Projections: Bank Robbery Films

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
From heist movies in the Great Depression to 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" to a new film about John Dillinger, Hollywood has had a longstanding love affair with bank robbers. Our latest Projections installment looks at populist ideas in a few of these movies and why, even though they're criminals, many of us end up rooting for the robbers. Film critics David Thomson and Mark Harris join us to talk about:

"Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)

"Bonnie and Clyde" (1967)

“The Bank Dick” (1940)

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