The Gangster Film Analysis
As mentioned earlier, the way in which the mobster’s and their families are dressed is a direct visual correlation to their role and or manifestation of status within the confines of Henry Hill’s story.
Namely in its characters; these are smartly dressed people who use foul language to divulge a violent undertone; all of these things are what you would expect in a gangster film.
Henry and his fellow mobsters all come under the typical representation of an Italian American mobster. *Crisp suit, slicked back hair, and lots of jewelry or bling etc.
“If the clothes make the man, then Scorsese realises gangster manhood through the costuming of his characters” writes Fred Gardaphe is his book The gangster and Italian American Masculinities. For
Namely in its characters; these are smartly dressed people who use foul language to divulge a violent undertone; all of these things are what you would expect in a gangster film.
Henry and his fellow mobsters all come under the typical representation of an Italian American mobster. *Crisp suit, slicked back hair, and lots of jewelry or bling etc.
“If the clothes make the man, then Scorsese realises gangster manhood through the costuming of his characters” writes Fred Gardaphe is his book The gangster and Italian American Masculinities. For