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Bonnie and Clyde
With all the hit n' miss films we have to endure at the cinema these days, isn't it great when you watch an old movie that features classic performers at their finest? Here we have Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in their most famous roles as notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, who along with the infamous Barrow gang (excellently portrayed by Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Estelle Parsons) travel through 1920's USA robbing banks and leaving chaos in their wake. Although by todays standards it's not that shocking, at the time this was one of the most violent and controversial films ever made.
However, just as at the time Bonnie and Clyde were glamourised by the papers and in the eyes of much of the general public, this film does exactly the same thing. It takes a mostly light-hearted look at the crimes of murders of the Barrow gang, while their own inevitable deaths are depicted as being the most brutal. The script does not attempt to capture their true story -- for instance they quite knowingly condensed two members of the gang into one, and rather than being a rampant bisexual, Clyde Barrow is depicted as impotent. But so long as you don't expect a straight-foward biopic or a history lesson, this is a very good piece of classic cinema with some fantastic performances all around. If you're interested in the true story, look elsewhere -- this simply captures the legend of Bonnie and Clyde rather than the reality. |
