Phillip and Jeff navigate an unusual world, inhabited by the character-surrogates Rick Harsch and philosopher David Miller, on an eccentric, chaotic, alchemical, experimental odyssey that occurs inside and outside the book itself. The novel’s quixotically plotted architecture of fictional and non-fictional action contains an alternative American history and, ultimately, a new possible world, nested within a complex labyrinthian Mandelbrot fractal structure that encases a diagnostic theoretical index of ideas. Written for academics and students of film, A Companion to the Gangster Film offers a scholarly and authoritative guide exploring the various aspects and international appeal of the gangster film genre.America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic is a metafictional, maximalist, experimental book about writing a book while waiting for a book to arrive in the mail, and the mysterious transmissions from expatriate American author Rick Harsch, whose novel The Manifold Destiny of Eddie Vegas altered the unusual lives of author Phillip Freedenberg and illustrator Jeff Walton, who both reside in Buffalo, New York.
In addition, the companion clearly shows that no national cinema develops in isolation and that cinema is a truly global popular art form. The book examines common themes across all three continents such as production histories and reception, gender race and sexuality, mafia mythologies, and politics.
The authors acknowledge the gangster genre’s popularity and examine the reasons supporting its appeal to twenty-first century audiences across the globe. With contributions from an international panel of experts, A Companion to the Gangster Film explores the popularity of gangster films across three major continents, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. While gangster films are one of America’s most popular genres, gangster movies appear in every film industry across the world. A companion to the study of the gangster film’s international appeal spanning the Americas, Europe, and AsiaĪ Companion to the Gangster Film presents a comprehensive overview of the newest scholarship on the contemporary gangster film genre as a global phenomenon.
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