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Episode 7 | The gangster film of the Golden Hollywood Movie
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Speaking of gangster movies
What comes to mind is what comes to mind
Godfather Dad
The Italian mafia
Or is it
The brothers in [Once Upon a Time in America].
But
I'm going to turn again
Neither of these films is strictly gangster films
It belongs to the gangster element
Drama
As for the reason, we will talk later
Routinely
Let's start with DuanTouman
A picture can't understand the gangster movie series
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Gangster films
It is the genre film with the shortest existence in Hollywood
Its emergence is closely related to the history of American gangsters
Some classifications also classify it directly as
Crime films
Late 19th century and early 20th century
The American people found
Alcohol is the devil
It makes the family restless and the society uneasy
People can no longer play happily with each other
thereupon
1920 to 1933
The U.S. government began a nationwide Prohibition
The brewing, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited
The drunkards cried bitterly
Do everything you can to find the source of the wine
This provides opportunities for people who want to make money
Soon after, the American gangster was born
The main business is the smuggling of alcohol
Make huge profits
Ten years later
Their position is gradually stabilized and they have a social foundation
Gangster movies appeared
One says gangster movies
A lot of people think of group fights, fights, and bloodshed
It's not actually sauce
Gangster movies from the golden Hollywood era
Tell more about the process of a criminal force gradually becoming stronger
Most of them are related to alcohol smuggling
Before 1920
Gangster movies aren't particularly important yet
At that time, the so-called gangster movies were all about small gang crimes
For example: 1912
Griffith's [Pig Lane Musketeers]
Walsh's [Rebirth]
With the rise of Prohibition
There is leadership and organization
Richly dressed and well-equipped bandits
Become a distinctive screen image in Hollywood
There are very few representative works of gangster films
The total number of remarkable ones is only three or five
In 1930
[Little Caesar] appears
It was the first gangster film in the true sense of the word
Created a typical "brotherly anti-eye model"
Templates are provided for later films
In 1931
[Enemies of the Nation] inherited the methods of [Little Caesar].
This narrative model is gradually maturing
In 1932
Howard Hawkes's [Scarface] was released
This is also the pinnacle of gangster films
afterwards
1939 [Blood of the Privateer]
1949 [Bloody War]
It's also a good piece of work
But compared to the above three
It's still a big deal off
Interestingly
The American gangsters of the time loved to watch movies
Buy tickets to the cinema and see your own story
Ordinary people also like it
Compare reality gangsters with screen gangsters
Some gang bosses are also willing to cooperate with the director
Shoot a movie about yourself
He tirelessly told the director about his family history
Talk about the trading process and experience
Some even went to the set to watch the shooting
It's also very serious
Of course, there are bold directors
In the movie, the demise of the gangsters is predicted
outcome
Really by his words! middle! finish!
In 1933
Prohibition in the United States is lifted
The sale of alcoholic beverages has become a legal trade
There is no way to make money
American gangsters are gradually disappearing
Gangster movies also disappeared a few years later
As for the many people who have their hearts in mind
[The Godfather], [Once Upon a Time in America]
Strictly speaking, it is just a "replica nostalgia" of gangster films.
Occasionally one or two are for people to remember
But it can no longer form a genre
It is also worth mentioning
Hayes Code of Laws issued in the 1930s
It also had a big impact on gangster movies
Violence and crime are the biggest highlights of gangster movies
[Enemy of the Nation] in 1931
The praise of violence was met with invective from the censorship department
Producers defend
We are only objectively talking about some social problems
And add it at the beginning of the film
It's like a deathless gold medal
This method has been used by many gangsters
That's it
Under the high pressure of the Hayes Code
Gangster movies miraculously survived for more than a decade
Of course, some studios avoid censorship
Some actors who have played criminal roles many times
Such as: Paul Mooney, Edward Robinson
James Cagney, George Raft
They all began to play some righteous, tough cops
The central character is not a gangster
Instead, the focus is on a group of characters who are seduced by a criminal life
Although it is still the story of friends parting ways
The kernel has moved away from the gangs
In the late gangster films, the characteristics are gradually worn out
It was gradually merged with other films
Such as suspense films, horror films, (non-gangster) crime films
Together, they formed the later film noir
Of course
That's the last word
We'll talk about it in the next issue