Bloody Mama (1970)
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Bruce Dern, Robert De Niro, Pat Hingle
Synopsis:
Sexually abused as a child, a woman with four grown-up sons embarks on a wanton crime spree that culminates in a protracted kidnapping of a millionaire.
Review:
Whatever else you may say about the gangster films of this time, whether Corman-made or blaxploitation-derived, they in no way make crime glamorous or curry favour for their characters. Psychologically tainted and sociopathic to a man, or woman, there is never any ounce of identification with their cause or attraction to their persons - unlike their obvious precursors, Bonnie and Clyde (1967). For the rest this is poorly recorded, cheaply shot fare, which is not to say Corman cannot stage a high speed pursuit or cut a shootout with feds so that it looks acceptable.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Bruce Dern, Robert De Niro, Pat Hingle
Synopsis:
Sexually abused as a child, a woman with four grown-up sons embarks on a wanton crime spree that culminates in a protracted kidnapping of a millionaire.
Review:
Whatever else you may say about the gangster films of this time, whether Corman-made or blaxploitation-derived, they in no way make crime glamorous or curry favour for their characters. Psychologically tainted and sociopathic to a man, or woman, there is never any ounce of identification with their cause or attraction to their persons - unlike their obvious precursors, Bonnie and Clyde (1967). For the rest this is poorly recorded, cheaply shot fare, which is not to say Corman cannot stage a high speed pursuit or cut a shootout with feds so that it looks acceptable.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Bruce Dern, Robert De Niro, Pat Hingle
Synopsis:
Sexually abused as a child, a woman with four grown-up sons embarks on a wanton crime spree that culminates in a protracted kidnapping of a millionaire.
Review:
Whatever else you may say about the gangster films of this time, whether Corman-made or blaxploitation-derived, they in no way make crime glamorous or curry favour for their characters. Psychologically tainted and sociopathic to a man, or woman, there is never any ounce of identification with their cause or attraction to their persons - unlike their obvious precursors, Bonnie and Clyde (1967). For the rest this is poorly recorded, cheaply shot fare, which is not to say Corman cannot stage a high speed pursuit or cut a shootout with feds so that it looks acceptable.