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Two masterpieces on DVD.(Film)
WHEN MARTIN SCORSESE'S Gangs of New York was released earlier this year, critics freely acknowledged the veteran director's mastery of his medium, yet they seemed alienated by the film's dark story of revenge set against the gang warfare of mid-nineteenth-century New York. Word of mouth was much the same; audiences reported being unable to warm to the film--it was admired but not embraced. Catching up with Gangs of New York on the special edition DVD, my response was very different. I felt I was in the presence of one of the masterpieces of American film-making--a work epitomising the best of the narrative cinema Hollywood had made its own, by a director who understood his ...
- 1959 USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. New York. New York City. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
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- 1959 USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. New York. New York City. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New York. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn...New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. New ...
- GANGS OF NEW YORK.(Textiles market week)
- Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network Shoulberg, Warren March 31, 2003 700+ words
...the streets of New York to inflict their...of the assorted gangs of New York engaged in hand...process. The biggest gang is the discount...philosophy. Another gang of New York is an elite group...These are the gangs really growing...
- 1959. USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang.USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1959....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Bruce Davidson January 1, 1959 700+ words
Bruce Davidson Magnum Photos 01-01-1959 1959. USA. New York City. Brooklyn Gang. USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1959. "Brooklyn Gang." Keywords: Adolescent - 13 to 18 years old Teenage girl - 13 to 18 years old...
- Vampires, Dragons, and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Wolcott, David September 22, 2000 700+ words
...and Egyptian Kings: Youth Gangs in Postwar New York. By Eric C. Schneider (Princeton...and the mid-1960s, youth gangs divided the streets of New York City into distinct territories...the historical experiences of gang members, distinguishing them...
- Vampires, dragons, and Egyptian kings: youth gangs in postwar New York.
- Magazine article from: Urban History Review October 1, 1999 700+ words
...treatment of youth gangs in New York City from the...neighbourhoods where gangs proliferated...and behaviour of gang members, including...what caused youth gang formation in the...defined youth gangs. In Chapter I, "Remaking New York," Schneider...
- Our `Gangs'; Scorsese stunningly stirs up melting pot of 19th century New...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, James December 20, 2002 700+ words
...out of four) New York is literally a hell...Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," his long-delayed...the most notorious gang of the Five Points...Among the other area gangs are the Plug Uglies...Catholics, from New York City. At their...
- `Gangs of New York' trusts dubious history to provide its drama.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Trussell, Robert December 19, 2002 700+ words
...Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York." And yes, you...meditation on the violent New York that was and could...Scorsese's view of New York in previous movies...were rampant, and gangs clashed in deadly...film opens with a gang of Irish-immigrant...
Source: HighBeam Research, Two masterpieces on DVD.(Film)