Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Bonnie and Clyde - Keala Powell



In the movie Bonnie and Clyde the two are a dynamic duo. They fight the law and are on the run. They are young and in love but they are also criminals. The pair meet in a small, 1930s town when Clyde Barrow, Warren Beatty, tries to steal a car belonging to Bonnie Parker's, Faye Dunaway, mother. Bonnie and Clyde actually met in a restaurant where Bonnie was slinging hash and turning tricks on the side. The two walk along the streets talking like kids, Clyde bragging that he once hacked off two toes to get off work detail in state prison. He shows her a large handgun like some kid with a grownup toy, and then robs a store to impress her. As he runs wildly to a car and hot-wires it, Bonnie jumps in, and they race off, laughing hysterically. She is all over him, ecstatic with excitement, smothering him with kisses, but he pulls away from her, telling her that he is not "one of them glamour boys." 

This movie reminds me of a lot of movies that have come out in the past 15 years where a girl falls in love with a bad guy then does anything to protect him and his run ins with the law to prove her love and loyalty to him. One movie that I can think of that is like this is I'm in Love With A Church Girl directed by directed by Steve Race. In this movie an ex drug dealer falls in love with a "good girl" aka a church girl. These two movies are similar and this movie is what I was reminded of when we watched Bonnie and Clyde.

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