Era
Depression-Era America
Dust, migration and New Deal desperation, filmed either as social protest or as the backdrop for people who decided to rob banks instead.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford · 1940
Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn · 1967
Paper Moon
Peter Bogdanovich · 1973
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Joel Coen · 2000
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Set the clock, pick the awards, and let your guild nominate. Six films over three months is the recommended shape.
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