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(7 pp) Few if any art pieces that survive are made
in a vacuum. What that means is that somehow
something was going on in the country or the
culture, which caused the appeal of Bonnie and
Clyde? This discussion will look at the historical
period of the movie itself, and the historical
period of the time in which it was shown to make
some conclusions. Our thesis statement for this
paper is that there are numerous overlays of
attitude - hope and despair-- between the Great
Depression and the late sixties, which
reinforced the appeal of this movie.
Bibliography lists 4 sources + 1932, 1934 poetry by Bonnie Parker.
Bonnie Parker.
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Bonnie and Clyde? This discussion will look at the historical period of the movie itself, and the historical period of the time in which it was shown to make some
conclusions. Our thesis statement for this paper is that there are numerous overlays of attitude - hope and despair-- between the Great Depression and the late sixties, which
reinforced the appeal of this movie. Setting of the audience According to Goldstein (1997), this was the "first film to capture the new youth-culture vibe. Brimming with violence, comedy, romance
and sexual confusion, the film came under virulent attack from establishment critics, led by the NewYork Times reviewer Bosley Crowther, who dismissed it as a cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick"
But certainly not everyone agreed with Mr. Crowther. The film was even taken out of most theaters, but just would not go away, as a younger audience identified with
the rebellion of the motley gang. American troops were on their way to Vietnam and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearst Club Band was blasting out of radios. Wed heard all the
old stories Jan Morris remembers being sixteen in 1967, in Nebraska and waiting for Bonnie and Clyde to come to their theater: " I had grown up hearing the hard
lessons of life the Great Depression had imposed upon my Father, but this was a new twist to a very tired story. The impact of the film influenced my life
for months. ... Rural communities like mine thrived across the United States and nurtured a generation uninspired by the materialistic ideals of their parents and searching desperately for something or
someone to set them free." Film techniques Slow motion photography interspersed with brisk editing were new to the audience in the late sixties. In a time that was known
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