Director Arthur Penn described his collaboration with film editor Dede Allen as “developing a rhythm for the film so that it has the complexity of music.” Though Allen first saw Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960) the year before she cut The Hustler, the influence of the French New Wave wouldn’t fully creep into her hand until this film, which heavily aided in making it one of the defining works of New Hollywood cinema. Nominated for an ACE Eddie award for Best Edited Feature Film, Bonnie and Clyde is also one of the first Hollywood feature films in which a film editor received a separate title card in the opening credits.