Notes from Bonnie & Clyde

Faye Dunaway was HOT when she was young. Now I know what they mean by damsels in distress. Her Texas twang was charmin.
Warren Beatty hasn’t changed much in 40 years, has he? He looks and talks exactly the same.
Gene Hackman playing third fiddle is the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen, and he isn’t even that good.
The banjo theme was pretty kicking.
What’s frustrating is how cookie-cutter the storyline is. The acting is very good (although Lord knows why the woman who plays Hackman’s wife won an Oscar for the banshee wails that came out of her mouth), the cinematography is good, but we only scratch the surface of the escapes of Bonnie and Clyde. They did much bigger things than were used in the movie, but Beatty and the producers appeared more interested in the mythos of the gang and developing that the most.
I dunno. I guess I wanted the movie to be an hour longer. They glossed over a lot, but I guess it wouldn’t be such a pop culture hit if it was three hours long. It’d probably be a better film.
More Faye Dunaway. My goodness.
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