Bonnie and Clyde

by Lester D. Friedman

Overview

This work presents an insight into the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, the film said to have changed American cinema, reinvigorating the gangster genre with European, New Wave techniques and a radically candid view of sex and violence. Bonnie and Clyde changed American cinema, reinvigorating the gangster genre with European, New Wave techniques and a radically candid view of sex and violence. Starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the film caused a frenzy of controversy and paved the way for the "New Hollywood" of the 1970s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851705705
Publisher:	BFI Publishing
Publication date:	01/31/2000
Series:	BFI Film Classics Series
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

Lester D. Friedman teaches Film at Syracuse University and Medical Humanities at the SUNY-Health Science Center. He is the author of books and articles about multiculturalism in American cinema and the culture of medicine as depicted in American media.