When we pronounce the names Pony and Clyde, two things come to mind: the famous song by Serge Gainsburg and Brigitte Bardot, Image by Arthur Penn, Published in 1967 with Faye Dunway Y Warren Beatty, Shining on the skin of two criminal lovers. In the 1930s, in the United States, Clyde Barrow He is going to steal a car in a small town when he sees a young woman. She joins him. This Below parker, The daughter of the owner of the vehicle and the most boring moderate bar employee. Upon his release from prison, Clyde kept nothing from him about armed robbery, or dreams of easy money, freedom, and adventure. Leaving everything behind, Pony runs off with him. Together, they become a famous bandit.
Twelve murders are the reason for this
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are the most famous criminals of the 20th century. What John Tillinger, Al Capone, Pablo Escobar… were crowned common enemy number one. “. With his gang, they went from petty thugs in the 1930s to bank robbers and murderers. Twelve murders are the reason for this. Clyde kills the first man in prison: Ed Groder, In 1931, a sex prisoner was murdered. Then the murderer piles up the corpses: a shop owner, a deputy bailiff, a grocery store, a salesman on Christmas Eve …: however, he says he does not want to kill and takes measures to defend himself.
The legend of Pony and Clyde begins in 1933, when in a rush to get out of one of their hiding places, they leave behind a series of photos. Cheerful, armed, curled up in the hand or in the mouth, they are handsome and young, arousing the enthusiasm of the general public, astonished by their bravery in front of the police. In a country badly hit by the Great Depression, their guns made headlines and put police in the teeth of many states… In June 1933, his car rolled over and caught fire. Pony gets caught in the flames, costing her right leg. You will never walk properly again.
Between 1931 and 1934, they got into a frenzied chase with the police before being shot in an ambush on May 23, 1934. This is Frank Hammer, A powerful Texas Ranger has 53 hunters on his hunting team and is responsible for catching them.. An accomplice parked his car on the side of Route 154. When Pony and Clyde Barrow pass him, he asks for their help. The lovers are ambushed by the police and their bodies are loaded with bullets that are unrecognizable when they are pulled from the car.
Symbols of youth seeking liberation
Many images are dedicated to both, the first of which is images. I have the right to live From Fritz Long (1937), three years after the murder of the famous couple, Lovers of the night From Nicholas Ray (1947), Pony Parker story (1958) and more recently, Pony & Clyde: Dead and Alive (2013).
Shot from the signed version Arthur Benn, It happened in the same place where the illegal couple committed their crimes. Respect for reality gave the film crew the feeling of following in the footsteps of their legend …
When the film was released in 1967, the film’s murderous heroes were raised as symbols of the rebellious youth of the 1960s, who later sought liberation. It’s funny that the script has been denied Francois Trafford Y Jean-Paul Goddard ! Since then, the Arthur Penn film has entered the legend of the Seventh Art. He faced an unexpected public success Pony y ClydeMany people felt that they had been slandered and demanded damages as a result. Of these, we keep the sister of Bonnie Parker, son-in-law of Clyde Burrow or Captain Hammer.
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