Saturday, April 21, 2012

Script review - "Bonnie and Clyde" by Robert Benton and David Newman

A lot of the credit went to Arthur Penn, Warren Beatty and even Robert Towne but the magic is all in the original script - Bonnie and Clyde as glamorous young things, she's nude when we first meet her, he's trying to rob a car; full of violence, Texas atmosphere, humour and pace. All the jazzy camera angles are on the page. There are some differences (e.g. the ending in the script we don't see them die) but not that many. I'd heard CW Moss was more of a sexual threat but he's clearly not here. Bright lines, full of the authenticity of a Texan native - it's more Bonnie's story than anyone else. It does go easy on them - they are killed once Clyde learns how to get it up.

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