Bonnie and clyde relationship quotes

Criminality has always had a certain innate sex appeal, especially on screen. After all, isn’t that fact the whole reason behind the success of film noir, heist movies, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s entire relationship? There’s darkness and danger and raw, fiery passion.

It’s no wonder, then, that the mythos around Bonnie and Clyde plays it up to the nth degree. The duo is remembered as a young, beautiful, and violent match made in heaven in no small part thanks to the 1967 film.

But when you actually watch the film, what stands out is not so much the sexual relationship between Bonnie and Clyde, but the lack thereof.

From their very first encounter, Clyde announces to Bonnie that he “ain’t no lover boy” and suggests that if that’s what she wants, then he doesn’t need her and she should move along now.

His refusal of her wild advances is so stern it’s not only jarring, it’s completely at odds with the persisting image of the youn