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1. Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde is known by many as one of the first films that brought a new stronger feeling to Hollywood filmmaking. This new strong feeling came to represent American cinema of the 60’s and into the 70’s. The violent of this famous couple test many boundaries throughout the film. These boundaries are tested from the beginning of the film. For example, as Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) lies naked in her bedroom, as she is watching Clyde (Warren Beatty) at her mother’s car. The director Penn does a brilliant job when filming the bedroom scene. He shows a lot of Dunaway skin without exposing anything. The camera moves whenever the chance her nudity might be reveal. Dunaway emotional investment in her character is shown in an early …show more content…
The close-up of Bonnie as she is on the bed in the room I found to be very effective. I believe this was Peen at his best as he did things in this movie that had not been seen before. Like teasing the audience to keep them interested. Bonnie and Clyde was one of the first films to emerge after the collapse of the studio system. Penn Bonnie and Clyde mixed sex and violence. It was an attempt to break with the conventional moral codes. In the movie we see the couple died a very bloody death. From the beginning of the film the camera shots of Bonnie reveals something important to the audience. It reveals that her sexuality is going to be a major part of her character throughout the film. In the last shot we see the sheriff through the window of the couple’s car as they are being chase. This visual message tells the audience that they are trap and therefore can’t escape. Some scene in the movie relies on what is been shown rather than what is said as a way for the audience to interpret what is going on. This film uses jump cut to deliver some of its messages. For example, the bedroom scene when Bonnie is about to get on the bed and it cuts to her already on the bed. The scene shows that she is suffering from boredom and her desire for just a mundane excitement. The use of this style by Penn has a major effect on this film. It keeps the audience glue to their seats and almost salivating for more of this thrilling action pack film. It enhances the emotions of the scene by …show more content…
Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde introduced violence into the culture of film. Penn uses graphic violence in Bonnie and Clyde to bring attention to the violence youth of the 60’s were going into. The Vietnam War was at it worse and many of America youth were being killed. He uses a story that takes place in the 1930’s Great Depression and brilliantly uses it to relate to the 1960’s. He skillfully uses Bonnie and Clyde being killed in their youth to young American soldiers being send to fight in the Vietnam War, which many were oppose to. This was also a war were many young men were killed in their youth like Bonnie and Clyde. I believe this film help put the problem of violence on the national agenda. This movie also help the audience which at the time were youth, escape the horrors of war. In a sense the movie made young men face their fears of that time. The idea was if you can’t escape it why not face it. America in the 60’s was facing one of the biggest increases in violence since the 1030’s. The use of graphic violence in Bonnie and Clyde shows the real devastation many Americans were facing in their day to day lives. Another thing that was use in this movie was humor and comedy. I believe this was Penn way of helping his audience escape the devastating problem of violence and releasing the stress they might have been feeling as a result. However, it might have opposed for some, as they had become used to seeing violence in the media. In the last scene as Bonnie and
1. Sobchack’s argument pertaining to on -screen violence that she wrote thirty years ago was that any violent acts portrayed in movies back then was to emphasize the importance of an element in a story, an emphatic way of engaging the viewers and forcing them to feel what the movie was about. It gave them a sense of the substance of the plot which would allow them to feel for the characters and yearn for good to overcome evil. In other words, the effort made to engage audiences through depictions of violence created violence that was artistic and well done, or as Sobchack writes, violence was “aestheticized.” Violence was incorporated into film in a stylistic way, and even though violence in all forms is offending, twenty five years ago when it was seen in film, it had a greater impact on audiences because it had meaning (Sobchack 429).
The job of a criminal lawyer is quite difficult. Whether on the defense or the prosecution, you must work diligently and swiftly in order to persuade the jury. Some lawyers play dirty and try to get their client off of the hook even though they are guilty without a doubt. Even though the evidence is all there, the prosecution sometimes just can’t get the one last piece of the puzzle to make the case stick and lock the criminal up. Such is the case Orenthal James Simpson.
O.J. Simpson, a great football hero, made the mistake of his lifetime that becomes the most notorious criminal case ever. Growing up on the West Coast wasn’t serene for Simpson because he was surrounded by gangs. In his high school and college years he quickly rose to be a great football player. During his time he played football in college, he was awarded the Heisman Trophy. After he became an elite athlete in college, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills. He stayed with them for eight years, then transferred to the San Francisco 49ers (Knapp 1). Simpson met Nicole Brown at Daisy, an upscale Beverly Hills club. The two fell head over heels for each other and got married on February 2, 1985. During their marriage, Simpson inflicted many
Three additional children followed Clyde’s birth, and the families financial difficulties worsened as the price for cotton bounced up and down. After some years the Barrow’s found it impossible to provide for their children and sent them to live with relatives in east Texas. At one relatives home Clyde developed two interests that remained with him to the end of hid life: a passion for music, and an obsession with guns. Even as Clyde drove along the lane in Louisiana to his death, he carried a saxophone and reams of sheet music, as well as an arsenal of firearms. Clyde loved and named his guns, and regarded them as tokens of his power.
...s at that time who have come of age. Perhaps no film in recent history has captured more attention and generated more controversial debate. This film resonates the feeling and question that common people had about the JFK assassination in the 60s. As a result, the debate about the validity of JFK extended much further into the war-torn cultural landscape of America in the 1990s than most observers noted. The JFK was a telling incident demonstrating the larger cultural conflict over values and meaning in America and the competition to define national identity. The whole affair demonstrated how effective a motion picture can be as a transmitter of knowledge, history, and culture. As a result, the debate about the validity of JFK extended much further into the war-torn cultural landscape of America in the 1990s than most observers have noted.
Lyndon B. Johnson's, a man who was raised from humble beginnings was able to rise up in politics from a Representative, to a Senator, to Vice President, and finally becoming our nation’s 36th President. Starting off his presidency with tragedy due to John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he took the position of extending the legacy of JFK’s visions and making them his own during his time in office. Although Lyndon B. Johnson is not viewed as one of our greatest presidents due to his foreign policies and involvement in the Vietnam War, his achievements in domestic policies in my opinion has had the greatest developmental impact on politics in the US since 1945.
Rebellion is a common topic in movies because it draws in audiences with its bad boys and bad attitudes. Two of the greatest rebellion movies of all time are Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean, and Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The opening scene in Rebel Without a Cause shows a drunken teenage boy lying in the street, giggling, while he plays with a toy. The directors of these two films show rebellion using the same elements: themes, characters, and memorable scenes.
Sojourner Truth was a Civil Rights Activist, and a Women’s Rights Activist 1797-1883. Sojourner Truth was known for spontaneous speech on racial equal opportunities. Her speech “Aint I a Women? “Was given to an Ohio Women’s Rights convention in 1851. Sojourner Truth’s was a slave in New York, where she was born and raised and was sold into slavery at an early age (bio, 2016)
There are many tragic events that happen in our world. But nothing is scarier than when it comes to the death of someone else committed by another person. In our world today, many sad and devastating events happen. There are many crazy people in our world. Some, whose names are still very well known nation wide due to some of the tragic events they have caused us. Even some that have happened many years ago. There is one man that stands out because of the tragedy he has brought to our world that no one will ever forget. His name is Charles Manson. Charles Manson is known as the worlds number one serial killer. Charles Manson he began a cult when he was in his twenties, went to prison numerous times and committed some murders people today will never forget.
A tragic event is difficult to endure, but it can be one that helps a nation in the long run. The event can bring light to a bigger issue, or it can be the final straw before conflict arises. Emmett Till was a fourteen year-old boy, black boy that was brutally murdered by two white men in Mississippi in 1955. The murder of Emmett Till was a shocking event that made the country stronger because it brought both African-Americans and whites in the fight for equality.
Bang! Pow! Bullets are raining down on the infamous Bonnie and Clyde. It is a standoff with the local police department. Bonnie and Clyde are in trouble again; robbing a liquor store of their cigarettes and their liquor. It seems as if Bonnie and Clyde were the greatest pair of criminals in history.
Bonnie Parker grew up with a normal childhood went to school every day was an above average student. She was born in Rowena Texas on October 10, 1910. Her father Charles Parker was a brick layer, but he died when bonnie was only four. After her father’s death the family moved in with her grandparents by Dallas Texas. She met Roy Thornton and soon after they got married, but Thornton got in trouble with the law and sentenced to five years in prison leaving bonnie on her own. She had a waitress job but was unhappy after Roy left. Until went to visit a friend in West Dallas where she then met Clyde Barrow. Clyde was born March 24, 1909 in Telico Texas. Clyde Barrow’s father was Henry Barrow who was a share cropper. He was one of eight children in the family. Clyde’s academics was anything but consistent. When his father quit farming the family moved to West Dallas which was were his dad opened a service shop. Clyde started high school but that was short lived he dropped out of school. Bonnie and Clyde met in West Dallas at a mutual friend’s house .Bonnie’s life prior to their crime spree was completely normal for a teenage high school student job at a café, showing no signs of becoming a notorious robber. Clyde on the other hand was the complete opposite. After dropping out of high school he went out with his brother selling stole...
On the morning of April 20, 1999, Eric Davis Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold went into the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and went on a rampage killing spree leaving 12 students and 1 teacher dead and over 20 people injured before killing themselves. This crime is known as one of the most deadliest school massacres in the United States history (Pittaro).
The films protagonists Kit Caruthers (Martin Sheen) and Holly (Sissy Spacek) are loosely based on the real life adolescent criminals Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. Starkweather and Fugate become infamous after their murder spree through Nebraska and Wyoming in the 1950’s, however the story of two young fugitives in love is not one that is unfamiliar with audiences; the most notable is Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967). The character of Kit also bears a resemblance to Jim Stark, James Dean’s character i...
Clyde was able to get out of prison and come back in as he pleased which means he was able to plant bombs and kill people while everyone thought he was in prison, but that was not the case since no one was checking on him because he was in solitary confinement. Clyde had disguises to get through the city without being spotted, but Nick found out that Clyde had bought a car garage across the street from the prison and that is where his tunnel had started and led to the solitary confinement cells and that is where he stored his explosives and his disguises. Clyde was ready to go to war with nick and he had the armory hidden under the prison to do it