Factual error: When Bonnie and Clyde are killed he is lying on the ground in front of the car, and she is in the driver seat. In real life they were both killed in the car. He was in the driver seat, and she was lying up against him. (01:44:20)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
1 factual error
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Starring: Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Pollard
Continuity mistake: CW Moss takes two bites out of Gene Wilder's hamburger by accident but when CW attempts to give the burger to Gene Wilder, there is just one bite taken out of it.
Clyde Barrow: This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks.
Trivia: As noted in her memoir 'My Life with Bonnie and Clyde', upon seeing the movie, the real Blanche Barrow described the on screen Blanche saying, "That movie made me out like a screaming horse's ass."
Question: Why is the scene where Bonnie meets her family so different from the rest of the movie? What is the significance in the change of lighting, sound etc?
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Answer: To create an atmosphere and mood that shows how Bonnie's family life contrasted with her life of crime.
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