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Only some decades after the Paris Commune of 1871 and the wave of anarchist terrorism of the 1890s, and not long after the General Strike of 1906 organized by the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), Paris was a hotbed of anarchist debate and organizing, with ongoing bitter disagreements between the anarcho-individualists (such as the ...
"Anarchism and Film". A database created by Santiago Juan-Navarro and hosted by ChristieBooks "A revolution in cinema?" by Duncan Campbell in The Guardian. An article dealing with anarchist films "Anarchist films" by Anarcho. An article on the subject which includes the trailers of some important films "Anarchist videos" by Anarchism.org
Mobsters is a 1991 American crime drama film directed by Michael Karbelnikoff. It details the creation of The Commission.Set in New York City, taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.
Anarchists is a 2000 South Korean action film directed by Yoo Young-sik and co-written by Park Chan-wook. Set in Shanghai in 1924, the film is about the Heroic Corps: a covert cell of insurrectionist anarchists who attempt to overthrow the Japanese government's occupation of Korea through propaganda of the deed. Told from the perspective of the ...
Anarchism is broadly used to describe the anti-authoritarian wing of the socialist movement. [14] [nb 1] Anarchism is contrasted to socialist forms which are state-oriented or from above. [18] Scholars of anarchism generally highlight anarchism's socialist credentials [19] and criticise attempts at creating dichotomies between the two. [20]
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform certain illegal acts. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
Gun City (Spanish: La sombra de la ley) is a 2018 Spanish-French action thriller film directed by Dani de la Torre and written by Patxi Amezcua. [1] Set in 1921 Barcelona, the plot displays anarchist struggle and police brutality as a backdrop.
The book was a best seller and several companies were interested in film rights. In October 1959, film rights were bought by Allied Artists, who had enjoyed a big commercial success with Al Capone (1959) and were interested in making more gangster films. The purchase price was described as "well into six figures as against a percentage of the ...