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| Pauline Kael |
In October of 1967, Pauline Kael wrote a review for Bonnie and Clyde, a film that gave her hope for Hollywood and the film industry. This was her second piece published in the New Yorker and some speculate it was the piece that got her hired...
"Onward and upward with the arts about the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" This is an excitingly American American movie, which tells the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, actual criminals in the thirties. Script is by David Newman and Robert Benton. Director was Arthur Penn. Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty play the leads. These two criminals captured the public imagination, and a number of movies based on their lives were made; tells about these films. There is something new working for the Bonnie-and-Clyde legend now: our nostalgia for the thirties - the unpredictable, contrary affection of the prosperous for poverty. Writer objects to those who attack the picture because it portrays violence. She feels we must defend the legal rights of all movie-makers, both talented & untalented, to make films of violence if they wish. Writer analyzes the acting, direction, writing & editing of this picture. She is reminded of a number of other movies while describing this one."
