Bonnie and Clyde (Blu-Ray)

Reviewed by:
Eric Alt

The Skinny: They're young, they're beautiful, and they just heart going on crime sprees. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway star as the infamous doomed lovers in this movie that is nothing short of an American classic. If you haven't actually seen it, you've probably heard enough about it to fake it by now.

Reminded Us Of… Well, since everyone from Terrence Malick (Badlands) to Quentin Tarantino (True Romance) has ripped off Bonnie and Clyde, it tends to have a familiar feel all around.

The Good: This is the best the movie will ever look. Given a brand-new HD transfer, the film is crisper and more defined than it probably looked in director Arthur Penn's head in 1967. And the new sound mix is meant to soothe you during the slow scenes and smack you in the face during the violent ones, as was the intention from the beginning.

The Bad: The Blu-ray version has the best version of the film, but it doesn't have the fancy-pants packaging of the two-disc standard DVD. But you do get the collectible booklet, and everything (the film and the special features) is on one disc, which cuts down on all that excess disc clutter.

Best Extra: "Bonnie and Clyde's Gang," a brand-new documentary about how the cast—which also includes Gene Hackman—came together. It goes to prove that sometimes the toughest shoots have the best results.

New featurettes: "Love and Death: The Story of Bonnie and Clyde," "The Reality and the Myth of Bonnie and Clyde," "Releasing Bonnie and Clyde," "Warren Beatty Wardrobe Tests"; two deleted scenes; teaser trailer; theatrical trailer

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