British Gangster films are a sub-genre of the Thriller genre. Their settings typically tend to be dark, rough city streets, run down council estates, and old ware houses. The characters usually involve male leads, who are immoral criminals, who only care about making money, through the most dishonest of ways. violence is a theme that runs throughout British Gangster Films.
There are not many well know British Gangster Films. Apart from the famous, lock, stock and two smoking barrels (1998) directed by Guy Ritchie
Other British Gangster Films:
-Brighton Rock (1947) directed by Graham Greene
- Get Carter (1971) directed by Mike Hodges
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I'm glad to see you've posted a little more in terms of the thriller genre, Sarah. There's still a lot more needed.
ReplyDelete"There are not many well know British Gangster Films" - really?! Dozens were released from 1998-2006ish (we've watched three; there ar many more by Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughan.
Here's a couple of website for you to look at: http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/547/547053p1.html
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1347840/index.html
What did you think in response to my last comment on this blog post? You should redraft this blog entry in response to what I've written.
ReplyDeleteDo you remember the task I set where you picked your own essay title on any aspect of the thriller genre that interested you? This need to go on your blog (e.g. Discuss the use of mise en scene in the opening of Essex Boys, or Analyse the use of editing in the opening of Layer Cake).
ReplyDeleteThere should be a post on your blog outlining the conventions of LA noir, looking at the films we discussed in class (LA confidential/ Chinatown/ Collateral) and examining how it is different but related to film noir.
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