▁Luci en ▁Ball ard , ▁developed ▁a ▁sty list ic ▁approach ▁that ▁through ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁slow - m otion , ▁multi - camera ▁film ing ▁and ▁mont age ▁editing , ▁seemed ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁violence ▁more ▁inten se ▁and ▁vis cer al ." ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁and ▁legacy ▁The ▁immediate ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁gun b attle ▁mont age ▁in ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch ▁was ▁likely ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁film , ▁Bon nie ▁and ▁C ly de , ▁which ▁Pe ck in p ah ▁apparently ▁screen ed ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁before ▁film ing ▁began . ▁Bon nie ▁and ▁C ly de , ▁which ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Arthur ▁P enn ▁and ▁edited ▁by ▁D ede ▁Allen , ▁has ▁a ▁f amed ▁scene ▁at ▁its ▁ending ▁showing ▁the ▁kill ings ▁of ▁Bon nie ▁and ▁C ly de ▁by ▁state ▁police . ▁The ▁scene ▁mix es ▁slow ▁and ▁acceler ated ▁motion ▁and ▁several ▁cam eras , ▁which ▁were ▁aspects ▁of ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch . ▁Still ▁earlier ▁these ▁techniques ▁had ▁been ▁employed ▁in ▁A ki ra ▁Ku ros awa ' s ▁films , ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁in ▁Seven ▁Sam ur ai ▁( 1 9 5 4 ). ▁Ku ros awa ▁generally ▁both ▁directed ▁and ▁edited ▁his ▁films . ▁Stephen ▁Prince ▁has ▁written , ▁" The ▁kin etic ▁attributes ▁of ▁Ku ros awa ' s ▁style , ▁then , ▁entered ▁deeply ▁into ▁international ▁cinema . ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁representation ▁of ▁violence , ▁they ▁influenced ▁Arthur ▁P enn ▁and ▁Sam ▁Pe ck in