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Say hello to my little friend, the gangster movie

Say hello to my little friend, the gangster movie

In honor of what would have been Al Capone’s 125th birthday, ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination


What is the most quintessentially American genre of film?

Some might argue for the Western, but there also is a case to be made for the gangster film, says Tiel Lundy, associate teaching professor with the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø