American Gangster Cinema
Subtitle: From 'Little Caesar' to 'Pulp Fiction'
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780333684665
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Popular culture; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Textbooks; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Film & Video - General; Gangster films; History and criticism; United States
First sentence: Although the classic gangster cycle of Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, and Scarface was initiated with Little Caesar in 1931 it did not spring into life fully formed, like Athene out of Zeus' head.