Gangster films

Niro has made a career playing gangsters and hardened criminals in films like ‘Goodfellas’, ‘Casino’ and ‘The Godfather: Part II’, which is why it’s so resoundingly impactful when he plays a nice, emotionally susceptible man in films like ‘Meet the Parents’. Nancy Meyer’s has made a career capitalizing on subtle feminism and perfectly encapsulating periods in life. Anne Hathaway is one of the best actresses to ever grace the silver screen, and she’s never made a film in which her charm didn’t…

Marlowe has inadvertently stepped into several other mysteries involving he Sternwood family such as in the disappearance of Sean Regan, employed by General Sternwood to handle previous blackmailers, the sudden murder of Geiger in a house owned by a gangster named Eddie Mars (John Ridgely), and later the death of Owen Taylor, the Sternwood’s…

Please analyse the role of the femme fatale in film noir, using examples of your own choice. Immediately after the Second World War, when the French people once again had the possibility to watch American cinema, they noticed a remarkable change in these films. Not only had they become much darker in mood, but also the themes had become much more serious. It was in 1946, when the term “film noir” was coined for the first time by the French film critics Nino Frank and Jean-Pierre to describe…

is the theory of filmmaking in which the director is regarded as the key creative force in a film. Dubbed by American film critic Andrew Sarris in France during the late 1940’s, auteur theory was an outgrowth of the cinematic theories of Andre Bazin and Alexandre Astruc. This theory states that the director, who oversees all visual and audio elements of a film, is considered somewhat of an ‘author’ of a film more so than the writer of the screenplay. This means that visual elements such as…

a 1930s film about two notorious gangster couples that robbed banks, killed police man and fell in love and lived a life of crime. Beginning in 1932, the rebellious couple began a crime spree while traveling through the Southwest and Midwest. The two robbed small towns, stolen cars, participated in numerous shoot outs with the police man. The rebellion of the movie Bonnie and Clyde is just about a young couple in love who rob banks and kill people. The 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde is a film about…

Caitlin McGregor English 1010-005 20 November 2015 Professor Lupo The Unorthodox, Violent Film of 1994 The Miramax film, Pulp Fiction (1994) is considered a crime drama directed and produced by Quentin Tarantino, this label does not even begin to describe this outstanding, unorthodox film. From the beginning and in the end of Pulp Fiction it does a fundamental job with the same scene which includes: Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, and guns. In this scene, the viewer gets a little bit of…

It's not because I don't like a bit of crime every once and awhile, but I usually find most mafia movies to be rather boring. In fact, I have never sat down and watched any of The Godfather movies. I know, I know, for shame! I'm sure they are great films, but I just think you need to be the right mood to watch them, and I'm usually never in that type of mood. However, give me a mafia movie that is considered to be one of the most violent, cheesiest, low budget affairs, I'll be all over that like…

Woman’s films, despite their intended audience, hence ultimately reflected the values and ideological assumptions of men. Not only were films of this genre almost always set within the home, strong emphasis was also placed on love, marriage and motherhood. This was in stark contrast to action-packed films featuring male protagonists that with elements like adventures, fights and chases. By painting romance as the ultimate source of happiness for female characters, the woman’s film served "to…

written in the form of a book. However, in today’s time, many are interpreted into a different form of media, in which several films nowadays are those of a biopic, a biographical film. “Straight Outta Compton” is a biopic from 2015 that talks about the career of the hip-hop artists of NWA, Niggas with Attitude- Ice Cube, Easy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The release of the film “Straight Outta Compton” allowed many different depictions and interpretations to arise, focusing on its culture…

Many parents feel differently regarding the influence Television has on children; however, I believe television has a positive effect on children because it educates them. It teaches them different things they will need to be familiar with. In my opinion, it prepares them for school and occurrences they will come across in life. Not only does television influence your child, it takes them to places around the world and opens a “treasure chest of information.” Educational shows are useful for…