Review of Bonnie and Clyde (1967) by Randhir R — 15 Aug 2008

This was the first movie I picked up on blu-ray, since my current DVD player of choice is a laptop computer with a 15.4 inch monitor, I decided not to focus on 2.35:1 visual powerhouses and instead choose this classic I?ve been dying to own as my first test of the new baby.

Predictably this wasn?t the movie to have a technical freak out over, but the film itself is just as awesome as I predicted. I first saw this movie on cable when I was pretty young. At the time I wasn?t supposed to watch R-rated films, and I didn?t know this was an infamously violent flick when I watched it.

In essence my youthful self was probably just as shocked by the film?s bloody violence as audiences at the time were. Seeing it now, I know it?s pretty tame but there still is a certain power knowing that this material is in a movie that?s basically still made in a fairly old-school style.

The film?s place in film history needs no introduction, everyone knows it?s one of the most important works of its time that sparked the new Hollywood movement. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty were perfectly casted in their parts, and there are also some very early roles from Gene Hackman and Gene Wilder.

My only complaint is that there are a few stupid scenes where Clyde is able to shoot with ridiculous accuracy, shooting guns out of hands and hats off of heads. The film still sparkles with energy and continues to inspire filmmakers today.