This work presents an insight into the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, the film said to have changed American cinema, reinvigorating the gangster genre with European, New Wave techniques and a radically candid view of sex and violence. Bonnie and Clyde changed American cinema, reinvigorating the gangster genre with European, New Wave techniques and a radically candid view of sex and violence. Starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the film caused a frenzy of controversy and paved the way for the "New Hollywood" of the 1970s.