Choose at least one noir film and one classical gangster film and discuss how this psychological disturbance in the perception of the world transforms the static aspect of the gangster genre and the image of the American Dream. Give specific examples from the films and from the readings.

In the chapter on The Killers by Shadoian in Dreams and Dead Ends, he states, As a gangster
film, it brings strong despair into the genreThe callous cynicism of The Killers portends a
psychological disturbance in the perception of the world it would be critically inaccurate to
neglect. (Shadoian, p. 100) This claim can be used to examine the gangster noir films in
relation to the classical gangster films.
Choose at least one noir film and one classical gangster film and discuss how this psychological
disturbance in the perception of the world transforms the static aspect of the gangster genre
and the image of the American Dream. Give specific examples from the films and from the
readings.

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