How historical events (i.e. Prohibition & organized crime) & American culture (i.e. fascination w/ violence & high demand for illegal alcohol) of the 1930’s influenced & were represented in the American gangster films that arose during this.
The rise in production of American films deemed ‘gangster films’ was one of the three film genres that can be deemed indigenous to the United States and American film-making (the other two being westerns and the musical). During a period of economic downturn that followed on the heels of American Prohibition, the original gangster films of the 1930’s were essentially portrayals of real life events that were taking place in contemporary American culture at the same time. My paper will aim to define and explicate how historical events related to Prohibition, American bootleggers, and organized crime in the 1930’s were responsible for creating a fascination among-st Americans with the ‘larger-than-life’ gangsters that controlled the criminal underworld and maintained power & control through violence, fear, and, of course, money. The tremendous success and popularity of these early gangster films can at least in-part be attributed to the fact that this genre enabled filmmakers to utilize Americans’ fascination with violence and lawlessness, which was already identified by the American western films that were already extremely popular by the time of the 1930’s. Also, the paper will be used to define the gangster film genre in terms of the common aspects that made up the plot structures in these films, as well as the other various aesthetics can be used to further identify what uniquely defined the original American gangster films. Through the use of three examples of 1930’s American gangster films, the paper will demonstrate how 1930s filmmakers were able to take the historical events of that period that had seized American interest and admiration, and use them to create and new genre for film that would become one of the most successful and popular type of movies that is still beloved by American audiences today.
[Note: This topic is by no means permanent; If you (the writer) feel there is a better way to develop the overarching topic, please feel free to make any changes you deem necessary.]
2) PURPOSE:
The paper should serve to explore, in-depth, some aspect of the aesthetic, social, historical, technical, or cultural issues that relate to the history of American cinema & film-making. Should ultimately make one specific point about the subject matter and argue the validity of that point. Although the paper will likely have a good deal of factual information in it, the ultimate purpose will not be to present facts, but rather to use those facts to make an argument.
3) SUBJECT & METHOD:
Choose three films (no more or fewer) that have a common thread among them (i.e., they treat a similar theme or issue, feature the same actor or actress, were made by the same director, were made in the same year, etc.). Discuss a particular aspect of those films that is significant, specifically in light of the focus on the historical aspect of American film.
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