Bonnie and Clyde (Bonus 1967 Jason’s Pick)
For the sixth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 to feature another of Jason’s personal picks, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde. Directed by Arthur Penn from a screenplay by David Newman and Robert Benton and starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde was nominated for 10 Oscars and won two.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/14/archives/screen-bonnie-and-clyde-arrives-careers-of-murderers-pictured-as.html), Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bonnie-and-clyde-1967), and Pauline Kael in The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1967/10/21/bonnie-and-clyde).
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