Genre Analysis

1. CRIME GENRE ANALYSIS
BY JAKE CAMP

2. OUTLINE
In this presentation I will be going through the crime genre throughout the ages, from
1940 to the present day. This is to analyse the type of film that we will be making, which is
based on a crime genre, called Snitch.
The analysis will include the year the film was made, and the main summary of the film,
and what critics said about the film.

3. 1940’s – 1960’s
THE MALTESE FALCON THE ITALIAN JOB

4. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
STORYLINE
Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) and
Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) . The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by
the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a
man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses
gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of
protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
The Maltese Falcon was nominated for 3 Oscars, and won the OFTA Film Hall of Fame award in 2008. Critics stated that
the film’s cast was the strongest part, and called it an ‘exceptionally crafted film’. The only bad thing stated by one critic
was the actor Mary Astor in the film, who played ‘Miss Wonderly’.

5. THE ITALIAN JOB (1941)
STORYLINE
Charlie (Michael Caine) has just left prison, and now wants to do a 'big job'. The job is to steal $4m of gold arriving in
Italy from China. Charlie's job needs financing, so he goes to Mr Bridger (Nóel Coward) (a Mafia-type boss) who is in
prison (Charlie has to break in!). In Italy, a clever plan is used to distract the authorities, while the raiders make their get-
away in three Minis. This leads to an excellent car chase sequence through Italian streets, buildings, rivers, sewers,
highways and rooftops which lasts for several minutes.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
The Italian Job was nominated for one Golden Globe. Critics stated that even though the film was made in 1960,
Paramount Pictures has taken years off of its age. Along with the sound, you don't realize that this film was made in
1941.

6. 1970’s – 1990’s
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE SCARFACE

7. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
STORYLINE
Protagonist Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually
runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in
which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program, his sentence will be reduced and
he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets
of Britain that he had a hand in creating.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
A Clockwork Orange was nominated for 8 Oscars, is 80th in Top Rated Movies on IMDB, and won the Saturn Award at
the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films. Critics stated that the film was ‘Disturbing and thought-
provoking’ and that the film is a ‘dystopian nightmare with a dark sense of humour’.

8. SCARFACE (1983)
STORYLINE
Tony Montana (Al Pacino) manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida
refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made
to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his mettle when a deal with Colombian
drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his
mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's
empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and
everything comes crumbling down.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
Scarface was nominated for 3 Golden Globe awards, and is ranked as 105th in the IMDB Top Rated Movies chart.
Critics said that the film is 'a lot of fun', and a 'unashamed study of selfish, sadistic criminality'.

9. 2000's – Present Day
SIN CITY THE ACCOUNTANT

10. SIN CITY (2005)
STORYLINE
"Sin City" is infested with criminals, crooked cops and sexy dames, some searching for vengance, some of redemption
and others, both. The film incorporates storylines from three of Miller's graphic novels including 'Sin City', which
launched the long running, critically acclaimed series, as well as 'That Yellow Bastard' and 'The Big Fat Kill'. Where
Hartigan, a cop with a bum ticker and a vow to protect stripper Nancy, Marv, the outcast misanthrope, is on a mission to
avenge the death of his one true love, Goldie; there's also Dwight, the clandestine love of Shelley who spends his nights
defending Gail and her Old Towne girls from Jackie Bot, a dirty cop with a penchant for violence.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
Sin City is the 247th most favourite movie of all time on IMDB as rated by its users, and has won several awards in its
lifetime, and being nominated for many more. Critics said that the film had ‘humour as dark as night’, and was ’exciting’
and ‘thrilling’.

11. THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)
STORYLINE
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-
town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations.
With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a
legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving
millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
CRITICS & ACCOLADES
The Accountant, being published in November 2016, has not had many nominations or reviews posted about them. The
Accountant did get nominated for a Jupiter Award, however. Critics stated that The Accountant is like a Jason Bourne
movie if you crossed it with The Imitation Game, A Beautiful Mind, or The Da Vinci Code.