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

John McCarty

Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to the  Sopranos
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group
Country
United States
Published
20 May 2005
Pages
360
ISBN
9780306814297

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

John McCarty

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, storiesthe overall iconographyof the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect even with todays 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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