126 of 1001 Movies: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Instantly the movie throws you into the two getting into the crime scene without much back story, or development. After reading a little about the history of Bonnie and Clyde though I believe that Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway do a good job at bringing to life how these characters might have been though. Arthur Penn brings to life an American crime story that had yet to really be explored in movies and took a lot of attention to detail to capture the detail and setting for the twos crimes.

Clyde has just gotten out of prison, and Bonnie is working as a waitress at a job that is leaving her at a blockade. When she meets Clyde though she is instantly in love, and wants to be apart of the crime world. She is fascinated from the first moment he pulls out a gun. The two begin travelling and robbing banks. Along the way their gang begins to grow into the Barrow Gang, which includes a young man they picked who they up at a mechanic shop, and Clyde's brother and his wife. With the more banks they rob though the bigger the chase becomes for the crew though.