| Description |
xiii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Immigrant movie gangsters : the outside story -- 2. A Frankensteinian frenzy : gangster identity, Hollywood -- 3. Gangster identity, Hong Kong : a Taoist code warrior -- 4. Hollywood : the void of material success -- 5. Dark laughter at the materialist illusion : Hong Kong -- 6. East meets west : The sopranos, Gangs of New York, Infernal affairs -- Afterword : the lesson : from here to modernity -- App. Interview with David Chase (excerpts from the transcript) |
| Notes |
Filmography: p. [265] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gangster films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Gangster films -- China -- Hong Kong -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
2007003771 |
| ISBN |
9781405163705 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781405163712 paperback alkaline paper |
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