Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 movie directed by Arthur Penn, starring Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker and Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow. The biographical film tells the tale of Bonnie and Clyde. They take the phrase, "A couple of gangsters" to a new level. The film takes place in the middle of the Great Depressions, which was the worst economic recession in United States History. Clyde meets Bonnie when he tries to steal Bonnie's mothers car. Bonnie immediately becomes infatuated with Clyde, and he convinces her to be his partner in crime, as they begin to do small heists around the country. Along the way, they meet a gas station attendant by the name C.W Moss. He soon becomes their getaway driver for the crew, and along with Clyde's brother and sister-in-law, they up the ante on their robberies. They go from small heists, to full on bank robbers. They constantly are on the run from law enforcement, specifically from Texas Rangers. They continue their crime spree, until they are raided and Buck is killed, and his wife captured. Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W manage to get away and take refuge in C.W's fathers house. Meanwhile, Blanche, Buck's wife, who is now blind from her injuries sustained at the raid, is tricked by a ranger into giving up their whereabouts. The film ends with Bonnie and Clyde being set up by the Texas Ranger into walking right into a firing squad. Bonnie and Clyde were shot numerous times in a bloody scene that is very shocking in gory.
Going along with Chicago, with movies that glorify crime, Bonnie and Clyde are depicted as Robin Hood-esque anti-heroes. They are seen as rebels and have been a part of pop culture lore as the definition of a "ride or die" couple. The film was the first appearance for Gene Wilder and helped take off the careers of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Bonnie and Clyde was a good film that I'd give 3.5/5 stars to.
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