{"product_id":"9780199881703","title":"Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film","description":"\u003cem\u003eDreams and Dead Ends\u003c\/em\u003e provides a compelling history of the twentieth-century American gangster film. Beginning with \u003cem\u003eLittle Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e (1930) and ending with \u003cem\u003eThings To Do In Denver When You're Dead\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), Jack Shadoian adroitly analyzes twenty notable examples of the crime film genre. Moving chronologically through nearly seven decades, this volume offers illuminating readings of a select group of the classic films--including \u003cem\u003eThe Public Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eD.O.A.\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e--that best define and represent each period in the development of the American crime film. Richly illustrated with more than seventy film stills, \u003cem\u003eDreams and Dead Ends\u003c\/em\u003e details the evolution of the genre through insightful and precise considerations of cinematography, characterization, and narrative style. This updated edition includes new readings of three additional movies--\u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in America\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThings To Do In Denver When You're Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCriss Cross\u003c\/em\u003e--and brings this clear and lively discussion of the history of the gangster film to the end of the twentieth century.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082853433584,"sku":"9780199881703","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199881703_p0.jpg?v=1763673062","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199881703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}