Saturday, July 25, 2009

Movies & the Criminal World

Earlier this month I posted on a film series that was themed around Crime & Punishment, and had planned to post regularly on it as the text from the introductory remarks were available.

However, as I read the remarks it became evident that they were from a perspective that had little to do with the perspective of Lampstand on the impact of movies; which is how the movies have impacted the criminal world and criminals who live within it; whereas the film series was a perspective on how the criminal world is perceived by some people outside of it looking in.

The films chosen, with the exception of the first, Public Enemy, have little impact on the world view of the criminals within the criminal world, but the introductions are still a good read for any film buff who enjoys all movies about crime, as do I.