Crime has always been as much of a problem today as it was in the past. Now we have technology that works both ways for both the criminals and their victims. Stories of a back and forth cat and mouse game have intrigued writers and filmmakers, giving the people a taste of a life of crime. The lives of Bonnie and Clyde practically revolved around odds. They traveled across the states with their gang, pilfering small stores along the way. Yet these petty crimes managed to get this duo on every wanted poster in the midwestern United States. Earning them a title of “most famous criminal couple” in American history.
Clyde Barrow was born in Texas, to a family of eight. His parents were poor and were rarely around due to working long hours. Growing
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Reports rose about how Clyde and his two cellmates have escaped with a smuggled pistol. Despite all that Bonnie did for her true love, Clyde decided to go on a crime spree immediately after he escaped. He was caught a week later and taken back to the Waco jail.
Clyde was released two years later from prison. He had learned nothing from his past with authority and continued with his crime sprees. Bonnie reunited with him, and together, along with a small group of men, robbed small banks and businesses. They’ve had several close calls with the police as well.
One particular robbery was different than the ones in the past. The duo and their gang went to a grocery store with the intentions of stealing cash. They held the owner and his wife at gunpoint and demanded they open the safe. Somehow while the safe was being opened, a gunshot was fired, leaving the owner dead. Unlike all the other crimes committed, this one involved murder.
At this point, Clyde knew he would be fleeing for the rest of his days. He went up to Bonnie and gave her two options: to go with him or stay and not risk getting arrested. Bonnie wanted to remain with Clyde so she said goodbye to her mother, and left with Clyde. They decided to put distance between them and the police. Bonnie and Clyde then decided to go to New Mexico and visit her
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By this point they have committed at least 13 murders and several robberies. The majority of the killings were police officers that came way too close. Other times they were abducted and taken for a joyride, then dropped off in the middle of nowhere. Running from authority wasn’t always all fun and games. Eventually, Bonnie and Clyde would run out of places to go to. The pressure was growing on both sides of the law and them.
Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, pursued the duo, setting a trap to catch them.
On May 23, 1934, a group of police officers combined from Texas and Louisiana, stood near a highway and waited for the gangsters. As soon as Bonnie and Clyde pulled up in a stolen automobile, the officers launched an attack. Bullets rained against the car and shattered the windows. The pair of thieves were killed almost instantly, finally ending their short-lived crime spree.
Bonnie and Clyde’s lives weren’t exactly a typical “Romeo and Juliet tale”. Despite being short, they’ve done more than most humans have in their done for a means of survival. The public even now, sees them as a mixture of both hero and villain. Both being lost souls who wanted to rise in life and believed they deserved what they wanted. However, unlike most people, if Bonnie and Clyde wanted something, they take
“William Henry Furman, a twenty-six-year-old black man with a sixth grade education, was not what most people called a “bad” man,” (Herda 7). Furman was just laid off of his job and was struggling to find work. But there was none. Every job did not pay enough, or was a short term job. Eventually, depressed, hungry, and broke, Furman turned to breaking and entering and to petty thievery by means of survival. Furman was caught a few times and was given a light sentence. He was also examined by a psychiatrist and was determined to be mentally impaired, but not enough to go to a mental institution. But on August 11, 1967, Furman went to rob the house of twenty-nine-year-old William Joseph Micke, Jr. with his wife and five young children. When searching through the house, Furman made too much noise, which alerted Micke. Furman heard Micke walking down the stairs and pulled out his gun that he used for scaring people away. But Micke kept walking downwards. Not wanting to be caught, Furman tried to run away and tripped over an exposed cord. His gun discharged. The bullet ricocheted to the back door. On the other side, a body fell to the floor. William Joseph Micke Jr. was dead. “The police responded to the call quickly and, within minutes, they had apprehended Furman just down the street from the scene of the crime. The murders weapon was still in his pocket,” (Herda 9). Furman tried to plead guilty by insanity and the psychiatrists described him as legally insane. But then, several days later one of the psychiatrists revised their medical opinion. Because he was not insane, the case would go on. The state of Georgia charged him with murder and issued the death penalty. This was because Georgia state law stated that any form of murder is...
The 1960s till 1980s was the period of the Hollywood New Wave, where American cinema reflected the politically and socially driven films of the time. The Hollywood New Wave overlapped with the Second Wave Feminism. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) reflects those movements of the time with its unique editing and shooting techniques. Geoff King describes the camera movements as (Smith, 2010). When Bonnie and Clyde premiered in 1967, America was in the height of a sexual revolution, which reflected these themes in the film. In the film, Bonnie is a sexually frustrate woman, because the man she loves is initially impotent in their sexual encounters. She gets sexually attracted by violence and crime, which is a concept that was rarely explored on screen.
...ssed as police officers, cornered and shot seven members of a top rival gang in the back. Such levels of violence were horrific however it appeared that no-one might touch him till 1931, wherever where was finally convicted for tax evasion instead of the four hundred murders he was presumed have committed.
and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Wyatt was never caught and tried because he
On August 2, 2009 around 2:30 p.m., David Riley, an alleged member of the Lincoln Park gang, was parked in a San Diego neighborhood with his girlfriend and three other men. When a member of a rival gang, Mr. Webster, drove through the nearby intersection, the three men near Riley’s car fired multiple shots into Mr. Webster’s car. After Mr. Webster’s car crashed, the three nearby shooters got into Riley’s car, an Oldsmobile, and drove away. Eyewitnesses to the shooting claimed that Riley could have been one of the shooters but declined to give a definitive positive identification of Riley as one of the shooters. Police found Riley’s Oldsmobile in a known Lincoln Park gang area the next day almost completely hidden.
dangerous man and was guilty of the murder, and who knows what else. Upon Walter’s release
A lot of people said he was just too nice. He was said to help out a lot and did a lot of good work. He would get anything for anyone, no questions asked. Though, he was said to make jokes that he would one day kill all of the crack addicts and prostitutes to clean up the streets. A major thing was he was the one dealing the crack to the girls. He would give them crack in exchange for money and sexual favors. He also had a lot of sketchy jobs done and had a lot of sketchy evidence that pointed to him. For example, he had a bunch of pictures of girls, most who have went missing. He also had the same gun that was used to kill more than half of the girls. A friend of his who was interviewed said it even seems like Lonnie was trying to get caught. He would show off the gun and the pictures and even one time handcuffs fell out of his car. He would try to get different women into his car and make them come into his home. Lonnie tried to get this one prostitute, Roxanne, to go into the back of his garage. He didn’t even really have a reason. The same girl said that she witness Lonnie slit this one girls throat. It was also said that most of the cars he was working on were cars that he had stole. One of his friends in an interview said that he would steal cars and that’s the reason he thought Lonnie was getting arrested but his other friend immediately shut that down and said Lonnie had never stolen a car. His friends also thought
robbed when it was necessary, they both became famous in the newspapers because no police or authorities could capture them, their trick was to move from one place to the other, staying at different hotels or abandoned houses. As per the movie lines, “They were the strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They’re young, they‘re in love, they rob banks”. They were forced to scape from one state to the other in order to evade charges and persecution. During the 1930’s people hated banks and businesses because of their economic loss due to the great depression. This movie allowed people to make imaginary fantasies in order to fulfill their life desires that were banned. Bonnie and Clyde is one of few films that came out during this New Hollywood era which had started to incorporate violence, promiscuity, disillusionment, and ideas of going against social norms. Technological advances during the time also exposed filmmakers to use new cameras such as the hand held cameras and zoom lenses. Some prints were also hand colored in certain scenes to bring the characters seen as alive and in motion to the viewer. Many studios also faced financial troubles during this time due to high production costs. The idea of filming people in their natural settings without having to be staged and the loose style of editing were on the rise. Both of the movies captured the attention of the American
... Trails End”: “They don't think they're too smart or desperate, they know that the law always wins. They've been shot at before; but they do not ignore, that death is the wages of sin.” (Parker) In the end, Bonnie and Clyde died on May 23, 1934, at 9:15 in the morning, driving down the road from their hideout in Black-Lake Louisiana (Famoustexans.com). The duo were found thanks to a police tip off from the father of one of their gang members (ThinkQuest). In total, the car had 167 rounds of bullets drilled into it (Rosa). The story of Bonnie and Clyde should be considered cautionary tale of how powerful love is, and what it, poverty and desperation can drive people to do. Although Bonnie’s character was not strong enough to overcome her circumstances, that is not true of everyone. People can always strive to be progress and overcome any conditions life has for them.
Both Bonnie and Clyde are criminals, and they are chaos and go against society, which leads society to fight back and win in the end. Becoming more reckless which gives their journey two separate ends, it can either end with their captures or their death. Since they both go against the social norm, whereas society is all about having everything be in its place. Clyde is seen as an asexual, due to the fact that he shows no sexual attraction for Bonnie. Where as Bonnie is considered to be more of a transgressive character, who must be punished, for going against social norms. The reason why the audience is rooting for criminals to get away from the police is because, both Bonnie and Clyde do it for the people, and target only certain people.
The close-up of Bonnie as she is on the bed in the room I found to be very effective. I believe this was Peen at his best as he did things in this movie that had not been seen before. Like teasing the audience to keep them interested. Bonnie and Clyde was one of the first films to emerge after the collapse of the studio system. Penn Bonnie and Clyde mixed sex and violence. It was an attempt to break with the conventional moral codes. In the movie we see the couple died a very bloody death. From the beginning of the film the camera shots of Bonnie reveals something important to the audience. It reveals that her sexuality is going to be a major part of her character throughout the film. In the last shot we see the sheriff through the window of the couple’s car as they are being chase. This visual message tells the audience that they are trap and therefore can’t escape. Some scene in the movie relies on what is been shown rather than what is said as a way for the audience to interpret what is going on. This film uses jump cut to deliver some of its messages. For example, the bedroom scene when Bonnie is about to get on the bed and it cuts to her already on the bed. The scene shows that she is suffering from boredom and her desire for just a mundane excitement. The use of this style by Penn has a major effect on this film. It keeps the audience glue to their seats and almost salivating for more of this thrilling action pack film. It enhances the emotions of the scene by
Bonnie and Clyde the most famous crime robbing duo, pushed the law enforcement to the top of their game trying everything they could to stop them. They left the police with no chance but to go for the kill when it came to shutting down the two. The duo will remain known for their jaw dropping crime spree.
...ays of getting out of his punishment including insanity, which was professionally proven not the case, and that someone with black gloves signed for him to do what he did. Which was also proven wrong. Mesa was charged with charged with two counts of felony murder, one while armed, along with some robbery and burglary charges. He went to jail for the rest of his life without parole.
Even though Fast Sam,Cool Clyde and Stuff is written in Stuff point of view, you can still tell a lot about Clyde. Clyde is mature. Stuff says, “ he talked a little quieter than everybody else, and I wondered if he was older or something.” This explains that when he talked quiet, everyone still listened as if he was older, but he was around the same age as all of them.The text also says, “Clyde that was the kid's name-turned to me and spoke in a calm voice.” This also explains that it wasn't just a one time thing, he did this all the time.
The multi-state crime wave of a Missouri couple likened to Bonnie and Clyde ended in the wee hours of Friday morning when police picked up their trail on a Florida highway and engaged them in a shootout that left Blake Fitzgerald dead.