped to define the energy of the New Hollywood movement. She edited such touchstone films as BONNIE AND CLYDE, THE HUSTLER, ALICE'S RESTAURANT and DOG DAY AFTERNOON, receiving an Oscar nomination for the latter film and for her work on REDS and WONDER BOYS.
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