Gangsters and G-Men on Screen

Crime Cinema Then and Now

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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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 like Bugsy, Public Enemies, and Gangster Squad, such films capture the brutality of mobs and their leaders.In Gangsters 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 like Little Caesar, Bonnie and Clyde, and The 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 as You Only Live Once, Key Largo, The Lady from Shanghai, and even the 1949 version of The Great Gatsby. Also included in this examination are more recent ventures, such as modern classics The Grifters and Martin Scorsese’s The 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 Screen will also appeal to anyone who wants to better understand the films that represent an important contribution to crime cinema.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-09-26
Mått163 x 231 x 20 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442230750

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Acknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1: The Rise of the Gangster Film Chapter 2: Little Caesar and The Public EnemyChapter 3: The Story of Temple Drake and No Orchids for Miss BlandishChapter 4: Dead End and This Gun for HireChapter 5: Criss Cross and White Heat Chapter 6: John Huston’s Key Largo and The Asphalt JungleChapter 7: The Lady from Shanghai and The Great GatsbyChapter 8: Fritz Lang’s You Only Live Once and The Big HeatChapter 9: The Godfather, Part IIChapter 10: Bonnie and Clyde and The UntouchablesChapter 11: The Grifters and The DepartedChapter 12: Dillinger and Public EnemiesAfterword: Gangster Squad (2013) and Other FilmsBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Here’s a broad-ranging survey of movies about gangsters and government agents (G-men), starting with the first, D. W. Griffith’s The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912), and ending with recent offerings like Public Enemies and Gangster Squad. There are, of course, many well-known movies here—Little Caesar, the original Scarface, Bonnie and Clyde, The Untouchables, The Godfather—but the author also introduces us to a lot of films and facts that are likely to be unfamiliar. For example, did you know that the first true 'talkie' wasn’t 1927’s The Jazz Singer, which only had one scene with audible dialogue, but rather Lights of New York, a 1928 gangster movie? Did you know that one of the most controversial gangster pics of the late 1940s bore the sweetly delicate title of No Orchids for Miss Blandish? Whether you’re a longtime fan of gangster films or relatively new to the genre, this comprehensive and very enjoyable book has something for you.