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The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to the "The Sopranos"
Da Capo Press
June 2005
On Sale: May 24, 2005
327 pages ISBN: 0306814293 EAN: 9780306814297 Hardcover
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A lively history of gangsters in American film and an
insightful look at why we love them. 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.
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