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Apr 17, 2024
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PMA 3465 - The Global Gangster(crosslisted) (also AMST 3465 , ROMS 3465 , VISST 3465 ) (CA-AS) Fall. 4 credits.
S. Haenni.
Usually emerging out of marginalized environments, the American gangster represents the flip side of American capitalism. Unable to participate in the dream of social mobility, he rises in his own way, producing an alternative empire illegitimately. This filmic formula has been remarkably successful around the world, with foreign adaptations-and transformations-of American gangster films in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa. In this class, we watch and analyze American gangster films from the classic The Public Enemy (1931) to The Godfather (1972) and American Gangster (2007), and we look at some of the related films, from countries such as France, Italy, Hong Kong, Brazil, and India. We examine social, historical and stylistic contexts (e.g. film noir). Screenings are accompanied by readings.
(HTC)
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