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Crime in America Final
Contemporary Crime Film
14
History
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2008

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David Lynch
Definition
Art School. Eraser Head. Blue Velvet. Twin Peaks. Wild at Heart. Lost Highway. Mulholland Drive.
Term
Joel and Ethan Coen
Definition
Strange characters, melodrama, ethics, Chandler, Cain.

Blood Simple. Raising Arizona. Miller's Crossing. Fargo. The Big Lebowski. The Man Who Wasn't There. No Country for Old Men. Oh Brother, Where Art Though?
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Quentin Tarantino
Definition
Yakuza Films- Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown.
Sonny Chiba- Kill Bill
Exploitation- Deathproof. True Romance. Natural Born Killers. From Dusk till Dawn.
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Abel Ferrera
Definition
Acting School. Kind of New York. Bad Lieutenant. Violence
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David Mammet
Definition
Chicago Playwright. American Buffalo. Edmond. Glengary Glenross. House of Games. Homicide. Spanish Prisoner. Untochables, Verdict, Hannibal.
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Brian Singer
Definition
Crime Motif. Mythologized. The Usual Suspects. Highly stylized. Co-creator for HOUSE
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PT Anderson
Definition
Hard Eight. Boogie Nights. Magnolia. There Will Be Blood.
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Chris Nolen
Definition
Hitchcock non-linear
Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins and Dark Knight.
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Fraphic Novels
Definition
Road to Perdition
Sin City
Term
Movies with a social commentary
Definition
In the Heat of the Night
Midnight Cowboy (X rated academy award)
Cool Hand Luke (Antihero)
Easy Rider
Bonnie and Clyde (violence/editing)
Gofather (romanticed, blockbuster, award)
Chinatown (Marlowe Film)
The Sting (Comedy aspect)
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Blockbuster
Definition
Line around the block to get into the film
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Griddy
Definition
French Connection (very realistic police potroyal)
Serpico (true story/real cop)
The Talking of Pelham 1-2-3
Bullet (Badass)
Dirty Harry (Larger than Life)
NY portrayed as messed up and donut cops
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Verisimilitude
Definition
Recreate Reality
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Vigilante
Definition
Death Wish- husband seeking justice
Lipstick- rape victim seeking vengence
Walking Tall "true story"
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