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That mythical magic of Bonnie and Clyde just will not fade. Now television is using them in a smartly satirical...
...then, the Depression '30s were a time nobody loved. But for young Americans today, the period has become a nostalgic treasure trove. Stores from coast to coast are advertising ruffles and the Harlow look; the late show provides a touchstone by rerunning the movie classics; and Bonnie and Clyde is mandatory in all extracurricular undergraduate courses. But as is often the case with trends, artists have been well in the vanguard of popular taste, and some of the most gifted have been on a '30s kick for years (see color opposite...
Still, the majority of nominations were beyond controversy. Bonnie and Clyde is up for ten Oscars. Paul Newman received his fourth nomination for Cool Hand Luke; the protean Rod Steiger got his third, for superbly playing the gum-chewing redneck sheriff opposite Poitier in Night. Perhaps the most important fact about this year's nominations is not the who but the where. All five best-actor citations went to stars of U.S.-made films. In the best-picture category, for the first time in nine years, all five candidates are domestic products...
Jamie Rosenthal's three poems effectively balance a somewhat playful surface tone against a subtle, controlled earnestness. Island co-founder John Plotz' "Clyde on Time" is interesting stylistically if not thematically, while Inez Hedges' clarity in "Crush" suffers only slightly from an overdose of subjectivity...
...could mistake the murderers, young Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, for Bonnie and Clyde; as rendered by Author Williams, they are closer to Jekyll and Hyde, complete with Victorian-melodrama makeup. Ian, 25, is the main figure, but wind him as he will, Williams cannot bring his manic mannequin to life...