The legend of Bonnie and Clyde has arisen because of the ambiguous, humorous photo of a cute, petite girl Bonnie Parker from car cigars in teeth the revolver in his hand. Vulgar stand I fierce eyes, in which there is clearly a lack of seriousness, was "rendered" by the press on front pages at the time when this couple made their misdeeds. It is thanks to this replicated the image for them stuck a trail of glory, telling you that these people — brutal thugs and murderers. And Col Clyde barrow else could match, and in principle, conformed to, the image loaded on him, according to eyewitnesses so it becomes clear that a clear confirmation about that Bonnie Parker ever do in someone was shooting — no.
But what is I? And to what in this film 1949 year, the writer with a world name, literally a legend in his own time, Dalton TRUMBO, — those years, pursued by the law due to political views and because forced to hide under the alias nobody is known, by Millard Kaufman, — completely redid the story Mackinlay Cantor in the story of fatal love, clearly inspired images of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde. And while this is clearly inspiration was derived from the tabloids and rumors, because in this crime drama, a special emphasis is on a female character Peggy Cummins (Annie), which is presented to the viewer as such fatal beauty — a classic character tape Noir. But that I wonder: to designate this film as a definite Noir impossible. Language of images, elements of style, there is not working. Typical components, like certain plans, abundance of moisture and fog, are present, but they are served segment measured. Though not so much measured in the genre "a black film", and choice of the common framework pattern: don't have felt the atmosphere of pessimism and overwhelming depression, on that in the movie previously mentioned the style and environment. This strange to watch, especially if to remember how exemplary was the last film of this kind from directed by Joseph H. Lewis — "Large ensemble." Apparently, he only stuffed, so to speak, a hand, creating a strong, memorable drama, which tells of small pieces of life hero John Doll (Barton).
The viewer focuses on a pair of lovers who, guided by the lust of one of them, start your way through the slippery path of breaking the law. What it's all over, you can guess with the beginning, but the film has such a structure that in the final, predictable end have not want. On the contrary — it disgusted you to the heroes imbued their philosophy that is based or only compliance, or the immodest requirements, "overgrown meat" showing the viewer in its essence of the scenery of the life, which is dreams everyone. The main character, — Bart — not let the sympathy of the audience with the beginning to the end, performing the last action in such a way that anyway, let receives his address malevolent smile of fate, remains love and respect. Annie is once again tearing the veil, returns to those minutes ambiguous to her, when the bowl of scales outweighs its intrigue and ability manipulation. Such a contrast of images from one another, after another third, which, in fact, is the "number one" — remembered. It is done naturally and literally last seconds manages to produce exactly the impression that the film is not it seemed broken, not to all becomes normal, everyone is as a must. And not wanting the viewer to contemplate the mediocre ending undergoes rebirth: from the film gets a genuine pleasure.
The fun of interesting history. From ambiguous characters who are able to feel, to change, to think independently in the framework of logic or to succumb to the impulses of the senses. From some interesting camera solutions and even revolutionary techniques of narrative cinematic storytelling: shooting in one take, shooting scenes with full improvisation of the actors, interesting camera angles and light effects really on the verge of the style of film Noir, unambiguous and undisputed, like the same "Great ensemble" or"Double insurance". It — some of the "polonois", in fact is itself a touching, interesting film, for the operations in which are interesting to watch, but for the characters who survive. Fans of crime films-car chases, movies, where the main motive — harassment, movies on the fate of entertaining people, movies, the fatal love is not only man, but to something inanimate, in the find their inspiration and confidence — for such people the cinema of Joseph H. Lewis will be like.
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