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e of nual ent. the ary abil-thewon,ber-vell-tatethebe-sionis torith-itc’slateeledallyil-fi-ibiy ? in say as it of •ced its uble i. aized ;e a irew ;r it nor-ring ch a.ure,edu-dren*om-:lled nfall inds iting d of-athichwithllionflOW.lureanddonsiper-imu-lilarNotesandFootnotesBainiTo ChiACTING ON a hunch, we just ,.J phoned film director Arthur ,Penn at his Stockbridge home. ^The hunch was that consid- ^erabie time had elapsed since eihis last picture, and what were en‘)Lhis plans as of now? Local folks JJJferemember the film he directed Mwith a Berkshire County locale, ,Alice's Restaurant, but that “aj!was a good while back. Several others have followed.* * * otheWell, Mr. Penn was at home, camand the lapse, if any, is over. wh°Last week he finished his new film, and presently is catching “S10his breath as he put it. here at 1 * home. The picture is called SP6?Night Moves, and takes place . °§ni in the f'lorida Keys. It's a de- a _teclive story.There's lots of boating and water, naturally, but the unusu-al feature, Mr. Penn added, -is sele_that it was made from an origi- ^ ,cnal script by Alan Sharp, a ^ 'Scotsman writing an American- jgenre detective story. Gene ..(Hackman r'The French Con-nectlon) is the star, and thedrertherighmatpicture will be released by a^JQl Warner Brothers in June.From the Florida Keys to a Berkshire winter, we observed, is rather a sudden wrench.Well, actually, one doesn’t make motion pictures that way. When Mr. Penn said the picture had .been finished last week, he meant it had at last been com-theywhecanexp)fourMsclthepletely edited and ready to show on theatre screens.Editing a picture takes weeks ^jg, and months. Each scene will have been filmed in variouscom Tlways, giving the director many £duoptions when he puts the picture wj10together, as a painter will have our a palette of colors to choose from in creating a painting. qU0,receIcySo, Mr. Penn came not from Florida to the Berkshires last twelt;week, but had been here and in yiehis New York apartment for many weeks. We recalled that we'd interviewed him when he first moved to Stockbridge. which he remembered, and we mentioned he and his wife then had a new baby. He laughed. wand admitted it must have been rall of 15 years ago. Now, said dhe, I have a grown son who • goes to Walden School in New York, and studies films insuchclass. He also has a daughter. T!a*612' the'For years, Mr. P added, on^I've been building a pond here exe,in Stockbridge. It's just finished vot€al last — and full. He laughed c^a)again, It's been my chief occu- waypation. Making films seemed secilike a sideline. He enjoys ski- ^ing, but has hesitated so far this nonseason. I tore up my leg play- wtoing tennis in California, says f0n,be, just before 1 started the cjospicture. He’s giving the limb outlt;time to strengthen. Meantime, qhe's enjoying home life, which acan be a little skimpy when he's ^on location,’’ if that's the ex- j^.pression, making a picture. c^j(RICHARD V.HAPPEL Ht
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1975
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