The second film in Cinephile Paradiso’s Summer of Love series is Arthur Penn’s iconic gangster film, Bonnie & Clyde…

Bonnie (Faye Dunaway), a waitress, who is bored with her mundane life begins to like Clyde (Warren Beatty) who tries to steal her mother’s car. Soon, she joins him in his criminal activities and they begin a national crime spree.

Considered a groundbreaking film of the New Hollywood era, Bonnie and Clyde shattered cinematic taboos and inspired other filmmakers to push boundaries in their own work. It quickly became a rallying cry for counterculture audiences and contributed to greater openness in the portrayal of sex and violence in cinema.