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Hollywood, Hollywood Characters, American films - Coggle Diagram
Hollywood
Casablanca
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Screenwriter's
Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson
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Bonnie & Clyde
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Screenwriter's
David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne (assistant)
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Hollywood Characters
Casablanca
Rick
stoic, masculine, conventional leading man of the classical Hollywood period who reflects the dominant ideologies around gender at the time of production
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The 1940s
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America was a socially conservative country with traditional values and beliefs, where a patriarchal society ruled
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Ilsa
Traditional Notions of femininity at the time, innocent and emotional
she is Lazlo's wife, she has no agency and is a narrative device for Rick's transformation
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Bonnie & Clyde
Clyde
Clyde Barrow was a new kind of movie star. one who was self doubting and played against generic expectations. He is impotent a development from being Bi-sexual in Newman & benton's original scrennpaln
Clyde hides his 'weakness' behind his violence, as seen by the use of his gun as a phallic symbol
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The late 1960s
The countercultural movement saw more progressive views on sex and sexuality. However homosexuality was still vilified
The film Imaginatively mirrored and profoundly influenced American society during a pivotal clash of moral and cultural values
Reflects women of the 60s and the second wave of feminism and the growing acceptance that women were interested in sex
Link to the book 'The Feminine Mystique' (Betty Friedan) here and the overt reference to women being involved in sex
New Hollywood Period
This new period meant films were freed from the constraints of the studio system and films could play with gender and take more risks
There was a clear impact from the french new wave in terms of gender and an early draft of the script had clyde as bi sexual - influenced by Truffaut's Jules et Jim
The Production Code Administration PCA / Hayes code no longer had any power to restrict scenes depicting sex. Replaced in 1968 by GMRX
Dede Allen, the female editor refused to remove the shot. She was fired by Jack Warner, only later to be rehired by Warren Beatty. THe Studio System no longer had power, New Hollywood was here to stay
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Bonnie
Bonnie is a fully sexual woman within the context of the women's movement of the 1960s. she is in need of excitement and danger
She has an equal role in the narrative. She has power and agency representing the changing wa women wanted to be viewed at the time of production
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