[BONNIE AND CLYDE screens Saturday August 3rd at 8:00 pm at the Palace Theatre in Playhouse Square.]
Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.
When
BONNIE AND CLYDE first premiered, a number of critics condemned it as vile,
gory and positively toxic. One reviewer wrote a scathing negative review - then
reconsidered, then ran another review retracting his original opinion and
giving the movie a big thumbs-up. Clearly this was a film like NATURAL BORN
KILLERS (which I frankly hated, myself) that divided opinion leaders in its
era, but it wound up being a hit with audiences and film historians. It might
have horrified folks in 1967 that BONNIE AND CLYDE is now enshrined as one of
the greats, and in revival at the tony Playhouse Square series Cinema on the
Square. Which is more than I can say (yet) about NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
Review by Charles Cassady, Jr.
Some of
filmmaker Arthur Penn’s violence is still shocking (especially the gruesome
ending), but much bloodier movies have come out of Hollywood since.
