Crime History of the Crime films The crime

Crime

History of the Crime films �The crime genre only started to come around in the 19 th century. �Before films were around there would be books about crime and that’s where they got some of the ideas from for the first crime films.

Sub-Genres of the Crime film �Cosy mystery genre �Hard-boiled investigation genre �The legal thriller �Police procedural �The medical thriller �The general suspect thriller �The militarily thriller

Iconography of the Crime film �In a crime film there is always the same type of characters that come up: �Gangers �Mob bosses �Drug dealers �Police �Agents �Robber (bank or house)

Actors/Directors associated with Crime films �James Caan – Actor �Jerry Orbach - Actor �Titus Welliver – Actor �Robert de niro - Actor �Hans peter Moland – Actor

Box Office – Top 10 films of the Genre �The godfather �The town �Seven �Heat �Sicario �Zodiac �The silence of the lambs �Inside man �The dark knight �The usual suspects

Budgets – Top 10 films of the Genre �Good time �Reservoir dogs �The girl next door �Enter the door �Following �Pink flamingos �Tangerine �Juice �Pusher

Critically acclaimed examples �Spring breakers �Winter bones �Brick �Gone girl �City of god.

Stretch and Challenge: Ideologies/Contexts �Films that are in the crime aspect usually involve various of crime and its detection. �There is a basic outline of how a crime movie is set out; 1. A crime is committed (usually a murder) 2. There is an investigation 3. and then the final judgment (usually the criminal getting arrested/getting put in prison/the death of the criminal)