Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde is a great movie to watch and see what it was like in the 1930s. Even though the movie came out in the sixties, it took place in the thirties. A man and woman fall in love in a life of crime. This movie shows the depression and the dust bowl very vividly. It is a perfect representation of the 'spirit of the times', even though it comes form a criminal's point of view
Bonnie and Clyde was a classic movie on the life of crime. It's about a guy and a girl, Bonnie and Clyde, who get together and rob banks. They pick up another side-partner who helps them out with the robbing. Soon, Clyde's brother and neurotic wife join them in the life of crime. Of course, the police are chasing them as they rob bank to bank, going from state to state, doing whatever they can to avoid the police. During the movie, there are guns shooting left and right. Eventually, Clyde's brother gets shot in one of their several shoot-outs between the police and them, and Clyde's brother dies and his neurotic, preacher's daughter wife, is captured. Bonnie, Clyde, and their side-partner are still alive and not captured. The side-partner leaves Bonnie and Clyde temporarily to visit with his father. There, Bonnie and Clyde are attacked by surprise by the police and are killed by several bullets. The life of Bonnie and Clyde came to a screeching halt.
This movie was a great representation of the thirties. They had a great setting that showed some of the depression and some of the dust bowl. In one particular scene, Bonnie and Clyde met a man who was kicked out of his own home because the bank took it. This shows that the depression took many people out of their own homes because the banks started to panic. Many homes were also taken away because of the dust bowl. People also evacuated their homes to go to other better places where they could find other work to provide for their families, since their farms were killed by the dust. This allowed Bonnie and Clyde to stay in homes that were empty along the road. Since Bonnie and Clyde had no money, they had to steal it. This is typical for this time during the great depression, because there was no money, so they stole it. It was too bad they didn't get away with it, and others most likely did not either.
This film showed a lot of what life was like in the thirties, even though it came from a criminal's point of view. The plot and the setting gave enough away to show how life was back then. Bonnie and Clyde fall in love while maintaining the role of America's most wanted. Still, they meet their death by a rain of bullets by surprise. They show great visuals and scenarios of life during the depression and the dust bowl. This movie is a great representation of the thirties.

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