Bonnie and Clyde
Although a flop upon its release in 1967, this landmark New Hollywood gangster saga from Warren Beatty and Arthur Penn was rediscovered just months later by some of the same critics who had savaged it initially, going on to become a blockbuster hit, influencing fashion, culture and filmmaking techniques for decades.
About John Landis
John Landis is the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Coming To America, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos!, Into The Night and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and the recent Burke and Hare for Ealing Studios, among many other films and television shows. His documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO and won an Emmy for Best Music, Comedy or Variety Special. He is also the subject of noted film critic Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan’s recent book “John Landis” and his own book “Monsters in the Movies’ was published to critical and popular acclaim in 2012.