Bonnie & Clyde and Dog Day Afternoon

Bonnie & Clyde and Dog Day Afternoon

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Bonnie & Clyde and Dog Day Afternoon

Bonnie and Clyde is an American crime film that was directed by Arthur Penn, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. It is one of the first New Hollywood films, which took place during the Great Depression. The film reveals the violent crimes especially assassinations and bank robberies. However, Bonnie and Clyde are later arrested and humiliated by the outlaws. On the other hand, Dog Day Afternoon is a drama film that was directed by Sidney Lumet. It is a true story, which took place in 1972. It is about a unique bank robber who tried to rob Brooklyn bank during a hot summer in daytime. Both films reveal the ways through which media plays diverse roles in each crime such as entertainment role, educating and informing people on dangers of crimes.

Media plays diverse roles in the film Bonnie and Clyde. One of the role media plays in this film is to entertain the audience. Entertainment is one of the major roles many filmmakers put as their first priority and thus design their movie in away that creates humor. Media is becoming increasingly popular in the society. Its main purpose is to entertain the audience. Many movie directors create films with an intention of amusing their audience. They express and create movies that can entertain the masses while having a motive of becoming popular and consumer-based. In this film, the director analyzed the film with an ability to separate fact from fiction as well as making the audience understand the nature of media.