tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5785378649007433819..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Savage Friday: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-5552075579120191992013-03-16T07:02:32.067-04:002013-03-16T07:02:32.067-04:00I am a huge fan of American history John.This revi...I am a huge fan of American history John.This review is fantastic.As a matter of fact,I have this movie in my collection,and after reading your review,I am going to watch it...AGAIN!Youre a brilliant writer,and I absolutely love your work.THANK YOU!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-17945395666112584172012-08-05T03:21:17.085-04:002012-08-05T03:21:17.085-04:00Interesting, I was not expecting this film. Trying...Interesting, I was not expecting this film. Trying to guess what you would review I was thinking maybe Romero's 'The Crazies' or maybe even Ferrara's 'Ms. 45', would not have guessed 'Bonnie & Clyde'. For me I did not see this film until the mid 80's on cassette, after I had seen films such as Depalma's 'Scarface' & Cameron's 'The Terminator', so the violence to me honestly, was quite quaint, at least that was my initial feeling. The film is a pioneer however and it is a worthy addition.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419980258148279356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-80197524989982604092012-08-04T12:31:51.323-04:002012-08-04T12:31:51.323-04:00Great, great examination of this seminal film, Joh...Great, great examination of this seminal film, John. As someone who turned teen when this film arrived, this one meant a lot. I don't think I looked at movies the same way afterward. I and a friend just sat there... stunned... by the time the end credits arrived. Easily, we related with those up on the screen, and on the other side of the law. I think, for my generation, it must have like those who first took in Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS. It hit home like that. I think your essay captured what we (well, at least, me) couldn't back then. Kudos, my friend. Thanks for this.<br /><br />p.s, and of course you know, you got <a href="http://le0pard13.com/2012/08/04/tmt-bonnie-meet-clyde/" rel="nofollow">a TMT</a> pingback because of this.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-50960739781046486512012-08-03T18:41:47.412-04:002012-08-03T18:41:47.412-04:00Inarguably one of my all time faves as well. Total...Inarguably one of my all time faves as well. Totally spot on review of an all time classic.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-35772471465792946382012-08-03T13:23:00.690-04:002012-08-03T13:23:00.690-04:00This is a great transition period for actors, too....This is a great transition period for actors, too. In New York, the theatre was moving from kitchen sink drama and Method acting to the highly experimental Living Theatre and Open Theatre and Performance Group (to name very few). And Hollywood was moving from the beautiful people of the '50s (Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Doris Day) to the Everyman of the '70s (Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman). While "Bonnie and Clyde" isn't quite there yet (as a previous commenter said, Beatty and Dunaway are still of the beautiful era), it's starting to inch that way with it's supporting cast (Hackman, Pollard, and Parsons). And later in that same year, Hollywood finally gives Everyman the starring spot with Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." The late 1960s to mid-1970s was an exciting time to be an actor. A time that has yet to be duplicated.Terri Wilsonhttp://inthecomfychair.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-18292714357795379222012-08-03T11:17:16.338-04:002012-08-03T11:17:16.338-04:00"Bonnie and Clyde" is a considerable fil..."Bonnie and Clyde" is a considerable film, no question, but I have this problem with it: The protagonists are too glamorous. I mean, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in 1967 are about as beautiful as human beings get, and they are very stylishly clothed and gotten up in the film. The real Bonnie and Clyde were completely ordinary-looking and unremarkable by comparison, and the physical environment of their lives was rough (as it was for so many people in the Thirties - almost all, by our standards). <br /><br />Since our answers to the questions that you correctly raise in your essay are extremely colored by our reactions to Bonnie and Clyde's visual presence, I think the Hollywoodization of their presentation is a whopping big skewing factor. Robert Altman handled this issue a heck of a lot better in "Thieves Like Us," in which everyone and everything looks hard-bitten, idiosyncratic and imperfect, and period-appropriate.Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.com