Screenwriting 101: Robert Benton
“David [Newman] and I felt that the line dividing a criminal and an upright citizen is much more subtle than most people realize, and…
“David [Newman] and I felt that the line dividing a criminal and an upright citizen is much more subtle than most people realize, and certainly more subtle than most movies in those days led us to believe. We made a set of decisions, the first of which was to not pass moral judgment on our characters, and then to do our best to make the audience identify with them, and to see them as ordinary human beings just like us.”
— Robert Benton talking about writing the script for Bonnie and Clyde
From “Oscar-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting,” edited by Joel Engel
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