Auteur

• Warner Bros - Studio
• Warner Bros:

  • Financed the film
  • Hated Bonnie and Clyde
  • Re-released the film due to Beatty's request
• Warren Beatty - Producer/Star
• Warren Beatty:

  • Paid Dede Allen's wages
  • Travelled to promote the film
  • Helped to case Faye Dunnaway
  • Due to his re-release, B+C became the second highest grossing film
• Arthur Penn - Director
• Arthur Penn:

  • Influenced by European New Wave
  • Filmed on location to get away from Jack Warner - barren landscape of Texas during the Great Depression
  • Comedy + tragedy
  • Grew up watching the real Bonnie and Clyde
  • Background in TV
  • 4 cameras running at different speeds in the closing sequence
  • Ex soldier
  • Liberal left wing director - equality
• Burnett Guffey - Cinematographer
• Burnett Guffey:

  • Career developed in the Golden Age
  • Trained in studio system
  • Chiaroscuro lighting on Bonnie
• Dede Allen - Editor
• Dede Allen:

  • Kept sex scenes in (Bonnie instigating oral sex with Clyde)
  • Heavily influenced by French New Wave
  • Jump cuts in the ending sequence
  • Penn said she was a 'great collaborator'
• Benton and Newman - Screenwriters
• Benton and Newman:

  • Heavily influenced by French New Wave
  • Bonnie reciting a poem is inspired by Jules et Jim
  • Changed perception of society
  • Element of comedy
  • Listened to bluegrass song 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' whilst writing the screenplay to set the scene
• Andrew Sarris' auteur theory:

  • Technical skill
  • Interior meaning
  • Personal style