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Bonnie and Clyde directed by Arthur Penn at the Brattle Theatre February...
...current college-age generation, watching "Bonnie and Clyde" is a little bit like traveling back in time. It features Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Gene Hackman and Gene Wilder, long members of the Hollywood annals of stardom, in one of their debut performances. It also provides the escapistoutlaw inspiration for some contemporary faves like "Thelma and Louise" and "A Perfect World." But the outlaw-chase film is at its very best with "Bonnie and Clyde...
...tactics: use of theme, imagery, camera angle and metaphor. What better way to situate the story of romantic outlaws than to contrast their vivacity with the stark barrenness of the Depression and Dust Bowl 1930's. The initial fire that sweeps up Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) is cooled when they run into early troubles at the start of their escapades. The first bank they try to rob together has gone bankrupt. They stop at a local person's farmstead and finding that the bank has foreclosed upon it, they use the sign for target practice...
...BOTTOM LINE: And Bonnie and Clyde go to L.A.: this corpse opera takes the low road, but with high craft...
...father Clyde worked in the oil fields; his mother Lucille owned a beauty-shop. They married and divorced twice, with Lucille gaining custody of the boy after she accused Clyde of haranguing her in drunken rages. Their son has a more settled sense of self: "I'm a family man. I have two children, a wife. I'm in the cattle business. I'm an actor. I've made my living with my imagination all my adult life. And I hope to continue to grow every...