{"product_id":"they-kill-people-bonnie-and-clyde-a-hollywood-revolution-and-americas-obsession-with-guns-and-outlaws-9780826369376","title":"They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America's Obsession with Guns and Outlaws","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deep dive into the grit and glamor of America's favorite criminal couple and the nation's love affair with guns.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn May 23, 1934, two borderline inept but ruthless criminals named Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker met their end in a hail of semiautomatic gunfire on a rural road in the Louisiana backcountry. The duo had terrorized Depression-era Middle America with a string of robberies and a brazen daylight prison escape, killing nearly a dozen police officers along the way.\u003cbr\u003e A legend was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty-two years later, a movie crew gathered on a Warner Bros. studio ranch to re-create the scene of Bonnie and Clyde's violent demise. It was the end of a difficult shoot. Almost everyone involved knew they were on to something, but getting there had taken a toll on relationships both professional and personal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result was destined to become what is arguably the landmark film of the New Hollywood era. Nothing like it had ever been attempted anything similar had, in fact, been forbidden by censorship. When the lights finally came up after an agonizing moment of black, Hollywood would never be the same. Almost sixty years since it exploded onto American screens, \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e still retains the power to shock, amaze, and provoke, as fresh and relevant today as when it was first released in 1967. The movie's resonance goes well beyond the peerless filmmaking of director Arthur Penn, producer-star Warren Beatty, and their talented team of collaborators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e taps into a dark wellspring in the American psyche. Produced in a time of great social upheaval, with a country divided under a deeply polarizing president, the film addresses troubling questions about our country's founding myth and its obsession with firearms, questions that remain part of our national debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Kill People\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the making of Bonnie and Clyde. It is the story of the outlaws whose real lives were anything but glamorous. Most of all, it is the story of how violence and a predilection for firearms became a fundamental part of American identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirk Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e High Road Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826369376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirk Ellis \u003c\/b\u003eis the multiple Emmy-winning screenwriter of HBO's \u003ci\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, the Apple TV+ limited series \u003ci\u003eFranklin\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works of historical drama, including \u003ci\u003eAnne Frank: The Whole Story \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInto the West\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eRide Lonesome\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the inaugural volumes in UNM Press's Reel West series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kirk Ellis \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47645101228189,"sku":"9780826369376","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d270c22a-fdb2-40df-a590-178d41ef056c.jpg?v=1770751019","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/they-kill-people-bonnie-and-clyde-a-hollywood-revolution-and-americas-obsession-with-guns-and-outlaws-9780826369376","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}