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Le présent volume réunit les textes correspondant aux communications de la journée de la SENA organisée à l'université de Tours le 19 janvier 2002, à propos de la question de civilisation américaine de l'agrégation d'anglais : le crime organisé à la scène et à l'écran, 1929- 1951. L'approche choisie a été de confronter les connaissances historiques relatives à ce sujet à sa représentation offerte par certains des films d'Hollywood.

Sociology --- Film Radio Television --- gangster --- criminalité --- fiction --- film noir --- cinéma --- États-Unis

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In the 1950s, the gangster movie and film noir crisscrossed to create gangster noir. Robert Miklitsch takes readers into this fascinating subgenre of films focused on crime syndicates, crooked cops, and capers. With the Senate's organised crime hearings and the brighter-than-bright myth of the American Dream as a backdrop, Miklitsch examines the style and history, and the production and cultural politics, of classic pictures from The Big Heat and The Asphalt Jungle to lesser-known gems like 711 Ocean Drive and post-Fifties movies like Ocean's Eleven. Miklitsch pays particular attention to trademark leitmotifs including the individual versus the collective, the family as a locus of dissension and rapport, the real-world roots of the heist picture, and the syndicate as an octopus with its tentacles deep into law enforcement, corporate America, and government.

Gangster films --- Film noir --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- History

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This work provides a history of the 20th-century American gangster film. Moving chronologically through nearly seven decades, this volume offers illuminating readings of a select group of the classic films that best define and exemplify each period in the development of the American crime film.

Film --- United States --- Gangster films --- History and criticism. --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- History and criticism --- Bandit gangster films --- Gang films --- Gangland films --- Hoodlum drama (Motion pictures) --- Mafia films --- Organized crime films --- Outlaw-couple films --- Outlaw gangster films --- Rural bandit films --- Syndicate films --- Syndicate-oriented films --- Crime films --- United States of America

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This is the first substantial study of British cinema's most neglected genre. Bringing together original work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, this book includes interviews with key directors Mike Hodges (Get Carter) and Donald Cammel (Performance). It discusses an abundance of films including:* acclaimed recent crime films such as Shallow Grave, Shopping, and Face.* early classics like They Made Me A Fugitive* acknowledged classics such as Brighton Rock and The Long Good Friday* 50

Gangster films --- Great Britain --- History and criticism --- 799.1 --- 798.43 --- misdaadfilm --- filmgeschiedenis --- Groot-Brittannië --- Bandit gangster films --- Gang films --- Gangland films --- Hoodlum drama (Motion pictures) --- Mafia films --- Organized crime films --- Outlaw-couple films --- Outlaw gangster films --- Rural bandit films --- Syndicate films --- Syndicate-oriented films --- Crime films --- filmgenres en -motieven, misdaad- en avonturenfilms --- film, geschiedenis der filmkunst, overige landen --- Motion pictures --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History and criticism.

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"In the mid 1970s, one of Austin's biggest criminals was getting rich on bail bonds and auto salvage (he owned a junkyard). With the help of corrupt local officials, including the sheriff, Frank Smith had a small empire, but he had one rival in the salvage business and one day he sent some tough guys to take care of the problem. The "Fellini-esque" shootout eventually led to Smith's arrest and indictment, setting up a courtroom battle with the new DA, Ronnie Earle. Earle would go on to serve 32 years as Travis County's top prosecutor, indicting figures as notorious as congressman Tom DeLay, but always maintained that the Smith case was the biggest of his career. This book tells the story of Frank Smith, his rise to local infamy, the subsequent trial, and its fallout. Along the way, Sublett paints a picture of the seedier side of 1970s Austin, with appearances from Willie Nelson, private eyes, brothel owners, and hired guns"--

Gangsters. --- Organized crime. --- Public prosecutors. --- Smith, Frank --- Earle, Ronnie. --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- true crime, Austin Texas, Texas, gangster, Mafia, Dixie Mafia, organized crime, 1970s, crime reporting.