Outlaws: Natural Born KIllers/Bonnie & Clyde

In our latest episode of the Soylent GreenScreen Podcast, now available for download or streaming from iTunes and Stitcher, the SGS team discuss #OliverStone’s #NaturalBornKillers, starring #WoodyHarrelson (#HungerGames, #2012, #ScannerDarkly), #JulietteLewis (#StrangeDays, #CapeFear), #RobertDowneyJnr. (#IronMan, #SherlockHolmes), #TommyLeeJones (#Fugitive, #UnderSiege, #CaptainAmerica, #USMarshals) and #TomSizemore (#Heart&Souls, #TrueRomance) as well as #ArthurPenn’s 1967 version of #Bonnie&Clyde, starring #WarrenBeatty (#DickTracy, #Bugsy), #FayeDunaway (#Network, #Chinatown), #GeneHackman (#FrenchConnection, #Enemyof The State) and #GeneWilder (#BlazingSaddles, #StirCrazy).

 

 

We discuss the media, the highs and lows of Robert Downey Jnr. and his career, the brilliance of Woody Harrelson, why #QuentinTarantino only gets a “Story By” credit and not a screenplay credit and the ways that Natural Born Killers ruined Michelle’s love of #RodneyDangerfield. We also discuss Oliver Stone and how his films are male centric and question whether Natural Born Killers was made for an adult audience and whether or not they were serial killers or mass murderers, or even if it matters.

In the second half we discuss the 1967 film, #BonnieandClyde. Through this discussion we examine the influence of Bonnie and Clyde on #Americancinema and the ways in which the media portrays these characters. We also look at the hysteria of #Bonnie and #Clyde and attempt to figure out if they were deluding themselves into thinking they were heroes.