"They're young. They're in love. They rob banks"
The 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde directed by Arthur Penn tells the criminal love story everyone dreams of having in a relationship. The film starring Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow, an ex con, and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, a waitress in a truckstop/diner. The film takes place in Texas during the prohibition era, or the great depression [nailed it] where many people are in need of money.
Both Bonnie and Clyde are immediately attracted to each other. When they meet, Bonnie is fascinated by Clyde's criminal past, and Clyde sees that Bonnie matches his goals in life. Together they embarked on a life of crime, robbing banks in order to make money. Plus this was fun for the both of them. But the fun began to get out of hand when they ended up wanted by the police dead or alive. Each time they robbed a bank their trips became more and more violent. They end up tagging along with C.W Moss(Michael J. Pollard) a mechanic who can fix cars, Buck Barrow (Gene Hackman) who is Clyde's brother and his nervous wife Blanche (Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons). They use the cars that C.W. fixes as get away cars. They find empty house to lay low until the next cop finds them. Running and running until the running doesn't work anymore. Bonnie and Clyde get caught finally and end up still right by each others side.
Both Bonnie and Clyde are immediately attracted to each other. When they meet, Bonnie is fascinated by Clyde's criminal past, and Clyde sees that Bonnie matches his goals in life. Together they embarked on a life of crime, robbing banks in order to make money. Plus this was fun for the both of them. But the fun began to get out of hand when they ended up wanted by the police dead or alive. Each time they robbed a bank their trips became more and more violent. They end up tagging along with C.W Moss(Michael J. Pollard) a mechanic who can fix cars, Buck Barrow (Gene Hackman) who is Clyde's brother and his nervous wife Blanche (Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons). They use the cars that C.W. fixes as get away cars. They find empty house to lay low until the next cop finds them. Running and running until the running doesn't work anymore. Bonnie and Clyde get caught finally and end up still right by each others side.
This story Bonnie and Clyde was actually a little different from what I pictured it would be. I pictured more of a loving couple who went on adventures together and never left each other. I think I actually like this story better. The rough, on-a-run life that they both were willing to live together. Ride or die couple, literally.
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