The 400 Blows and Bonnie and Clyde

The 400 Blows (1959) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) were released less then a decade apart and are very different movies. However they do share some similarities such as crime and fleeing from the law. I chose these films because 400 Blows is in a different language (with subtitles of course) and I though it…

Rashomon & Bonnie and Clyde

Here we have two drastically different films. Rashomon, a low-budget, unconventional Japanese film that went against trends of the time, using a unique story telling technique with four characters retelling different interpretations of one murder with a series of flashbacks. On the other hand, we have a New Hollywood era conventional film, Bonnie and Clyde…

A Hard Day’s Night vs. Bonnie and Clyde

Even though they were released in the same decade, A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967), these films are as different as they come. A Hard Day’s Night is a French New Wave film and is considered to be a B-movie.  It’s basically a film that promoted the music of The Beatles with a splash of slapstick…