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Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to "The Sopranos"

Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture from the Silents to "The Sopranos"

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Publisher's Synopsis

From Scarface to White Heat , from The Godfather to The Usual Suspects , from Once Upon a Time in America to Road to Perdition , gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories,the overall iconography,of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect even with today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective, Bullets over Hollywood will be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.

About the Publisher

Da Capo Press

Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9780306814297
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Da Capo Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.436556
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 325
Weight: 484g
Height: 227mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 22mm