American Gangster Cinema
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American Gangster Cinema
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Author : F. Mason
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2002-11-28
American Gangster Cinema written by F. Mason and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-28 with Performing Arts categories.
Much analysis of gangster movies has been based upon a study of the gangster as a malign figuration of the American Dream, originally set in the era of the Depression. This text extends previous analysis of the genre by examining the evolution of gangster movies from the 1930s to the contemporary period and by placing them in the context of cultural and cinematic issues such as masculinity, consumerism and technology. With a close examination of many films from Scarface and Public Enemy to Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction , this book provides a fascinating insight into a topical and popular subject.
Dreams Dead Ends
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Author : Jack Shadoian
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003
Dreams Dead Ends written by Jack Shadoian and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Performing Arts categories.
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Bullets Over Hollywood
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Author : John McCarty
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-04-27
Bullets Over Hollywood written by John McCarty and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-27 with Performing Arts categories.
The gangster, like the gunslinger, is a classic American character-and the gangster movie, like the Western, is one of the American cinema's enduring film genres. From Scarface to White Heat, from The Godfather to The Usual Suspects, from Once Upon a Time in America to Road to Perdition, gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories-the overall iconography-of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect with even today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective, Bullets over Hollywood will be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.
American Gangster
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Forge Books
Release Date : 2007-10-02
American Gangster written by and has been published by Forge Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-02 with Fiction categories.
The novelization of American Gangster, the major motion picture from Universal Pictures about Frank Lucas, drug czar of Harlem. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and is directed by Ridley Scott. For decades the Mafia controlled the flow of heroin onto the streets of Harlem. Frank Lucas changed all that. Born in rural North Carolina, he came to New York and rose to power under notorious mobster Bumpy Johnson. When Bumpy died, Frank moved to take over the drug business. Caught in a squeeze play between the Mafia and the street dealers, Frank got creative. Instead of being a tool of the mob, he went straight to the source—Cambodia—and set up his own unique distribution system. Using his brothers as his lieutenants and selling "quality" heroin in trademark blue plastic bags, Frank Lucas and his "Country Boys" became the kings of One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Street. Frank had it made. He was rich, successful, and untouchable. . . . . . . until Richie Roberts came along. Roberts, the Eliot Ness of drug enforcement, became a pariah among other detectives in the NYPD when he turned in the million dollars in cash he found in the trunk of a dealer's car. His personal life was a mess—his wife left him, and his son hardly knew him anymore—but on the job, Roberts was all business, and his business, heading up a Federal Narcotics Squad, was busting big-time dealers. His next target? Frank Lucas. This violent, action-filled chronicle of a uniquely American family is based on Ridley Scott's film, itself based on a New York magazine profile, "The Return of Superfly" by Mark Jacobson. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mob Culture
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Author : Lee Grieveson
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2005
Mob Culture written by Lee Grieveson and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Mob Culture offers a long-awaited, fresh look at the American gangster film, exposing its hidden histories from the Black Hand gangs of the early twentieth century to The Sopranos. Departing from traditional approaches that have typically focused on the "nature" of the gangster, the editors have collected essays that engage the larger question of how the meaning of criminality has changed over time. Grouped into three thematic sections, the essays examine gangster films through the lens of social, gender, and racial/ethnic issues.
The Gangster Film
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Author : Ron Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-16
The Gangster Film written by Ron Wilson and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-16 with Performing Arts categories.
This volume examines the gangster film in its historical context with an emphasis on the ways the image of the gangster has adapted and changed as a result of socio-cultural circumstances. From its origins in Progressive-era reforms to its use as an indictment of corporate greed, the gangster film has often provided a template for critiquing American ideas and values concerning individualism, success, and business acumen. The gangster genre has also been useful in critically examining race and ethnicity in American culture in terms of "otherness." Films studied include Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912), The Racket (1928), The Captive City (1952), The Godfather, Part Two (1974), Goodfellas (1990), and Killing Them Softly (2012).
Dreams And Dead Ends
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
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This work provides a history of the 20th-century American gangster film. Moving chronologically through nearly seven decades, this volume offers illuminating readings of a select group of the classic films that best define and exemplify each period in the development of the American crime film.
Born To Lose
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Author : Eugene Rosow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Born To Lose written by Eugene Rosow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Performing Arts categories.
Dreams And Dead Ends
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Author : Jack Shadoian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979-08
Dreams And Dead Ends written by Jack Shadoian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-08 with Gangster films categories.
A substantial consideration of a film genre that is a distinctive part of American popular art. This is the most substantial consideration of a film genre that is a distinctive part of American popular art. It brings a range of theoretical interpretation and critical analysis to the task, and the writing is in sharp focus, free of both academic dead weight and in-group jargon. The aim is to elucidate, not to mystify, and to widen, rather than narrow, the context of our involvement and understanding. Dreams and Dead Ends provides a framework of explanation for a group of films that viewers have found puzzling, disturbing, compelling, and at times alarming. Through detailed discussion, it argues the sources of their power and persuasiveness. The book will appeal to thoughtful viewers/readers who wish to extend their sense of the genre's nature and significance, and of how and why it has exerted so durable a hold on our imagination.Shadoian seeks to define the character and boundaries of the gangster/crime genre, but not through a doctrinaire approach that artificially limits its scope. Indeed, tracing the genre from the early 1930's to the 1970's, much of the emphasis is on the way the genre has changed and evolved and been colored by the changing American mood and condition over succeeding decades. Moreover, individual films are seen and discussed on their own terms, which allows the author to highlight the distinctive qualities that give each film a life of its own within the generic framework.These 18 films were chosen by the author in part to show the variety and versatility of the genre; among them are (in Shadoian's words from the Preface) "A films and B films, films celebrated and films maudit, classic films that had to be written on and curiosities that otherwise seemed destined to a premature oblivion, each a serviceable index to the directions the genre was taking at the time of its release, and each proving substantial upon reviewing." The author is especially provocative in writing about audience identification with the gangster/criminals portrayed in the gloom of the theater. Without overworking the analogy, he traces the connection between our being "spellbound in darkness" by the underworld and those unconscious human urges to throw off societal restrictions, desires that are released in dreams but are seen to be dead-end fantasies in the harsh light of next morning's realities and practical imperatives. The films are both liberating dreams and sobering truths. They reflect both American optimism and despair. Dreams and Dead Ends gives proper critical attention to the films of the genre as works of art and also as conscious and unconscious revelations of the underside of American society and the darker aspects he individual psyche.Films discussed: Little Caesar (1930); The Public Enemy (1931); High Sierra (1941); The Killers (1946); Kiss of Death (1947); Force of Evil (1947); Gun Crazy (1949); D.O.A. (1949); White Heat (1949); Pickup on South Street (1953); 99 River Street (1953); The Phoenix City Story (1955); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Point Blank (1967); The Godfather (1972); and Godfather II (1975).
Dying To Belong
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Author : Martha P. Nochimson
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2007-05-21
Dying To Belong written by Martha P. Nochimson and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-21 with Performing Arts categories.
This fascinating book begins with a new definition of the gangster film and a challenging exploration of the Hong Kong and Hollywood screen traditions. Illuminates the way gangster films deal with the ambiguities of modern life, correcting the notion that this genre is inconsequential sensationalism Contends that both American and Hong Kong gangster films are against-the-grain reactions to the central fable of modern democracies that promise immigrant (and other) outsiders that they can become social insiders Clarifies crucial and fascinating differences between American and Hong Kong approaches to enjoining the discussion of immigrant histories by placing them in counterpoint with each other Draws on a range of American films, ranging from Public Enemy and Scarface to Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, and The Godfather Explores a number of Hong Kong's 21st century gangster films, including Andrew Lau's great trilogy, Infernal Affairs, and Election and Election 2, directed by Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To Concludes with an exclusive interview with The Sopranos' creator, David Chase