J.J. Abrams Praises “Bold, Graphic Storytelling” of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ for TCM Movie Picks (Exclusive)

J.J. Abrams promotes Warren Beatty’s Bonnie and Clyde and Hair Shampoo for must-see watching as component of the January 2024 Turner Standard Movies schedule in his very own TCM Picks video clip that went down on Tuesday.

“They could not be more different,” Abrams claims of Arthur Penn’s 1967 criminal offense spree dramatization Bonnie and Clyde, which likewise starred Faye Dunaway, and Hal Ashby’s Oscar-winning dramedy Hair shampoo. Bonnie and Clyde “portrayed violence in a way that had not typically been seen in American cinema and really ushered in a new age of bold graphic storytelling in a way that you really hadn’t seen before,” Abrams claims in the video clip.

Having actually gone far for himself in Hollywood with tv and prominent collection like Pleasure, Pen name and Shed, you can see the premises for Abrams’ ultimate success making activity tentpole films, provided his love for timeless Hollywood images.

Hair shampoo comes to be a time pill movie for Abrams, as he matured in Los Angeles throughout the 1970s. “It just feels like Los Angeles in that era, that late 1960s, early 1970s vibe,” he urges.

Various other movie faves from Abrams this month as he sustains TCM consists of the 1938 enchanting funny You Can not Take It With You, which he couple with one more Frank Capra prize likewise starring James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore, It’s a Terrific Life. “It’s a movie that is as sweet and charming and romantic and relevant today, as ever,” he claims of the madcap romcom.

Additionally on Abrams’ TCM warm checklist is Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary This is Spine Faucet, with an innovative mind trust fund that consists of Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Visitor. Amusing, yes, yet likewise practical, he claims of the rock band send-up. “It’s so accurate. If you spent any time with bands, you know, this is what’s real,” Abrams claims.

Completing his TCM picks is the Marx Brothers’ An Evening at the Opera and Steven Spielberg’s Close Experiences of the 3rd Kind. “It’s got this inevitability, this power. If you haven’t seen it, or haven’t seen it lately, definitely check this one out,” Abrams, with his movie critics hat on, claims of the sci-fi dramatization starring Richard Dreyfuss.