{"product_id":"gangster-film-reader","title":"Gangster Film Reader","description":"In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. \u003ci\u003eLittle Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), \u003ci\u003eThe Public Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), and \u003ci\u003eScarface\u003c\/i\u003e (1932) borrowed liberally from the newspapers and books of the era. With the release of just these three motion pictures in barely more than a year's time, Hollywood quintessentially defined the genre. The characters, the situations, and the icons - from fast cars and tommy-guns to fancy fedoras and fancier molls - established the audience expectations associated with the gangster film that remain in force to this day. As with their \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir Reader\u003c\/i\u003e series, using both reprints of seminal articles and new pieces, editors Silver and Ursini have assembled a group of essays that presents an exhaustive overview of this still vital genre. Reprints of work by such well-known film historians as Robin Wood, Andrew Sarris, Carlos Clarens, Paul Schrader, and Stuart Kaminsky explore the evolution of the gangster film through the 1970s and \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e. Parts 2 and 3 comprise two dozen newer articles, most of them written expressly for this volume by Ursini and Silver. These case studies and thematic analyses, from \u003ci\u003eWhite Heat\u003c\/i\u003e to the remake of \u003ci\u003eScarface\u003c\/i\u003e to \"The Sopranos \" complete the anthology.","brand":"Limelight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52345838993624,"sku":"9780879103323","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_c1fcb95e-1f12-49c0-90b8-abd39e71a9b1.jpg?v=1788296760","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/gangster-film-reader","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}