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Gangsters and G-Men on Screen
Gene D. Phillips
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Description for Gangsters and G-Men on Screen
In this book, noted film and literature scholar Gene D. Phillips looks at the crime film genre. In addition to the usual suspects like Little Caesar, and The Godfather Part II, which he examines with a fresh perspective, Phillips also calls attention to some of the less heralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre. Num Pages: 204 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442230750
SKU
V9781442230750
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About Gene D. Phillips
Gene D. Phillips, SJ, is the author of several works on film and literature, including Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder, and Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir (Scarecrow, 2011). He is the coauthor of The Francis Ford Coppola ... Read more
Reviews for Gangsters and G-Men on Screen
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 ... Read more