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Bonnie and Clyde (2160x1023)
Bonnie & Clyde (1967) © Warner Bros./Seven Arts

ACMI presents

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn | United States | 1967 | M
Film

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$20

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$16

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$14

When

Tue 12 Nov 2024

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Two charming outlaws rebel against society in this groundbreaking classic that redefined the anti-hero.

Bonnie & Clyde tells the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a couple who go on a crime spree across the American South during the Great Depression. Played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde are presented as complex anti-heroes – charming, rebellious, and innocent, yet increasingly violent. The film romanticises them as outsiders challenging societal norms, a style influenced by the French New Wave's impact on Penn’s direction.

Rather than focusing on their crimes, the film explores their personal alienation and existential desires. Bonnie & Clyde breaks away from Hollywood conventions by avoiding clear moral judgments, offering a more nuanced take on their rebellion. It reshaped American cinema by portraying anti-heroes as sympathetic, multi-dimensional characters individuals who defy conventional morality, setting the stage for a new era of anti-heroic protagonists.

– Professor Angela Ndalianis, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology

Format: DCP
Language: Romanian, French, Spanish, English and German with English subtitles
Source: Park Circus
Courtesy: Park Circus
Runtime: 111 mins

Event duration

163 mins

Rating

M

Medium level violence.

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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