Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde

Book Overview

Few films in the history of American cinema caused more intense critical discussion and greater emotional debate than Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde. This provocative portrayal of Depression-era life on the run, delivered with visual panache and a hip sensibility, ushered in what came to be categorized as 'the New American Cinema'. Focusing on a story set in the 1930s, yet clearly fashioned to resonate with the countercultural tenor of the 1960s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521596971
• ISBN13: 9780521596978
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"