Crime · Drama
American
1967 · Directed by Arthur Penn · 111 min
Texas, 1931. A bored small-town waitress meets a charming ex-convict, and the two begin robbing banks across the Depression-era Southwest, gathering a ragged gang and a growing public legend. A film that moves between romance, comedy and menace.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the New Hollywood, it combined European New Wave techniques with American genre material and changed what mainstream studio pictures could show and how they could feel.
Watch with intention
Watch how the film seduces you with charm and comedy, and ask what that charm is doing to your sympathies.
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