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Is it more useful to analyse Scarface (1932), Scarface (1983) and Goodfellas (1990) as genre films, rather than as products of individual directors?
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... Is it more useful to analyse Scarface (1932), Scarface (1983) and Goodfellas (1990) as genre films, rather than as products of individual directors? "The gangster is the 'no' to that great American 'yes' which is stamped so big over our official culture and yet has so little to do with the way we really feel about our lives" Robert Warshow in his essay, The Gangster as Tragic Hero "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States." Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) in Goodfellas "He [the director] would not be worth bothering with if he were not capable now and then of a sublimity of expression almost miraculously extracted from his money-oriented environment." Andrew Sarris' introduction to his study, The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929 - 1968 The Gangster film has always struggled to maintain
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