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Why this unnecessary fictional element? (spoiler inside)


Why was Clyde shown to be outside the car when he was killed, when IMO the scene would have been just as good if he'd been in the car with Bonnie, as he was in real life? And which most people who know anything about Bonnie & Clyde no doubt know?

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Why have them toting Thompson submachine guns with drum magazines ? Because it makes a better screen image than a BAR as does stopping the car and stepping outside and leaving the door open for a full view of Clyde and Bonnie stopping bullets in slow motion.

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It was filmed that way for timing and suspense.

I like the last look on Bonnie's face, like she knows they're gonna get it: kind of detached, lost, and somewhat serene.

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Compared to the recent TV disaster, this great film looks like a fuh king documentary! Talk about unnecessary fiction.

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One might also ask why this film does a hatchet job on Captain Frank Hamer. He never met them as the film alleges, and certainly had no vengeful motivation to kill them, as implied in the film. Hamer was asked to head up the police team that hunted down and killed Bonnie and Clyde because he was a distinguished- even legendary Texas Ranger, and he took a totally professional approach to the hunt.

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