Behind the story of Bonnie and Clyde and ‘The Highwaymen’
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with John Lee Hancock and John Fusco, the director and writer of The Highwaymen. Their new movie tells the story of Frank…
Ryan Bordow is a lifelong art enthusiast whose biggest passions include writing movies and writing about movies. He studied both film production and media analysis at Arizona State University. Visit his personal website sittinginthecinema.com for more of his thoughts on film. When he’s not writing, he enjoys the study of theology and philosophy, and traveling the world whenever he can afford it.
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with John Lee Hancock and John Fusco, the director and writer of The Highwaymen. Their new movie tells the story of Frank…
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