Bonnie And Clyde - CLOSING SEQUENCE Flashcards
1
Q
They both eat a pear, what does this represent?
A
- equality - women still slightly of service - men end up with the fruit - predominant male cast
2
Q
What focus is Clyde?
A
- in greater focus, standing - slow motion - more concern over male - more imagery of men dying in Vietnam
3
Q
What does Clyde wear on his face and what does it symbolise?
A
- wears glasses with a frame missing
- short sightness of men
4
Q
What does Bonnie being positioned to the left signify? - passenger seat
A
- highlights importance in female
5
Q
What is the older generation?
A
- patriarchal
6
Q
What is the younger generation?
A
- equality
- anti-establishment
7
Q
Why was violence and blood allowed in this film?
A
- collapse of the Hays Code
8
Q
Where was it filmed?
A
- on location
9
Q
What kind of ending was it?
A
- abrupt
10
Q
What kind of lighting?
A
- natural lighting - realist
11
Q
Why the slow motion?
A
- influenced by Japanese cinema
- Seven Samurai - influenced by style of editing - natural sound and slow-mo
12
Q
What kind of auteur contribution did Arthur Penn have in the closing sequence of B+C?
A
- watched ‘Seven Samurai’ and was strongly influenced by style of editing - natural sound (diegetic) and slow motion
- worked with Dede Allen to incorporate jump cuts in the end sequence
- on location shooting - natural lighting
- common man - excessive overkill of B+C by the police
- Clyde’s death - like a ballet
- Bonnie’s death - evoke psychical shock
13
Q
What auteur contribution did Dede Allen contribute to the closing sequence?
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- stylistically self-conscious
- violence - Hays Code redundant
- montage sequence - 51 shots - 1 shot per second
- final shot - framing through glass - distorted image
- FNW
14
Q
How are the police villainised?
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- dressed in black
15
Q
Why the excessive violence?
A
- Vietnam War - collapse of the Hays Code - first televised war
