Bonnie and Clyde: Intimate and Violent

Based on a true story, this film is a particularly personal take on the legendary bank robbers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. A love story gone astray, it portrays the criminal duo's addiction to each other as they live out a lifestyle consumed by crime and running from the law. This movie follows Boonie and Clyde as they drive across the Mid-West in the 1920's robbing banks as a means to earn money during the Depression. Both characters seem to be having the time of their life until Boonie comes to her senses and begins to want more from life then crime and more from Clyde then superficial love, but is it too late? An outstanding use of disjunctive editing, Boonie and Clyde makes robbing a bank look easy and exhilarating. I definitely recommend this classic for its representation of two contradicting view points: a humanistic and intimate portrayal of Boonie and Clyde; and the lawful and objective perspective of the duo. Enter into the west and decide for yourself who these infamous people really are: criminals, lovers, a poor couple in the midst of an economic crisis, a couple looking for some excitement or maybe all of the above.