In the film, A Bronx Tale, Lorenzo Anello states to his son, “They want to see you do good, but never better than them…remember that”, because of the addition his son was taking from the wrong people. These film’s setting can be identified by the title, the film Chinatown that took place in Los Angeles, but with Chinatown being an important part of the film. Unlike that, A Bronx Tale is clearly in one of the boroughs that make up New York City. It’s easy to tell the differences between these two
This scene is edited with a very slow pace that creates a sense of calm and suggests the control that Don Corleone has over the situation. The sequence begins with a close up on Amerigo Bonasera as he stares in the camera while it zooms out, telling the audience about his daughter’s rape. William Reynolds and Peter Zinner, the lead editors of the film, used this
In Saturday Night Fever, portrayal of scenes and actions that were once prohibited due to the Hays Code allowed the characters to develop while giving a sense and portrayal of who Italian Americans are. Many of the characteristics exhibited by Tony, his friends and other characters relate to the first time they were explored and used in the film, The Godfather. For example, in Saturday Night Fever, there is a scene in which Tony and his friends are beat up by the Barracudas (Hispanic gang) and vice
For many Italian-Americans, The Godfather changed the way that they were viewed in American society in a good way. Megan Gambino of the Smithsonian interviewed Tom Santopietro, the author of The Godfather effect. In the interview, Santopietro states "The film changed Hollywood because it finally changed the way Italians were depicted on film. It made Italians seem like more fully realized people and not stereotypes. It was a film in Hollywood made by Italians about Italians. Previously, it had not
about one of the New York Mafia families, the Corleones. It tells the story of the moral youngest son coming home from war, violence and brutal, sometimes fatal, assassination attacks on the members of the Corleone family, revenge, and gang wars. At the end, peace is made by Vito Corleone with his adversaries, and the youngest son is made head of the Corleone family. The youngest son then goes on a rampage for revenge for the traitors of the Corleone family, going against his nature as a moral man
In data 11 the dialogue is taken place in Don Corleone’s veranda and his interlocutor was his youngest son Michael who finally replaces his place as head of Corleone family. The context was about strategic in family business. While, presuppositions that can be derived from part of the dialogue are: 1. They have no time to talk about family business before 2 They have something to talk. 3. They interested in same thing The first and second presupposition is come from utterance ‘we have a lot of
I Cento Passi exemplified many of the central aspects of Mafia culture. Primarily the presence of family was central to the movie. Whether it was biological family or their mafia family coalitions, the dedication and loyalty to family was evident in several scenes. Firstly, the relationships within the Impastato family were impactful, such as when Luigi pins Peppino down in anger to his “disloyalty” by fighting against the mafia on the radio. Additionally, in terms of the mafia family, Tano lectures
wits and have the lead of Vito and then Michael Corleone. For a couple years, I sold fake soccer jerseys and while it was not a super illegal crime, it was not totally legitimate. I cannot help but think of myself in the Corleone’s position as a Don making
Vito was in a major car accident eight months ago. Vito’s friend was intoxicated and driving a car with Vito as well as three other passengers whom were Vito’s friends. Prior to the accident, Vito was a scholar-athlete who was constantly on the honor roll, and well liked by his peers. He was always on the invite list for all of the parties hosted by his peers. Vito was thrown through the windshield of the vehicle that he was a passenger of, thus now he requires a wheelchair to stay mobile. In
The movie "A Bronx Tale" is about a young boy named Cologero Anello, who grew up in an Italian neighborhood called the Bronx in New York City. At nine years old, Cologero already had a role model and that was Sonny LoSecchio, the neighborhood's mob boss. After he saved Sonny from getting arrested for killing a guy over what seemed to be a parking space. Sonny got him involved in gang activities, gambling and serving at the bar. His father Lorenzo Anello, a New York City bus driver didn't want his