I just rewatched this last night after easily 20 years, if not more. I really appreciated what a great film this is. Beatty did a great job of doing what he says in this interview --- portraying Clyde as someone who just wanted to be somebody. But in addition to that, he portrays him as someone who can envision only one way of being somebody --- by fighting the law and forever being on the run. Being on the run was always going to be his life, and it obviously was going to have to end the way it did. Bonnie was in prison, and she had great potential, beauty, intelligence. And she wanted to break out of the boring prison she found her life to be, and just reacted in the moment to the excitement that Clyde offered her, through this dangerous lifestyle. It wasn't a rational, thought-out decision about her future and how she wanted it to be --- rather, it was a quick reactive move to the first, and perhaps only, opportunity she might have to escape that prison. But as time went on and she began to see how this lifestyle was offering not just danger and excitement, but destruction and injury, she wanted to stop. She kept alive this fantasy in her mind that they could end the lifestyle of being on the run, and live a normal, loving family life. But that fantasy, toward the end, kept being shattered as she realized more and more that there was going to be no way to stop running, and, furthermore, that Clyde never had any plans to stop running. She could see that they were doomed.
there was a documentary on Bonnie & Clyde, (which I wished I'd paid more attention to), but from what I can remember, you can certainly understand why he had such a hatred for the authorities after what was done to him and what he witnessed in prison. Really horrific.
Really enjoyed the movie at the theater when it came out, and then singing Georgie Fame's radio hit, Bonnie and Clyde, as it topped the charts.
I just rewatched this last night after easily 20 years, if not more. I really appreciated what a great film this is.
Beatty did a great job of doing what he says in this interview --- portraying Clyde as someone who just wanted to be somebody. But in addition to that, he portrays him as someone who can envision only one way of being somebody --- by fighting the law and forever being on the run. Being on the run was always going to be his life, and it obviously was going to have to end the way it did.
Bonnie was in prison, and she had great potential, beauty, intelligence. And she wanted to break out of the boring prison she found her life to be, and just reacted in the moment to the excitement that Clyde offered her, through this dangerous lifestyle. It wasn't a rational, thought-out decision about her future and how she wanted it to be --- rather, it was a quick reactive move to the first, and perhaps only, opportunity she might have to escape that prison. But as time went on and she began to see how this lifestyle was offering not just danger and excitement, but destruction and injury, she wanted to stop. She kept alive this fantasy in her mind that they could end the lifestyle of being on the run, and live a normal, loving family life. But that fantasy, toward the end, kept being shattered as she realized more and more that there was going to be no way to stop running, and, furthermore, that Clyde never had any plans to stop running. She could see that they were doomed.
Great movie.
Watching it again now. When I was a Kid I named my 2 Gerbils “Bonnie and Clyde!”
there was a documentary on Bonnie & Clyde, (which I wished I'd paid more attention to), but from what I can remember, you can certainly understand why he had such a hatred for the authorities after what was done to him and what he witnessed in prison. Really horrific.
What an actor he is
Such a great actor
Nice one
Faye was the Greatest.
I haven't heard of her lately.
Poetry versus brigandary. The darker side prevailed...
Warren Faye actually bigger legends than original couple!
@@gregwatson8219 You mean the actress Dorothy Faye?