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Thread: Gangster Films
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25-04-2015 07:50 AM #31
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30-04-2015 07:14 AM #33
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Try watching White Heat. James Cagney at his best. Top of the world ma!
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14-05-2015 10:15 PM #34This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I hate to be pedantic (well, actually, I REALLY enjoy it but it's not nice to say so), but "Double Indemnity" was made in 1944. A classic, however, whenever it was made.
"That was all there was to it. Nothing had slipped, nothing had been overlooked. There was nothing to give us away. And yet, Keyes, as I was walking down the street to the drug store, suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man ... "
Two I like a lot - "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhoun, which I believe was Marilyn Monroe's first proper role in movies; and "Out Of The Past" (1947) (aka "Build My Gallows High") starring Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer and Rhonda Fleming. Mitchum was 6' 2" in height, and Douglas was about 4 inches shorter than that, which leads to a fair amount of tricky camera-work when they're both on screen, but it's a very good example of the noir genre indeed. Mitchum IMO was a very VERY under-rated actor - scariest man in films at one stage, IIRC.
I haven't been down the whole thread, but I'd say that "Prizzi's Honor" (1985) deserves an honourable mention - Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner. And of course the incredible Anjelica Huston.
Would "Chinatown" (1974) qualify as a gangster movie? Probably not, but it's a cracking film and Faye Dunaway's never hard to look at and Nicholson's always worth the money whatever he's in.Last edited by --------; 14-05-2015 at 10:37 PM.
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16-05-2015 09:05 AM #35
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Love gangster films once upon a time in America,donnie brasco,millers crossing,goodfellas,casino,all 3 godfathers and loads more
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06-03-2018 09:12 AM #36This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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06-03-2018 09:39 AM #37
I also love Gangster films, I like the 20/30's with the Tommy guns and old Ford V8's.
Boardwalk Empire is awesome and the Soprano's as TV shows.
I watched Goodfellas last week and really enjoyed it. I don't think A Bronx Tale has been mentioned, I liked that one as well. I haven't seen Scarface or Casino but I hope to see them soon. I wasn't a huge fan of The Godfather, I thought it was ok but didn't understand the hype.
I love the music in most of them as well.
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06-03-2018 09:53 AM #38
Filming has just been wrapped on Scorcrse’s “The Irishman”, and work on the extensive production is due to start in anticipation for a 2019 release. Should be a corker..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=up7RqYTsBs0
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06-03-2018 10:05 AM #39
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06-03-2018 08:11 PM #43
Find gang culture (particularly Mafia) really interesting. Love a good documentary or online article about it.
I've watched and loved The Sopranos and Godfather films but I haven't got round to watching many others yet.
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08-03-2018 08:11 PM #44
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Sopranos prequel film being made apparently. I'm very happy with this sounds cool set in the 60s.
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08-03-2018 10:14 PM #45This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-03-2018 10:15 PM #46This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edit: Aw naw. I just realised the joke opportunities I've just given you all 😂
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08-03-2018 10:32 PM #47This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Straight on...then Sodom.
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08-03-2018 10:47 PM #48This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-03-2018 10:36 PM #52
Is it just me or does anyone else think that the Departed is a way overrated movie? Also, would FARGO come into the genre?
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10-03-2018 03:43 PM #53
I genuinely watch The Sopranos on a continuos loop, I'll finish it then start it again. Absolute masterpiece.
''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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10-03-2018 04:16 PM #54
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10-03-2018 04:37 PM #55
Lots of great films getting a mention here.
I'd like to mention a couple of quality Brit movies,
The Business
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
GGTTH
GGTTH
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10-03-2018 09:33 PM #56
Where would I be able to start watching Boardwalk Empire? Not on Netflix, not on Sky Go etc.. any ideas?
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15-03-2018 07:06 AM #60
Not sure if it is considered a ‘gangster’ movie but STVs adaptation of ‘A Sense of Freedom’ is a fine film. Quite groundbreaking in its day.
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