Bonnie and Clyde (BFI Film Classics)

Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) replaced American cinema, reinvigorating the gangster style with ecu, New Wave concepts and a notably candid view of intercourse and violence. Starring Warren Beatty, who additionally produced, and Faye Dunaway, the movie whipped up a frenzy of controversy and cleared the path for the "New Hollywood" of the 70s.
For Lester D. Friedman, Bonnie and Clyde is a pivotal movie that mirrored and contributed to the profound swap in American values within the 60s and 70s. After detailing how Penn, who was once particularly interviewed for the e-book, Beatty, and writers David Newman and Robert Benton introduced the movie to the display (in the face of studio hostility), Friedman explores its progressive therapy of teenybopper, model, crime and authority.

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