The document summarizes how gangster culture has influenced gangster films over time from the 1930s to the 1990s. It discusses early films like Scarface (1932) that were influenced by Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone and the violence of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Later, Scarface (1983) drew from the cocaine epidemic and gang violence in 1980s Miami. Finally, Menace II Society (1993) represented the rise of black and Hispanic street gangs in the 1990s through themes of racial tension, violence, and the hip hop feud between Tupac and Biggie.

3. Gangster culture and its effect Gangster Film Genre ?

4. 1932 1983 1993

5. St Valentines Day massacre

7. Scarface: Shame of a Nation

11. … He started off as the Cuban immigrant Tony Montana he became Scarface. “ All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don’t break em for no one”.

13. The cocaine craze of the 80`s and the real life character Tony Montana was the inspiration for the film Scarface. In the 1980`s a 125,000 Mariel Cuban refugees that illegally invaded Miami-Dade County contained 50,000 murderers, psychopaths, criminally insane, drug pushers, hit men, enforcers, prostitutes and misfits that made "Miami the Murder Capital of the world with 621 murders. Fountain Bleu A large portion of Miami was built on cocaine money, the dealers tried to launder their illegal money into real estate but when the buildings were under construction the dealers were conveniently arrested and the properties seized by the government

15. “ This is life this is what's real” Caine “ You wanna buy this cheeseburger man” South Central L.A

19. Final Statement Over the years gangster culture has changed a lot, as the culture has changed the film genre has tried to replicate the style of the culture meaning that it is constantly changing , starting out with mild violence and Tommy guns proceeding into extreme violence and specialised hand guns. Gangster genre codes and conventions are a constantly changing thing just like the culture in real life.