Arthur Penn's, Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde was released in 1967 and directed by Arthur Penn. The film romanticizes the rise and fall of the love affair between two infamous Texas armed robbers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The dueling duo dreamt of life in the limelight far from their roots in West Dallas; however, they discovered the easiest way out of poverty was with guns in hand. This film, based on true armed hold ups and murders, brought violence to the big screen and set the stage for violence to become a common place practice in cinema. In Bonnie and Clyde, outlaws are painted as heroes in the lens of the camera, mirroring the infamous relationship between law officials and the fugitives.