Monday, 20 September 2010

Crime and gangster conventions


  • Sinister actions - characters include bankrobbers, underworld figures and ruthless hoodlum. These usually steal outside of the law, co-operate with the police/work against them, steal, work outside of the law and co-operate with violent murders

  • Development from 1940's - dark cynical (film-noir)

  • Post-war film noir and detective mystery films

  • Highlights the crime figure and victim, with their rise and falls

  • Set in large crowded cities: secret world

  • Rivalry - gangster gangs

  • Questions from police, private eyes, law and special agents

  • Usually urban phenonenm, including rural settings and rundown towns

  • Expression of 'American feeling and rebellion'

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