Analyse the representations of gender in Bonnie and Clyde. How do key elements of film form enhance these representations?
Analyse the representations of gender in Bonnie and Clyde. How do key elements of film form enhance these representations? The representation of gender in 'Bonnie and Clyde' is a reflection of the era the film was produced in. Produced in the 1960s, where gender equality protests were prominent, Arthur Penn's reprsentation of his female characters encourages this movement and belief that women should be equal to men. In this essay, I will discuss how this makes Arthur Penn an auteur, as he uses key elements of film form to stray away from typical film conventions prior to the 1960s, whilst being influenced by the social contexts of the 1960s to tell a story to rewrite women as equal within the 1930s. Firstly, Arthur Penn's work in Bonnie and Clyde began a new era of codes and conventions of Hollywood similar, and abolished the old such as the Hays code (a format which gave restrictions to the representation of characters and themes such as relationships and sensitive t...