RIP Arthur Penn

I just found out Arthur Penn, one of my favorite film directors, died on Tuesday. Here is an interesting article summing up his life's work:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/movies/30penn.html?_r=2&pagewant ed=1&src=mv


Now here is something I noticed that is kind of curious:

Born: Sept 27, 1922
Release Date of Mickey One: Sept 27, 1965
Died: Sept 28, 2010

If Mickey One had been released 1 year later, it would have been at almost the exact midpoint of his life, for whatever that's worth.


Also I noticed this:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will pay tribute this Saturday, October 2nd, to acclaimed stage, television and film director Arthur Penn, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 88. At 6:30 p.m. (Et), the network is scheduling a special presentation of Penn’s French New Wave-style drama Mickey One (1965), starring Warren Beatty as a nightclub comic in trouble with the mob. At 8 p.m. (Et), as part of TCM’s previously scheduled The Essentials showcase, Robert Osborne and Alec Baldwin will host a presentation of Penn’s groundbreaking drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), starring Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the legendary gangsters.


And here is an audio interview with Penn. Never before in my entire life had I heard him talking about his movies. Of course, the main subject is "Bonnie & Clyde":

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130246471