by dm014 | Dec 3, 2017 | Reflection
My favorite film of the semester was “Gomorrah”. While most of the films that we studied during the semester examine a romanticized version of the mafia pre-1950’s, while “Gomorrah” examined a more realistic and modern version of the mafia, while also providing the...
by dm014 | Dec 1, 2017 | Representations of Women
The representation of women vary across different films in order to reflect the reality of the organization represented in the film in question. Across the semester we have examined different films detailing the activities of four different organizations: la cosa...
by dm014 | Oct 10, 2017 | Mafia Myths
The mafia myth By David Magana I think the mafia myth plays out really well as a plot for films, and as a convenient characterization device. The mafia myth conveys the idea of the Mafioso, as a “made man”, someone who rises up despite their circumstances to the top...
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