Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema Then and Now
Gene D. Phillips
While the gangster film may have enjoyed its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s, it has remained a movie staple for almost as long as cinema has existed. From the early films of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson to modern versions likeBugsy,Public Enemies, andGangster Squad, such films capture the brutality of mobs and their leaders.
InGangsters and G-Men on Screen:Crime Cinema Then and Now, Gene D. Phillips revisits some of the most popular and iconic representations of the genre. While this volume offers new perspectives on some established classics—usual suspects likeLittle Caesar,Bonnie and Clyde, andThe Godfather Part II—Phillips also calls attention to some of the unheralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre. Expanding the viewer’s notion of what constitutes a gangster film, Phillips offers such unusual choices asYou Only Live Once,Key Largo,The Lady from Shanghai, and even the 1949 version ofThe Great Gatsby. Also included in this examination are more recent ventures, such as modern classicsThe Griftersand Martin Scorsese’sThe Departed.
In his analyses, Phillips draws on a number of sources, including personal interviews with directors and other artists and technicians associated with the films he discusses. Of interest to film historians and scholars,Gangsters and G-Men on Screenwill also appeal to anyone who wants to better understand the films that represent an important contribution to crime cinema.
InGangsters and G-Men on Screen:Crime Cinema Then and Now, Gene D. Phillips revisits some of the most popular and iconic representations of the genre. While this volume offers new perspectives on some established classics—usual suspects likeLittle Caesar,Bonnie and Clyde, andThe Godfather Part II—Phillips also calls attention to some of the unheralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre. Expanding the viewer’s notion of what constitutes a gangster film, Phillips offers such unusual choices asYou Only Live Once,Key Largo,The Lady from Shanghai, and even the 1949 version ofThe Great Gatsby. Also included in this examination are more recent ventures, such as modern classicsThe Griftersand Martin Scorsese’sThe Departed.
In his analyses, Phillips draws on a number of sources, including personal interviews with directors and other artists and technicians associated with the films he discusses. Of interest to film historians and scholars,Gangsters and G-Men on Screenwill also appeal to anyone who wants to better understand the films that represent an important contribution to crime cinema.
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2014
Verlag:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
204
ISBN 10:
1442230754
ISBN 13:
9781442230750
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EPUB, 6.82 MB
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english, 2014
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