The Taking of Pelham 123- Stephen Collins

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 1974 thriller film (not to be confused with the 2009 remake) directed by Joseph Sargent and features Walter Matthau [Bad News Bears (1976)] and Robert Shaw [Jaws  (1975)].

Simple story: Some terrorists want some money (one million dollars to be exact  -  over five million today), hijacked a train, and threaten to kill the passengers for ransom money. It's a very simple and is very easy to follow.

I think the best part of the film is the strength of the hero and the villain, which is very similar to what works in Die Hard. Walter Mattahu is good as Garber, and I like him in the role. Robert Shaw is unrecognizable in the film and plays a very good villain. I never noticed that Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld) and was here.

The movie is slow. I mean it's interesting, and I care what was going, but it is very slow paced. Maybe that is a good sign. It did inspire Quinten Tarantino's breakout hit Reservoir Dogs (1992). I do love how the movie ends with that face. I kinda do like movies that just end.

I don't have a lot of other thoughts on this movie. Is it good? Yeah, it has two good performances from Mattahau and Shaw and an interesting plot. It is well directed, and I think it's a good film. Would I rewatch it? Maybe  -  probably. I think it's worth watching a least once.

Breakfast Club, Why Did They Call It That? Radcliffe Carter

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club was directed, produced and written by John Hughes.  This film was released in 1985; it is about these five teenagers that were in Saturday detention. In the beginning of the film all the students were feeling odd and out of place around each other due to being all from different cliques, but by the end of the film they come to an understanding about each other and that understanding was that they found out they were each “a basket case, a brain, an athlete, a princess, and a criminal.”

In the process of getting to know each other they realized that they were more than just their "title" [stereotype]. Each person helped to disprove the other’s stereotypes. Everyone assumed that John was a criminal just because he wanted to be but didn't realize he came from an abusive household. They all assumed that Claire wasn't a virgin [???] and that Brian actually enjoyed being studious. They all believed that Allison was genuinely crazy and were surprised to find out that she just needed friends.

This movie helped to shine light on high school cliques and the difficulties that come with being in one. Even if you're an accepting and genuine person, making friends with people outside of your clique can be troublesome. Despite the day of bonding, Claire, John, and Andrew all agreed that they're never going to talk to each other again. Only Brian and Allison said they would and that's because the two of them didn't have friends [what about Larry Lester?].

Psycho and Pelham - Gesundheit

Jaws-Stephen Collins

Jaws, the 1975 film that created the blockbusters, made Steven Spielberg a household name, reaally put him on the map, and it has so much importantance in film canon. The story of Jaws is pretty simple: shark attacks keep happening on the beach of Amity Island and so a police chief, a marine biologist, and a shark hunter try and find and kill the shark. It is so simple but done really well so that it doesn't seem boring.

The cast is great: Roy Schider (whose other credits include Sorcerer, The Marathon Man, and Seven Ups) as Brody, Robert Shaw (Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) as Quint, Richard Dreyfuss (who would later collaborate with Spielberg again in Close Encounters of Third Kind) as Hooper. I think the other characters like the Mayor (veteran character actor Murray Hamilton of The Graduate fame  -  the cuckold Mr. Robinson) and Brody's wife are not interesting, but they are not the focus.

The script is great. The characters are well-written, and the film never slow down. I say it is slow, but it was made before my time and everything is fast paced and most blockbuster nowadays. John Williams' score is great and captures the tension of suspense and horror; it is one of the best scores of all time. The poster too is iconic and is the best movie poster of all time, although I think Alien comes  in at a close second. Spielberg also does a great directing, and there is a reason this put him on the map. It is probably his best film, but I need to watch more of his films before I can say it is for sure.

Jaws is a great movie and put Spielberg on the map and created the blockbuster. It has great performances from Robert Shaw and Roy Schider, a great score from John Williams and great directing from Spielberg. I only watch the sequels for curiousity sake. Jaws is also one of those films should never be remade because of how iconic it is, and it just seems it wouldn't work as well. It is not in my current top 10 films, but it could be up there some day.

The Godfather Review

In The Godfather, we see Vito nearing the end of his reign as boss of the family and looking for his eventual successor. Vito has three sons: the first is Sonny, the oldest, whose lack of foresight and hotheaded temper makes him a liability, albeit the favorite initially to replace Vito as Don of the Corleone family. Fredo is the middle child and is a consistent womanizer. Considered neither to be reliable nor intelligent, Fredo is kept to the side often and is not a suitable person to lead the family due to his lack of cunning and intellect. Michael, a U.S. Army Veteran and the youngest child of Vito Corleone, is portrayed as being very innocent and often requests to be kept out of the family business if he can avoid it.

However, as the viewers of the film can understand and interpret, a mafia family reels everyone into its business whether or not it’s intentional. One of the best aspects of The Godfather is watching the changes in Michael’s behavior and demeanor as extenuating circumstances involving the family forces his hand and he is forced to take on more responsibilities and duties as a Corleone and the son of Vito. His loss of innocence and the transformation that occurs with Michael from dignified U.S. Army Veteran to cunning, ruthless Mafia boss is a great strength of this timeless film.

For those critics who are against violent Mafia films and choose not to watch them, that is fine, but it should be considered that there is more to this movie than meets the eye. Above all else, it is the story of a father trying to repent for the sins of the past and trying to keep his sons from avoiding the same mistakes that he has made.

The relationship between Vito and his son, Michael, in particular is memorable for how Vito expects so much from Michael given that he is the most levelheaded and intelligent of the Corleone brothers. There is one particularly great scene in the film where Vito and Michael are discussing the ongoing drama of the war between “The Five Families.” Vito laments to Michael how he is sorry that he was thrust into the mafia business when he once expected his son instead to become “Governor Corleone” or “Mayor Corleone.” Michael simply looks at his father lovingly, and says: “We’ll get there, pop. We’ll get there.”

Other classic scenes that I enjoyed involve the courtship between Michael and a beautiful Sicilian woman named Apollonia. What I liked most was its highlighting of the very old-school dating process of asking Apollonia’s father for permission to date and later marry his daughter with all respect given. It’s a touching moment in the film, which reveals that Michael’s humanity has not been totally wiped out because of the mafia. It was also great of Director Coppola to show the traditional procession of the Sicilian wedding and how all of the townspeople were involved in wishing Michael and Apollonia well.

The Godfather is simply more than just a mafia film in my opinion. It is a story about a complex family, fathers and sons, human nature, and the thirst for power and respect. Have an open mind and see this film if you get the chance. I promise that you won’t regret it, even if the running time is three hours in total.

The Breakfast Club Review

Breakfast Club. Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Judd Nelson (John Bender), Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark), Anthony Hall (Brian Johnson), and Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds)
Universal Pictures, 1985.

In a world where people judge and criticize each other, we could all do with a little reminder once in a while that we are all in fact not so different to the person on our left, and the person on our right. The Breakfast Club is the perfect example of this. Five strangers enter that detention hardly knowing a thing about the other and yet are willing to judge them. They assume they know each other’s stories, oh, how wrong they are. As events unfold, our ferocious five form an alliance against their teacher (played by Paul Gleason). They work together to make sure they aren’t caught when causing trouble, but also rely on one another to have some fun.

In one particularly emotional scene, all five open up about their lives, revealing their deep dark secrets that no one outside that building knows. There is something beautiful about the way they let their guard down; it is such an intimate and raw scene that you as a viewer feel like an intruder. You are a part of their secret circle; you feel you must take their secrets to the grave. Hughes allows the majority of his story to unfold in the large classroom [more precisely it is the school library] in which the film’s young protagonists are confined for a Saturday of detention.

John Bender (Nelson), a prickly, weed-smoking anarchist, quickly becomes the focal point for the group’s interactions, as the lack of stimulation in their surroundings forces them to get to know each other. What unfolds is an intriguing examination of five typical, yet starkly different youths. Andrew (Estevez) is the conservative jock, Clare (Ringwald) the spoiled princess, Allison (Sheehy) the oddball and Brian (Hall) the socially awkward high achiever. Stereotypical the roles may be, but each character has a magnetic believability.

Possibly this film’s greatest triumph is that its main players are as relevant today as they were three decades ago. Some realism may be sacrificed in favor of engaging dialogue; it is slightly difficult to believe that five teenagers, having just met, would engage each other with the level of emotional candor on display here. Nonetheless, it works spectacularly.

In one hour and 30 minutes, director John Hughes creates a number of classic scenes that have gone down in cinematic history. The final scene of the film is perfection. I’m telling you now you’ll find it hard not to shed a tear as Bender strides across that football field as Simple Minds ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ blasts. If you’re after a classic feel-good film with a bit of everything in it, you’ve found it.

Rebel Without a Cause Review

Rebel Without a Cause Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean (James Stark), Natalie Wood (Judy), Sal Mineo (Plato)
Warner Bros, 1955.

James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" basically revolves around the main characters image. When first glanced at, Jim Stark has this aura around him. He seems to be this rebellious, cigarette smoking, hunk. However, the true beauty of his Dean's performance as Stark is how broken and even gentle he is.

Of course we remember the moments where he iconically screams at his parents, kicks paintings, and bashes in desks, but most of his screen time consists of quiet nuances. He has no friends, he's lonely and reserved, and he just wants respect. He wants someone to listen to him, someone to stand up for what's right. He has to feel like a pendulum swinging between his bickering parents, moving from town to town, he's had enough. He's a teenager after all, teens act out, it's just what we do.
Now the plot is nothing amazing; however, the cast is.

This is James Dean's most memorable performance. In fact, it is in his performance that all the charm of this movie lies. From his infectious smile and laugh to his cries of frustration. You feel for him and you relate to him. Especially if you're young. If Mr. and Mrs. Stark just listened, if Judy’s parent’s paid heed to her, if Plato actually had parents present in his life, maybe they could see what was “tearing them apart.” The suffocating hopelessness of the world that seems magnified tenfold in your adolescent years, as things are changing so rapidly. You’re getting pressured beyond belief and to top it off, it seems like no one understands you, not in the least. Never before had I considered how this entire story unfolds in the course of one tragic day.

It’s not realism by any means, but instead, it’s bursting with the passion and pain as reflected by Ray’s camera and impeccable use of color.  It’s as if the teenage experience is being wholly magnified and consolidated into a single moment. That’s what Rebel Without a Cause embodies.

Bonnie & Clyde Review

Bonnie and Clyde ( Warner Brothers, 1967) directed by Arthur Penn revolves around two partners and their adventures in traveling around central U.S. robbing banks in hopes of becoming rich and famous.  Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) is a young woman who is fed up with her job as a waitress meets Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) who happens to be in the midst of stealing her mother’s car develop a special relationship. When Bonnie meets Clyde she instantly develops an attraction towards him especially for his bold and audacious nature that she soon decides to follow him in hopes of turning her life around to find adventure and true love.

Along their journey the duo hook up with a man by C.W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard) who they encounter at a gas station and later with Clyde’s older brother Buck (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Blanche (Estelle Parsons) who is the daughter of a preacher. Small crimes that Bonnie and Clyde had once committed in stealing from a grocery store have now escalated with the help of more people. The “Barrow Gang” the group would call themselves, in the process of robbing banks has now started to kill anyone who would stand in their way.

The scene in the film where Bonnie reunites with her mother and family is a significant scene in the film because it foreshadows the future for Bonnie as well as the rest of the gang. In this scene the colors of the film becomes misty and dream like as well as the atmosphere among the Barrow Gang and Bonnie’s family. There is this bittersweet feeling that develops in this scene due to multiple takes of long shots as well as its relatively slow paced nature. Bonnie and Clyde’s initial decision to drive down a dangerous and violent road of crime in a time of depression conveys that there will be no happy ending as well as an ultimate road of doom for them both.

There is no denial that the road Bonnie, Clyde and the rest of the gang are going down is unacceptable to society.  It is not only against the law and proves to be dangerous, however, their bold and daring nature to decide to rob banks in a time where there is a depression is not a wise choice. And although we the audience are able to perceive these characters through understanding and accepting eyes we realize that these individuals have committed huge sins. Despite this fact we also continue to sympathize with these characters till the very end and their demise. All in all, this movie will forever go down as a classic that I recommend everyone should watch at least once.

The Bad News Bears-Stephen Collins

The Bad News Bears is the 1976 sports film and stars Walter Matthau and Tatum O Neal (the youngest actor to ever win the Academy Award).

The Bad News Bears is good. I don't really have a lot of opinions of it. I would describe as The Sandlot for adults or The Sandlot before The Sandlot. I feel like adults will get more from it that kids, as The Sandlot was clearly made for kids.

The good parts are Mattahau as Morris Buttermaker and O'Neal as Amanda Whurlitzer. Mattahu is good as the coach and O'Neal as his protege pitcher and the girl who acts as an adult. Those performances are the best part and best characters. The kids are fine; I like that they act like kids.

As previously mentioned, I don't have a lot opinions of The Bad New Bears. It good and entertaining  -  it's humor is irreverant.  I would recommend disregarding its PG rating as being a pre-PG 13 anomally  -  there is little question it wouldn't receive the PG 13 rating were it released today for its use of foul language, racial slurs, drinking, and historical smoking. It has two good performances, well directed and has good heart. I may watch it again and on the advice of some my classmates will most likely skip the Billy Bob Thornton remake from 2005.

The Godfather #aysiastarr

"The Godfather." Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando)
Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
Santino "Sonny" Corleone (James Caan)
Kay Adams-Corleone (Diane Keaton)
Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall)
Connie Coreleone (Talia Shire)

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”It’s hard to say anything about “The Godfather” that hasn’t already been said. With a length of almost three hours, there’s a lot to process.

The film is about an organized crime family in New York called the Corleones. Marlon Brando performs as Don (boss) Vito Corleone, who is the head of the business and family.  He is all about respect, family, and loyalty. That is how he runs his business and that is why he is the godfather.

The movie opens on the day of Don Corleone’s daughter’s wedding, this brings the family together, including the youngest son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), who is not interested in working in his father’s business.  The movie follows the progression of the life of Michael Corleone and his eventual rise to Don Corleone. A series of events leads to a bloody war with some of the other well-known crime families in the city.

The acting is really what helps drive everything. Marlon Brando’s performance always gets the spotlight whenever there’s a mention of “The Godfather.” Although he rightfully deserves the praise, it’s Al Pacino’s subdued performance that works best for me. He upholds a quiet confidence that many other actors can’t pull off, for he’s sinister while still being somewhat likable. It’s interesting how you can find yourself rooting for such immoral characters TRUE. That’s a testament to the way these characters are meticulously developed and used within the story.

The cultural impact of “The Godfather” is enormous. From the use of its incredible score to the execution of some of the most unforgettable scenes in movie history, its influence can be seen in hundreds of movies and television shows. Even if you haven’t seen the “The Godfather” yet, you are probably familiar with some of its scenes and notable dialogue. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse,” has been parodied countless times in pop culture. Don’t be fooled by the violent, gritty reputation that often gets attached to mob movies such as this one. Character development is prominent. In the film, you see the characters develop through the situations that surround them, and how they are affected by those situations.  

The eldest brother, Sonny, is shown as reactionary and passionate when his father is shot, and he wants action against the perpetrators, but he develops as caring, especially for his family, when he gets revenge for his sister, who was beaten by her husband.

Michael has the most development in the film, going from a wantful exclusion to the family business, to controlling the family business. The film does this by slowly pushing Michael into the life of his father. He encroaches the life slowly, doing one job to protect his father out of the kindness of his heart, to discussing plans, to killing rivals. It is an excellent development of all the characters that make them feel real to the viewer.

Subtlety is something the film masters, allowing the viewer to piece together parts of the history or story for themselves without having exposition shoved in their faces.  They don’t give you any explanation as to what the family does for income, instead, they let you find out for yourself as you are watching. “The Godfather” is an intelligent character study that chronicles the transformation of man as he slowly descends into villainy.

The Breakfast Club - Benjamin Rutherford

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Directed by	John Hughes
Produced by	Ned Tanen John Hughes
Written by	John Hughes
Starring	Emilio Estevez Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming of age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The story line follows five teenagers who endure a Saturday detention at Shermer High School outside Chicago. Claire Standish is the popular girl that everyone and even in her eyes think she belongs to upper division of the high school hierarchy. Allison Reynolds is stereotyped as a "basket case" because she does not talk, she's silent unlike the other students, she participated in the Saturday detention by choice. "I have nothing better to do," she says. Allison is constantly ignored at home and has no friends at school which may be why she decided to join the other students in detention. Brian Johnson portrays as the high school nerd, he strives for perfection in anything he does and to others Brian seems like the happiest kid but deep down, Brian isn't happy with himself. At home he is constantly pressured by his parents to do well in school, but Brian's constant pressure backfires on him after he receives a bad grade and his self confidence is shattered. Brian was put in detention after bringing a gun to school with suicidal intent. John Bender is the stereotypical "Bad Boy," he presents himself as wild and thrives on his rebellious attitude/actions. He doesn't care much about school and is on the urge to becoming a drop out. Andrew Clark is the jock of the clique, where he is also the #1 athlete in their school and he ends up getting detention after taping someone. As time went on these five teenagers came to a realization that they have much in common, and can be great friends, but they never would of knew this because they never guessed to get to know one another, they stereotyped each other, and once that was put aside after attending detention they become great friends.

I enjoyed the film because it showed how people of many different backgrounds can come together and work as one. It reminds me of how choirs work because everyone comes together from whatever background, ethnicity, nationality, or whatever and make one sound as one group and just build a bond that grows hard to break.

Breakfast Club By: Angel Ramos

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club , written by John Hughes , contains a group of troubled students. These students live different school lifestyles but still connect with each other due to the fact that they have some type of personal issues at home. For example, Andrew and Claire are considered as one of the popular kids in their school but what nobody really knows is that they have issues at home. Claire's parents constantly use her as a weapon against each other. Andrew was a good kid who always obeyed everything that his parents said to do. Allison in this movie is known as a basketcase and nobody really socializes with her often, but they never really knew much about her personal life and how her parents ignore her at home. John was considered the criminal in this movie but was never really known as the sincere person he can really be. His parents never really cared much about him and that had turned him into the person he is today. Lastly there is Brian who is the straight A student who was always known as the brain. He is very intelligent but not a hands on type of student.

What I like about this movie is that it can still be compared to people in schools today. Each one of these students come from different cliques but still represent the same school even though they had never even socialized. Even in metro you can pick out 5 people in 5 different cliques and I bet they really do not know anything about each other at a personal level. Overall this is a great movie that portrays real life school scenarios and how issues at home can effect what type of person you can become and how you can be surprised about how much you have in common with another person who you would think lives a completely different lifestyle.

We have a problem Houston.   ???

Monday, December 14, 2015

Jonathan Newton:The Breakfast Club

The breakfast club , written by John Hughes , contains a group of troubled students. These students live different school lifestyles but still connect due to the fact that they have some type of personal issue at home. For example, Andrew and Claire are considered as one of the popular kids in their school but what nobody really knew was the issues they had at home. Claire's parents constantly used her as a weapon against each other. Andrew was a good kid who always obeyed everything that his parents said to do.Allison in this movie is known as a basketcase and nobody really socializes with her often, but they never really knew much about her personal life and how her parents ignore her at home. John was considered the criminal in this movie but was never really known as the sincere person he can really be. His parents never really cared much about him and that had turned him into the person he is today. Lastly there is Brian who is the straight A student who was always known as the brain. He is very intelligent but not a hands on type of student.

What I like about this movie is that it can still be compared to people in schools today. Each one of these students come from different cliques but still represent the same school even though they had never even socialized. Even in metro you can pick out 5 people in 5 different cliques and I bet they really do not know anything about each other at a personal level. Overall this is a great movie that portrays real life school scenarios and how issues at home can effect what type of person you can become and how you can be surprised about how much you have in common with another person who you would think lives a completely different lifestyle.

Chicago -Benjamin Rutherford

Directed by Rob Marshall
Produced by Martin Richards
Screenplay by Bill Condon
Based on Chicago by Bob Fosse Fred Ebb
Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Starring Renée Zellweger (Roxie Hart), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly) , Richard Gere (Billy Flynn),

Queen Latifah (Mama Morton), John C. Reilly (Amos Hart)

"Chicago" focuses on the lives of Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) and Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta Jones),two women who are both on trial for murder. Velma Kelly had murder her husband while Roxie had murdered her lover. They both are represented by the same lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). He first trying to get Velma free of her charges when Roxie comes on the scene and he accepts her case as it comes with fame and exposure. As the film goes on we learn that he cares less and less about the two lives women and more about him securing his high exposure for a huge boost in clientele.
I enjoyed this film because i enjoy musicals and i feel like it had a really good storyline and the musical numbers were also well executed

Chicago| Aleesa Martins

Director: Bill London
Starring: Renee Zellweger (Roxie Hart), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly), Queen Latifa (Matron Mama Morton) , and Richard Gere (Billy Flynn)
Producer Circle co., 2002


Throughout the film which was a musical there were times were I was confused especially with her lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) because I didn't know if they had something between them or if he was just helping her to get money or both  [this is understandable as Roxie unsuccessfully attempts to seduce him in lieu of his $5000 retainer and the fact that his introductory musical number is "All I Need is Love." 

One thing that I enjoyed from this film was that I knew one or two songs that they sang, those were the only couple of times that I enjoyed the movie, but I'm not much of a fan musical. If I were to recommend this to someone it would definitely be someone who likes musicals and drama.

I have to wonder Aleesa if the transitions between the narrative storyworld and interior/explicative musical numbers weren't a source of confusion for you.  I also think it is interesting that you recommend it to fans of the genre  -  musical.  You state that you were excited by a couple of familiar tunes but never declare yourself as either a fan or someone who doen't care for musicals.  You could include other experiences you have had with musicals and your feelings about them.

The Breakfast Club

Five teenagers who don't' know each other spend a Saturday in detention at the suburban school library. At first they squirm, fret and pick on each other. Then after sampling some marijuana, a real encounter session gets underway. The stresses and strains of adolescence have turned their inner lives into a minefield of disappointment, anger and despair.

The catalyst of the group is Bender (Judd Nelson), a rebellious working-class punk who seethes with rage and attacks his peers with sarcasm. A cigar burn on his arm is a sign of the abuse he receives at home.

Andrew (Emilio Estevez) is a Varsity letterman in wrestling. He's spent most of his youth trying to measure up to his father's machismo image of him. This entails winning in athletic competition and preying upon weaker peers. He and Bender clash.

Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) is an unhappy honors student who wishes he could be accepted as a person and not valued just as a brain. Upset over a poor grade in shop, Brian has contemplated suicide rather than live with the ire of his disappointed parents.

Allison (Ally Sheedy) is the eccentric of the group. "My home life is unsatisfactory," she confides. Living in her own fantasy world, Allison can't really tell the difference between the truth and the lies she fabricates.

These teenagers don't like or respect their parents very much. One asks: "My God, are we gonna be like our parents?" Another in the group replies: "When you grow up, your heart dies." But the storm clouds over their lives are really the result of rigid high school caste systems.

Despite an inappropriate music-video sequence and a phony up-tempo finale, The Breakfast Club offers a breakthrough portrait of the pain and misunderstanding which result from the social hierarchy created by youth themselves. The lookers and the jocks are popular and can do whatever they want — except relate to those outside their social circle of winners. Eggheads, rebels and eccentrics have no choice but to create their own piddling worlds on the periphery. In this closed society, everyone knows his or her place and accepts it. No wonder so many kids look baffled when adults babble on about the sunny side of adolescence as a blooming season. The youth in The Breakfast Club are serving more time than just a Saturday.

Bonnie & Clyde By: Angel Ramos

-The film, Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film that was directed by Arthur Penn. The film stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as the two leads: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

-This film presents an interesting portrayal of the real life criminals. While watching this film, I couldn’t help but get drawn into the historical facts surrounding the two.

-While researching Bonnie and Clyde on my own I came across my details that were not at all mentioned in the film, while the film does have an accurate portrayal and real historical pieces, it’s not entirely accurate in all things.

-For one, Bonnie Parker was married and it wasn’t to Clyde Barrow. She was married at a young age of just 15 just before her 16th birthday and it seems she may have had a type as her husband was shortly arrested afterwards for armed robbery. Her and her husband never divorced and she died wearing her wedding ring.

-Another thing they left out of the film was that while Clyde was in prison he was sexually assaulted, repeatedly. This may have been why he had trouble being intimate with Bonnie.

-Bonnie and Clyde in similar fashion to Chicago brings up the themes of fame and criminal activity. Bonnie and Clyde by robbing banks became famous for being in the papers and eluding the police. Also during this time (the depression) people were angry with the banks for foreclosing on their homes and taking their money. As a result, they were seen as “Robin Hood” type figures because even though they didn’t give to the poor, they still stole from the rich.

-I believe that Bonnie and Clyde, and the movie Chicago, focus on the crime and fame of that era.

-All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and would recommend it to other people who are interested in the crime and fame era in time. This movie was very entertaining and would actually love to watch this movie again.