03144nam 22006014a 450 991045009430332120200520144314.01-280-53127-40-19-803263-30-19-514291-81-60256-799-9(CKB)1000000000029014(StDuBDS)AH24085569(SSID)ssj0000141368(PQKBManifestationID)11157769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141368(PQKBWorkID)10089909(PQKB)11195111(MiAaPQ)EBC279539(Au-PeEL)EBL279539(CaPaEBR)ebr10084797(CaONFJC)MIL53127(OCoLC)476022909(EXLCZ)99100000000002901420010402d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDreams & dead ends[electronic resource] the American gangster film /Jack Shadoian2nd ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (xv, 376 p. ) ill., portsPrevious ed.: Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT, 1977.Includes index.0-19-530275-3 0-19-514292-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.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.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.Gangster filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismElectronic books.Gangster filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/655Shadoian Jack530051MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450094303321Dreams & dead ends2203472UNINA