The story’s simple; what’s complex... is its tragicomic tone: Director Arthur Penn channels the social unease of the ’60s through these folk heroes of the ’30s, allowing the counterculture to indulge a violent fantasy of social rebellion.

“Bonnie and Clyde” saved American cinema

An exciting, sometimes gruesomely humorous play on violence.

Bonnie and Clyde expanded the parameters of cinema through its precise melding of bold and exciting techniques, particularly signified by its world-class innovations in camerawork, editing, lighting, and sound.