Eyebrow Cinema's video: The Death of the American Gangster Film

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eyebrowcinema The history of the American Gangster movie and an analysis of how Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America killed the genre. This video essay considers the major characteristics of the gangster film, how the genre evolved over time, and how Leone exploited genre archetypes to reveal the innate brutality of the gangster myth. To skip the discussion on Noodles and Deborah: 29:22 Please like and subscribe for more classic and contemporary film analysis. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danpgsimpson Once Upon a Time in the West - Setting the Stage - https://youtu.be/yYpp_UTGA9I Silent Films are Like Hard Liquor - https://youtu.be/hwcY20J2kJg Night of the Living Dead and the Prison of Intent - https://youtu.be/uo0CUDdi1ow Alfred Hitchcock - The Dark Ages - https://youtu.be/s2slAVLjxgY The Godfather and How to Stage Character - https://youtu.be/is0hTN4YWjM