Gangster films

Donnie Brasco was an alias of undercover agent Joseph Pistone. Joseph Pistone was born in 1939 in Era, Pennsylvania and grew up in Paterson New Jersey. He graduated from Paterson state college. He left with a B.A. in elementary education social studies in 1965. He then worked as a teacher for one year before taking a position at the office of naval intelligence. He joined the FBI in 1969 after serving many other different roles. In 1974 there was an increase in truck hijackings. During that year…

There is a monster that roams the bridge by the church,and everyone knows about it. But Mr.Ross was the first to disappear. Dan Frank Ross had bright green eyes, had honey brown hair, and looked to be in his 20s . He was also 6’00” and was a muscular man. Mr.Ross normally wore any clothes that were clean, but he always wore a fedora hat to match his outfit. Normally he liked about any food or drink, depending on his mood. Mr.Ross also loved the colors black,blue, and green. Dan Ross had a…

Gangster films are one of the most popular films today. These films are full of violence, crime, action and a whole lot more. Films in this genre go pretty far back in time. Some of the most popular gangster films were made in the early 1900’s. One of the first ever gangster film made is Musketeers of Pig Alley. This film is black and white with no sound. According to Film Genre Reader II, “we know that whatever happens the gangster always gets his” (Mitchel 206). Having that in mind makes these…

subject of this assignment is Pulp Fiction, a 1994 gangster American comedy about blood, guts, violence, strange sex, drugs, fixed fights and a dead body disposal written and directed by the Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino. One of the most influential films of the 1990s, a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humour and pop-culture touchstones. Gangster Films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures,…

childhood he portrayed the life of the gangster from his childhood perspective and started Goodfellas with the line: "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.". In a way he painted a portrait of gangster royalty just like Velasquez did. What this did in the film itself could be the same thing that happened in this film, it introduced instability in a previously stable system of representation, or at least it seemed like a stable system of representation, but there are…

place where people all over the world came to make their dreams come true. Hollywood in the 1930’s was surprisingly hit very hard. It was surprising because that’s not what it looked like from the outside. Hollywood in the 1930’s introduced women to film, made the depression less depressing all while extending itself to a higher length. People in the Great Depression struggled to make ends meet everyday. “Despite that fact 60-70 million Americans still packed into theatres each week”…

In 1930 a code known as the Motion Picture Production Code was established. The Production Code was the determining factor of what could be shown on screen. The Code preached that films were to never corrupt the moral standards of the viewers, every film must present realistic standards of life, and the films were to never disrespect the law. Nudity, references to sexuality, sexual behavior, rape, children’s sex organs, white-slavery, sex hygiene and miscegenation were not to be shown. Subjects…

abasements of the spirit.” Abel also explains the film as “deeply rewarding for those with the stomach for its kinetic violence; overwhelming in scope and complexity.” A significant understanding though, is Abel’s noting of Fukasaku’s disregard for reflection upon characters: “A dizzying eight-hour hell ride through a time and place as foreign as they come.” The article is used to clearly deconstruct Fukasaku as being unworried by happy endings, that the gangsters’ soldiers are the focus of…

Fu based films ‘Way of the Dragon’ and ‘Enter the Dragon’ each one representing someone from a third world country being the hero, as opposed to always having a white man being the only hero. It will argue whether the poorly executed English dubbing and over the top sound effects, take away from the seriousness of the story. While also assessing the political significance of this group of films, how each of these types of films had an influence on society and the film industry. The film…

After watching my third Martin Scorsese film, I believe I’ve came to a general understanding of his director style. A great deal of his films are centered around dramatic events in history that are portrayed in realistic manner that keeps the audience interested. Gangs of New York is a film based on Irish Immigrants in New York in the early 19th century. It depicts gang violence among the five boroughs and different gangs that existed at that time. As he does in both Wolf of Wall Street and…