The mob has always been one of the major themes of the film. The combination of apparently easy wealth, moral compromise and violence have provided rich themes for generations of filmmakers. This this article I will discuss the 10 biggest mob movies of all time, listed chronologically:
Public Enemy (1931):This film is a particularly dark film noir looks at the life of a petty criminal who is becoming more and more ruthless and violent and ultimately destroyed. Film that was released before coding, movies, so it is a surprisingly modern films.
In the Big Sleep (1946):The big sleep is my personal favorite Humphrey Bogart film, and it is a tense crime drama in Florida including extortion and murder. Code movies rinsed many of the more explicit elements of the movie, so have a look at the book by Raymond Chandler.So do you want to see the movie and say "Oh, this is what is going on."
on the waterfront (1954):Wait, this is not a mob movies! It is about a Boxer and his relationship with a corrupt union ... YEP, it's a movie, mob, but it is a film that shows the second page of the mob life, not from gangsters viewpoint, but from the people who are force to live within the mob-controlled institutions.
Godfather (1972): The Godfather is mob movies, establish it as a specific genre, but also change the mob movie in important ways. It established the idea of gangsters as glamorous, something that really had not been seen in the previous film. It learned also filmgoers on the rules and institutions for the mob, delivers an "official" context for future mob movies.
Mean Streets (1973): Mean Streets are anti-Godfather.Instead of focusing on the wealth and prestige of the crime, it focuses on petty criminals in Little Italy.The movie takes its inspiration from films as Public Enemy great. Compare the approach to crime in the Mean Streets with The Godfather, part II (set largely in the same area), and you will see a high contrast.
The Godfather, part II (1974):The Godfather, part II extended the mob mythos by taking viewers through the history of the development of Vito Corleone leadership in mob. In reality, is it bound mob back to the street. At the same time so we more corruption of Michael Corleone, leading him to be almost inhuman at the end of the movie.
Scarface (1983):Scarface is a grand total, sumptuous film, there is so much about in the 1980s as it relates to the crime.It is about a ruthless and clever crime Lord, who manages to be extremely powerful, but at the expense of losing all he loves.Finally he destroyed in a gun battle that is so excessive as his lifestyle, which is sort of the point.
Goodfellas(1990): Goodfellas is the biggest mob movies of all time (there, I said it).It follows the street level gangster through his introduction to the mob and his declining to drug addiction and amorality.The most fascinating aspect of this film is the way it stands in contrast to the way in which Henry Hill perceive what is happening with what is really happening, until reality in everything comes down through.
Pulp Fiction(1994): Pulp Fiction is the most influential films since Star Wars so that updates the boundaries of what can be considered "plot" in a movie. It has a number of interweaving stories, and the focus on the crew of Marcellus Wallace, a Los Angeles crime Lord. movie is a mixture of clever dialogue and sudden violence and is still Quentin Tarantinos most-watched movies.
Traffic(2000): Traffic has a different approach to mob life, after the parallel stories of drug traffickers and police are trying to bring them the film is unequivocally on the police side, but manages to do this without ever dealing with criminals, even as they are not human. It has also the advantage, dealing with some of the effects of the drug trade has on the people who live in countries such as Mexico.
Alexander Rorty, M.A., writes articles for the Internet for a decade. He is currently working on a site called 8 mm projector, where he has an article on 8 mm movies.
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