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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I wouldn't call Bonnie and Clyde a mobster film. It's more of a couple on the run film (sub-genre of the Road Movie). After all, Bonnie and Clyde are in a gang but they are not part of organized crime.
I think there are a lot of reasons why people like mob films but one of the strong reasons is that American mob films hold up a mirror to both the American Family and to the American Dream. These two thing are at the centre of American culture.
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You're right it isn't a mobster film. Nor did they live a glamorous or extravagant lifestyle.
Several of my movies aren't literally 'mob' films so I should revise it.
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