Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to the "Sopranos" - Hardcover

McCarty, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306813017 ISBN 13: 9780306813016

Verlag: Da Capo Press Inc, 2004

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

John McCarty is an adjunct professor of cinema in the Department of Theatre at SUNY, Albany, and the author of more than thirty books, including The Fearmakers, The Sleaze Merchants, and The Films of Mel Gibson. He lives in upstate New York.

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• Verlag: Da Capo Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0306813017
• ISBN 13: 9780306813016
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336