With The Bank Job due in theaters on Friday, Terrence Rafferty takes a look back at the long film history of "small groups of very intense people stealing stuff from banks, art museums, racetracks, casinos, high-end jewelers, armored cars and railroad trains." His piece in the New York Times dissects the heist movie and its enduring popularity.
There are two words that appear in the plot descriptions of most successful heist pictures: "gone awry." As Rafferty explains, that's a big part of the fun.
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