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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
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Referenced in Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, Uomini Si Nasce Poliziotti Si Muore (Live like a cop, die like a man, 1976) opens with an insane motorcycle chase that was filmed in rush hour in downtown Rome with no permission from the local authorities. To top it off, this is one of the most violent and unconventional Italian style action films of its time. The credit goes to the director, Ruggero Deodato, best known for his infamous and censored film...
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A wild throwback to '70s grindhouse movies, Modus operandi is shockingly violent and even more entertaining. Director Frankie Latina took four years to direct this lovingly constructed ode to disreputable genre flicks, all of it shot in his hometown of Milwaukee. He mashes together Blaxploitation, gore, Italian giallo, Japanese gangster flicks and much more into an irresistible guilty pleasure.
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Fernando Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy. Di Leo's films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them. Though he slipped out of public consciousness after his death in 2003, his...
7) Bullett Raja
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Hindi feature film. Bullet Raja is the story of a middle class man Raja Mishra, who transforms into a dreaded gangster of Uttar Pradesh, due to circumstances beyond his control.
8) Drive hard
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"A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob"--www.imdb.com.
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Wilson is a mole planted by detective Jun Ma into the gang of three brothers, and he successfully gains the complete trust of the gang members. But in one battle, Wilson's identity is exposed and one of the gang members is arrested. In order to avoid prison, the other gang members plan to destroy all the evidence and kill all the witnesses, including Wilson.
11) Bonnie and Clyde
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Bonnie and Clyde rob banks and go on a violent bloody spree through the Depression-era Southwest.
13) The bodyguard
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A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local crime lord, the bodyguard must call upon his long forgotten skills to save her.
14) The last tycoon
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"Action superstar Chow Yun-Fat portrays real-life gangster Chen Daqi as he rises to the upper echelons of power, finding himself torn between the love of two women, the murderous plots of the secret service, and the looming threat of war"--www.imdb.com.
17) Jigarthanda
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Tamil feature film. "Karthik, an aspiring filmmaker, gets a chance to make a film, but his producer only wants a gangster tale soaked in blood. So, he goes to Madurai to research about Assault Sethu, a fearsome gangster who will not hesitate to murder those who try to even write about him"--From Worldcat.org.
18) Rob the mob
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"A Queens couple who specialize in robbing mafia social clubs stumble upon a score bigger than they could ever imagine, becoming targets of both the mob and the FBI in the process"--www.imdb.com.
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