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ISBN 10: 0198032633

ISBN 13: 9780198032632

Author: Jack Shadoian

The second edition of this classic study provides a reintroduction to some of the major films and theoretical considerations of film noir and gangster films in twentieth-century America. Ranging from Little Caesar (1930) to Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995), Shadoian guides the reader through twenty classic movies of the genre. His approach is to use brief introductions to introduce distinct eras of the gangster films in each of seven chapters. Moving chronologically, he offers plot synopses and close readings of such definitive examples as Bonnie and Clyde, The Public Enemy, D.O.A. and The Godfather, each accompanied by photographs and author’s critiques. Compenendia of facts on each film are also provided. This updated version looks a newer films as well as how the genre has moved into the new century. Appendices look at the movie Criss Cross as an epitome of the genre while others offer different lists of gangster films, including the author’s top fourteen alltime, fifty post-Godfather films worth seeing, and fifty vintage films.

Dreams dead ends the American gangster film 2nd Table of contents:

1 The Golden Age The “Classic” Gangster Film

Little Caesar (1930)

The Public Enemy (1931)

2 Dark Transformations The Descent into Noir

High Sierra (1941)

The Killers (1946)

3 The Genre’s “Enlightenment” The Stress and Strain for Affirmation

Kiss of Death (1947)

Force of Evil (1948)

Gun Crazy (1949)

4 Going Gray and Going Crazy Disequilibrium and Change at Midcentury

D.O.A (1949)

White Heat (1949)

5 Focus on Feeling “Seeing” through the Fifties

Pickup on South Street (1953)

99 River Street (1953), The Phenix City Story (1955), The Brothers Rico (1957)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

6 Contemporary Colorations The Modernist Perspective

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Point Blank(1967)

The Godfather (1972), The Godfather II (1975), and After

7 Toward the 21st Century Frenzies and Despairs

Once upon a Time in America (1984)

Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)

Appendix 1 Criss Cross One to “Watch Over and Over”

Appendix 2 Gangster/Crime/Noir/Post-Noir: The Top 14

Appendix 3 50 Post-Godfather Crime/Noir Films Worth a Look

Appendix 4 Aging Well: 50 Vintage Gangster/Crime/Noir

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