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How Public Enemies Kills Its Gangsters
In his new film, Michael Mann manages to take 1930s gangster culture—rendered so vividly and compellingly by author Bryan Burrough—and render it flat as a pancake. By Stanley Crouch
Stanley Crouch
Published
Jul. 5 2009
2:58AM EDT
Courtesy of Universal Pictures
Stanley Crouch
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