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Turner Classic Movies Monday, Feb. 4, 5 p.m.
Arthur Penn’s hyper-violent-for-1967 film about the legendary outlaws was wildly influential and it turned Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway into superstars. You can see the film in the work of Quentin Tarentino, Oliver Stone and Andrew Dominik, among others.
Film history aside, it’s also entertaining. Beatty’s charisma has never been more powerful; Dunaway is at her most raw and unhinged and sexy and the action and plot barrel toward the historically and dramatically inevitable conclusion like a runaway train down a cliff.
It’s a gorgeous and thrilling film.
