Animal Metaphors in Crime Films.

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    • Subject Terms:
      CRIME films; METAPHOR; ACADEMY Awards; COMPUTER-generated imagery; GANG members
    • Abstract:
      City of God, Collateral, and The Departed aren't just some of the greatest crime movies of the 2000s, they're some of my favorite films. JULY 7, 2023 Coincidentally, three of the best crime films of the 2000s feature prominent animal metaphors. I'm talking about Fernando Meirelles' and Kátia Lund's City of God, Michael Mann's Collateral, and Martin Scorsese's The Departed. [Extracted from the article]
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