Only bank robber film that deserves to be compared to BONNIE AND CLYDE

I enjoyed both films from a purely cinematic standpoint. However, you're right, the historical accuracy of both films is pathetic. ;)

btw, I just read Dary Matera's book (John Dillinger: The Life And Death Of America's First Celebrity Criminal), and I think its one of the best factual gangster books to have been published in a long time.

"Four things greater than all things are, Women and Horses, and Power and War." --Rudyard Kipling

I never said either film was accurate. If you want history, watch a documentary. I want an action movie that captures the mood of the characters. That's why I like this two films.

Both "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Dillinger" are good movies, but for very different reasons, and it really isn't fair to compare them. "Bonnie and Clyde" was meant to represent 60's-era hippie ideals and anti-establishment freedom in gangster dress (Arthur Penn, who also directed "Little Big Man," is very liberal). But "Dillinger" was directed by John Milius, one of Hollywood's most conservative writer-directors (remember "Red Dawn"?), and therefore he really takes all of the macho posturing (and misogyny, I'd say) quite seriously. So while both movies belong to the same genre, their tones/attitudes are diametrically opposed.

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