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RESEARCHING

GANGSTER FILMS

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TIMELINE OF GANGSTER FILMS

30s:

Scarface (38), Doorway to Hell (30), East is West (30), outside the law (30), Sinners Holiday (30), Window from Chicago (30), Blond Crazy(31), Five Star Final (31), Little Caesar (31), Smart Money (31), Taxi! (31) Hatchet Man (32), Crowd Roars ('32), Two Seconds ('32),Winner Take All ('32), Hard to Handle ('33), Lady Killer ('33), Little Giant ('33), Mayor of Hell ('33 ), Picture Snatcher (' 33), Dark Hazard ('34),He Was Her Man ('34), Jimmy the Gent ('34), St Louis Kid ('34), Barbary Coast ('35), Frisco Kid ('35), G - Men ('35), Bullets or Ballots ('36),Great Guy ('36), Kid Galahad ('37), Last Gangster ('37), Angels with Dirty Faces ('38),Boy Meets Girl ('38), I Am the Law (' 38), Slight Case ofMurder ('38), Blackmail ('39), Confessions of a Nazi Spy ('39), Each Dawn I Die ('39),Oklahoma Kid ('39), Roaring Twenties (' 39)

40s:

Brother Orchid ('40), City for Conquest ('40) , Dr Ehrlich's Magic, Bullet ('40 ), Torrid Zone ('40), Manpower ('41) , Sea Wo lf ('41) , Larceny,Inc. ('42) , Double Indemnity ('44) Scarlet Street ('45), Key Largo ('48) , White Heat ('49), This gun for hire (42), I Walk Alon e (48), Gun Crazy(49), Cloak and Dagger (46), Force of Evil (48)

50s:

Goodbye ('50), Vice Squad ('53), Black Tuesday ('54), Hell on Frisco Bay ('55), Illegal ('55) , Tight Spot ('55), Hole in the Head ('59), MachineGun Kelly (58), Al Capone (59), The Big Heat (53), The Big Combo (55), On The Waterfront (54), The Killing (56), New Y ork Confidential(54)

60s:

Torn Curtain (66), The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (60) King of the Roaring 20s (61) The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ( 67) BloodyMama (69), Bonnie and Clyde (67) Point Blank (67)

70s:

Dillinger (73), The Godfather (72), The Godfather part II (74), The Getaway (72), Mean Streets (73), The Seven -Ups (73), Badge 373 (73),Dirty Harry (71)

90s:

The Godfather, Part III (90), Carlito's Way (93), Goodfellas (90), True Romance (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994), Reservoir Dogs (1992)Pulp Fiction (1994), Once upon a Time in America (90), Scarface (90), Casino (94)

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MOB FILMS Subgenre of crime films dealing with organized crime, often the Mafia.

Commonly overlapped with film noir.

Focus on the rise to power of an organized gang, sometimes focusing on the gang's leader, as well as their fall. The message is almostalways crime doesn't pay, though sometimes it focuses on their humanity making it more about a means to an end.

Widely regarded as the best crime films.

Developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless h oodlums whooperate outside the law, stealing and murdering their way through life.

First introduced in 1932 with Scarfacestarring Paul Muni and George Raft.

In the later thirties, the mob mov ies were tamer and focused on how crime never pays. A notable example is Angels with D irty Faces.They always lead to a tragic ending for the main mobster through a fatal mistake which the police using it to their advantage.

In the forties and fifties the genre died down and was replaced by film noir.

In the seventies, there was a revival of mob films, notably with The Godfatherby Mario Puzo. It was purposefully shot with hardlighting top give it a grim feel. What made it different was their portrayal as humans.

Most famous example are from the late 1970s 1990, including Scarface, Goodfellas, The Godfather, Carlitosway, Once Upon Atime In Americaand Casino. Many of these films are considered timeless classics, showing the popularity and critical acclaim of thegenre at one time.

The tradition mob film has died out, with the latest 2007 release The Departedshowing a less grim and realistic portrayal of the mob.

Gangster films are often categorized as film noiror mystery films, or they are related to detective films - because of underlyingsimilarities between these cinematic forms.

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE GANGSTER GENRE

1. The hero is an immigrant who dislikes his low status in life and wants more.

2. Unlike the Western, this story takes place in the big city. The wide open plains have been

traded in for the seedy alleyways and wharves of the urban jungle.

3. The gangster can only gain power by taking it. It is survival of the fittest, and the only law

Is the law of the jungle.

4. The only loyalty the gangster feels is for his own immigrant roots.

5. Success is measured in material goods - flashy cars, expensive clothes, and mansions.

Women are measures of success as well.

6. The hero's antagonist is society, and the enforcers of the law. The police, the FBI, the CIArepresent the enforcers of societal status quo.

7. The end justifies the means.

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THEMES Rivalry, with other criminals in gangster warfare. Often regarding money, pride or loyalty.

Morality, as religion is used as a key aspect, usually used as dramatic irony or to highlight their lack ofmorals.

Betrayal, huge theme of giving up information to crime families or police. Can be to do with frustration ormost commonly, will go to prison otherwise.

Fierce ambition, protagonist is usually full of desire, sometimes resulting in his death or attaining ultimate

power.

Materialism, all focus on material aspects e.g. cars, represent ultimate fantasy of rags to riches.

Self destruction, obtain everything they desire but they become complacent and bored, leading to bigdownfall.

Evil, the protagonist can appears evil, clinical and sinister as death is portrayed as a business with no careor doubt.

Loyalty, undying loyalty between the mob, shown with how they consider them to be family.

Appearance vs. Reali ty, key binary opposition, of things being different to how they seem, often someonewith different intentions e.g. want to become the boss

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SYMBOLS Money

a gangsters ultimate desire, rags to riches, but ultimately unimportant .

Guns

represents violence and most prevalent weapon used by gangsters, can often seem clinical and business like.

Women

used as a symbol of wealth and thus appears to be more of a possession, hardly ever true love.

Police

represent the law which is everything the mob hates and fights against, epitomise the ultimate enemy.

Grimy Locations

highlights unglamorous aspect of crime and can be used to represent that crime doesnt pay .

Jail

representation of the notion crime doesnt pay, but also can be a symbol of disloyalty.