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Bonnie and Clyde (BFI Film Classics)
Lester D. Friedman
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Description for Bonnie and Clyde (BFI Film Classics)
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) scandalised mainstream popular opinion. Part of an emerging youth and protest movement, its graphic and balletic violence was highly subversive in the context of the war in Vietnam. It spoke directly to younger audiences, who were already pitted against their more conservative elders and easily identified with the characters played by Warren Beatty (who also produced the film) and Faye Dunaway. Bonnie and Clyde was the prototype of 1970s ‘New Hollywood’: anti-authority, candid about sex, morally neutral. As well as changing Hollywood film style, Bonnie and Clyde changed critical attitudes. Older critics loathed the ... Read more
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) scandalised mainstream popular opinion. Part of an emerging youth and protest movement, its graphic and balletic violence was highly subversive in the context of the war in Vietnam. It spoke directly to younger audiences, who were already pitted against their more conservative elders and easily identified with the characters played by Warren Beatty (who also produced the film) and Faye Dunaway. Bonnie and Clyde was the prototype of 1970s ‘New Hollywood’: anti-authority, candid about sex, morally neutral. As well as changing Hollywood film style, Bonnie and Clyde changed critical attitudes. Older critics loathed the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851705705
SKU
V9780851705705
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About Lester D. Friedman
Lester D. Friedman is a member of the Film Department at Syracuse University, USA, as well as the Medical Humanities programme at the SUNY-Upstate Medical University, USA. He has written books on multiculturalism in the media, and American-Jewish cinema.
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