31° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
NEW HOLLYWOOD

BONNIE & CLYDE

BONNIE & CLYDE
by Arthur Penn
Country: USA
Year: 1967
Duration: 93'


They are beautiful, young, in love (even if he is impotent): the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the legendary pair of outlaws who made a living robbing banks during the Depression. Penn revolutionized the gangster movie genre with this explosive film: slow-motion, long takes, and staggered editing, to portray the violence and cynicism of American society. The chemistry between Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty is edgy and tender.

Biography

film director

Arthur Penn

Arthur Penn (Pittsburg, PA, USA, 1922 - New York City, USA, 2010) was one of New Hollywood’s favorite directors. His movies have always carefully described and criticized American society. His most successful films include the drama The Miracle Worker (1962), which received two Oscars; the schizophrenic Mickey One (1965), influenced by Europe’s nouvelle vague; the gangster movie Bonnie & Clyde (1967), which also won two Oscars; the crepuscular western Little Big Man (1970); the disenchanted noir Night Moves (1975); another western, only more crude and desperate, The Missouri Breaks (1976); and the mournful drama Four Friends (1981).

FILMOGRAFIA

Billy the Kid (Furia selvaggia, 1958), The Miracle Worker (Anna dei miracoli, 1962), Mickey One (id., 1965), The Chase (La caccia, 1966), Bonnie & Clyde (Gangster Story, 1967), Alice’s Restaurant (id., 1969), Little Big Man (Il piccolo grande uomo, 1970), Visions of Eight (Ciò che l’occhio non vede, ep. The Hightest, 1973), Night Moves (Bersaglio di notte, 1975), The Missouri Breaks (Missouri, 1976), Four Friends (Gli amici di Georgia, 1981), Target (Target - Scuola omicidi, 1985), Dead of Winter (Omicidio allo specchio, 1987), Penn & Teller Get Killed (Con la morte non si scherza, 1989), Lumière et compagnie (ep., 1995).

Cast

& Credits

REGIA
Arthur Penn
SCENEGGIATURA
David Newman, Robert Benton (Robert Towne, non accreditato/uncredited)
FOTOGRAFIA
Burnett Guffey
MONTAGGIO
Dede Allen
SCENOGRAFIA
Dean Tavoularis
MUSICA
Charles Strouse
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Warren Beatty (Clyde Barrow), Faye Dunaway (Bonnie Parker), Michael J. Pollard (C.W. Moss), Gene Hackman (Buck Barrow)
PRODUTTORE
Warren Beatty
PRODUZIONE
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Tatira-Hiller 
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