the 1960s Flashcards
1
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Landmarks of the 60s
A
- J.F. Kennedy was elected in 1960. Famous historic words “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country”
- Martin Luther King, 1963 “I have a dream”
2
Q
Bonnie & Clyde
A
- The main plot : they are in love, they are young and they kill people.
- Here the law is indeed ridiculed, unlike the code was stating. The spectators side with the gangsters.
- Two characters, two criminals → enough to call it organised crime.
- Glamourification of the gangster (which was impossible with the Haze Code but here Code is over)
- The end : Sharing the apple // Adam & Eve // USA = garden of eden : free to do what they want.
3
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Easy Rider
A
- Bike roadtrip, the importance of roadtrip : freedom, life doesn’t matter
- they have money cause former drug dealers
- ++ symbolical ; attack of the system : flag of the USA on the bike & money in his bike
- Connection to the beat generation
- The shots, the way it’s filmed ⇒ Schizophrenics, drugs // E.g. zooming that does not make sense.
