摘要
Gangster films in the Pre-Code Era were historically produced to address social and economic issues during the Great Depression.A particularly controversial gangster film,Scarface:The Shame of the Nation(1932),was produced/directed by Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes.The producers/directors created realistic and raw scenes of violence,smuggling,and explosions that were entertaining to the audience but contained a strong,passionate message.Although Scarface:The Shame of the Nation was wildly popular,films such as the 2013 Gangster Squad,also about organized crime,contained a somewhat different message due to it having been produced in a different era.Scarface conveyed a message addressing the issues of society while Gangster Squad’s message was the telling of Italian mobster Mickey Cohen’s story for entertainment.
