"The Man with the Golden Arm"

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This paper brings forth the elements of pre and post-production, which was an important aspect of "The Man with the Golden Arm" in the 1950s. By understanding the basis of the film in relation to drug addiction, it is clear that Preminger offers an insightful and modern interpretation of drug use in the post World War II period. The paper shows that the histrionics of drug use in relation to war veterans brought about a conscious attempt to humanize and understand drug addiction, as well as the characterizations of drug abusers in the film.

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"This film study will examine the nature of the crime genre as depicted in the Transition Era of filmmaking in regards to the film The Man with the Golden Arm. Through this aspect of Hollywood filmmaking, one can realize the aspects of innovation that create a movie based on deviant acts through the drug induced behaviors of its central characters. By exploring this genre of filmmaking that gave license to the horrors of drug addiction in the 50s, one can realize the impact on culture and society this film created. Through the auteur sensibilities of shooting this film through moving cameras and stark scene depictions of drug related crime, the crime genre was taking stylistics and techniques of film noir into a new formatting for film."

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