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In movies like Sleeping with the enemy, and Bonnie & Clyde{1967},why do they have the mothers of the?

Oct 22, 2007 by msdixie | Posted in Movies

characters old enough to be the grandparent,if not the great grandparent?!
Thanks,

I have never seen Bonnie & Clyde, but it seemed critical to the plot of Sleeping with the Enemy for her mother to be invalid. This was how her husband was able to find her, through her blind mother at the nursing home.

KigerKat | Oct 22, 2007

BLOODY EXECUTION - BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHOOTING SCENES IN THE CINEMA HISTORY. STARRING: WARREN BEATY, FAYE DUNAWAY, GENE HACKMAN. DIRECTOR: ARTHUR PENN.

Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Trailer

Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Trailer!

Pauline Kael, Book Reviews, The Age of Movies, A Life in the Dark

31.12.69

“A couple of theories have arisen to explain Kael’s critical ascendancy during this period. One holds that movies in those years were just exceptionally good. It was the time of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Godfather (1972), Nashville (1975), and Taxi Driver (1976), and Kael praised those pictures’ innovations at length. Another theory suggests that Kael changed the rules of criticism, setting up a new way of evaluating popular art, without concern for prestige or self-conscious sophistication: in her view, a freshly entertaining or arresting movie was successful, and a movie that seemed tired or required unpacking was a flop,..

Brian Kellow’s illuminating new biography, Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark (Viking; $27.95), dutifully attends to both theories. The book traces a plot in which Kael rises up against an élite critical establishment; champions mainstream pleasures in the movie house; makes a name as a critical iconoclast;

Source: Indie Wire (blog)

Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - Bookshelf


Bonnie and Clyde, A Novel Bonnie and Clyde, A Novel

Creator: Burt Hirschfeld | 1967-01-01
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Bonnie and clyde, Dvd. cert 18. 107 mins Bonnie and clyde, Dvd. cert 18. 107 mins

Creator: BONNIE. | 1967

Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - News


'Lawless' Premieres As The Weinstein Company Hijacks The Cannes Red Carpet
Deadline.com - Dec 31, 1969
He said Bonnie And Clyde (1967) is probably the closest cinematic inspiration for Lawless but said the opportunity to get into Appalachian history actually was key. “We wanted to get under the skin of that world.” He also pointed out parallels in the

Not faded by time
Boston.com - Dec 31, 1969
Not faded by time It's a cameo of genius, ranking with Gene Wilder's in “Bonnie and Clyde,” which also came out in 1967. “The Graduate” is a more entertaining movie than “Bonnie and Clyde,” but “Bonnie and Clyde” is far greater — in its influence, its innovativeness,

Museum of Monterey to show '9 Films Marking 1967'
The Salinas Californian - Dec 31, 1969
On May 25 the series premiere will feature "Bonnie and Clyde," starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, one of the 1967-produced films that have proven to be classics, in some cases for their artistic content and in others for their bucking of the

The Best 'New Hollywood' Movies You Probably Haven't Seen
/FILM (blog) - Dec 31, 1969
It is a cinema movement that came out guns blazing in 1967 with Bonnie and Clyde and suffered its first wound from Jaws in 1975, then sank into the mud under its own weight by 1977 with Sorcerer. (Yeah, that's right, Roy Scheider represents the end of

Blu-ray Review: Camelot (1967)
Inside Pulse - Dec 31, 1969
Blu-ray Review: Camelot (1967) Bonnie and Clyde may have blown Camelot out of the water financially in 1967, kicking off the American New Wave of filmmaking, but Camelot is a great look at what the studio system used to be, and it is still recommended 45 years after its release.