Social and political criticism and commentary in Bonnie and Clyde“The fact that the story takes place 35 years ago doesn't mean anything. It had to be fixed one day. But it's done now and it's about us. – Roger Ebert 1At the time of its release in 1967, Bonnie and Clyde was the subject of intense debate. While American film critic Roger Ebert hailed it as a milestone in American cinema, Bosley Crowther, another critic, called it "a cheap, slapstick comedy". 2 It has been called the sleeper hit of the decade and gained extreme notoriety for its breaking of traditional cinematic taboos, to the extent that it quite explicitly showed both sex and especially raw, brutal violence. It greatly surprised both audiences and Hollywood itself, and has since its release been called both a landmark film and an iconic masterpiece of cinema. It’s = short for “it is”. Read the sentence all the way through – if "it's" doesn't suit you, then you mean "it's" not "it's"] But why did it cause such a stir, and why has become such a hit, especially among the younger generations of the world. audience? Well, as Roger Ebert wrote in his review of the film, even though the film's story was set 35 years earlier (than 1967), Bonnie and Clyde was actually truly about 1960s America The film dealt with themes and addressed social and political issues that strongly shaped and defined America at the time and struck a chord with people living in America in the 1960s. On the surface, Bonnie and Clyde, directed by Arthur Pen and co-written by David Newman and Robert Benton, might seem like just another love on the run, an individual film versus an institutional film, a rather common kind of film middle of paper.... ...s. Arthur Penn has created a movie not about them, but about us, and that's really what makes Bonnie and Clyde such a great movie.References:1. Ebert, Roger. Review of Bonnie and Clyde. Originally published in the Chicago Sun Times, September 25, 1967.2. Crowther, Bosley. Review of Bonnie and Clyde. Originally published in the New York Times, April 14, 1967.3. Eisenstein, Sergei. Battleship Potemkin (1925) Mosfilm.4. Mazzucco, Thomas. Bonnie and Clyde. Reel American History. Last edited December 2009. Website link: http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/reels/films/list/1_63_9A) With reference to Friedman, Lester D. Bonnie and Clyde (2001) British Film Institute.5. Kanfer, Stéphane. The shock of freedom in the films. Originally published in Time Magazine, December 8, 1967.6. Kanfer, Stéphane. The shock of freedom in the films.