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1971: Bleak, Uncompromising, Groundbreaking Violence in Cinema flickeringmyth.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flickeringmyth.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
1971: Bleak, Uncompromising, Groundbreaking Violence in Cinema Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1971, a year full of gritty, hard hitting and iconic crime films… Does 1971 seem that long ago? Well guess what… It’s half a century ago. Looking back at the year in movies shows an array of trailblazing cinema, punctuated by a fascination in pessimism, gritty violence and uncompromising meanness. This was well and truly into the swing of dark, trend setting cinema, pushing violence to new levels, and obliterating the idea of the happy ending. Bonnie and Clyde, a few years prior, acted as a significant turning point. Gone was the view of American (or British) streets under a romantic glossy gaze. A fascination with cold war paranoia which began in the 60’s did continue but now we were also seeing the mean streets. The underbelly of London, New York, Chicago, Frisco, L.A etc. Perhaps the American and British cinema was catching up with some of Europe, or experimental ....
1971: Bleak, Uncompromising, Groundbreaking Violence in Cinema flickeringmyth.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from flickeringmyth.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.