Female Characters in the Gangster Films of Martin Scorsese

DOI

10.2991/hsmet-19.2019.102How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Female images, Male perspective, Movie narrative, Female consciousness.

Abstract

Martin Scorsese is one of the most famous American directors and his films reveal a real aspect of American society. Martin Scorsese’s unique artistic vision and thinking made an unparalleled contribution to the gangster films of American cinema. Scorsese’s gangster movies are closely connected with reality, and the characters’ image in the narrative is also close to real life. Scorsese’s cinematic world is a microcosm of the rise and fall of the American gangsters within decades. From time to time, Scorsese’s narrative of female characters was also influenced by changes in moral thoughts. This paper attempts to interpret the female images in gangster movies from the perspective of sociocultural structure and film studies. The results obtained in the analysis include the importance of shaping a woman character and the future trend of gangster movies.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Science, Management and Education Technology (HSMET 2019)
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