I'm better at runnin' than I am at robbin' banks

Peter Biskind's landmark "Easy Riders Raging Bulls" denotes "Bonnie and Clyde" as the film that kick started the American New Wave or "New Hollywood" movement.
I watched it on DVD tonight.
The director, Arthur Penn, was clearly influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague -- in particular the abrupt shifts from comedy to tragedy and the stylized depiction of violence. Clyde Barrow even wears a pair of sunglasses with a lens missing, in tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo in "A Bout de Souffle."
The acting is superb as well.
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway shine in this 1967 classic, rule-breaking American film.
Michael J. Pollard and Gene Hackman also perform notably. I could do without Estelle Parsons as Blanche, however. I equate her histrionics to the proverbial nails on the chalkboard.
Gene Wilder makes a memorable cameo, however, as the undertaker who reminds Bonnie that death is never far away.
Previous films cut away from violence, while "Bonnie and Clyde" emphasized the blood.
That approach, as well as the inclusion of Flatt and Scruggs on the soundtrack, will always mark "Bonnie and Clyde" as an entertaining, ground-breaking piece of cinema.