by arwahls | Dec 4, 2017 | Reflection
I found Titta’s entrapment within the façade of the Swiss hotel in Le conseguenze dell’amore the most intriguing to watch. The protagonist’s atypical story was what interested me the most and I liked the overall style of the film with its quality, crispness, and...
by arwahls | Dec 4, 2017 | Representations of Women
The representation of women in crime films varies. Sometimes they have positions of restricted power, like Angela in the film Angela, and other times they are mantelpiece figures like Kay in The Godfather. Angela represents active participation in the life of crime,...
by aamoreno | Dec 4, 2017 | Reflection
I like movies that expose the audience to a reality that sometimes might be forgotten or obviated for X or Y reason, and In guerra per amore exposes the audience to the truth of who helped the mafia become as powerful as it used to be in Sicily. The movie does a very...
by mp019 | Dec 4, 2017 | Reflection
My favorite film from the course was I cento passi. Peppino was an inspiring character to watch come into his own and fight against the Mafia. I cento passi was a nice change of pace compared to the other films we watched when no one was brave enough to stand up...
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 hjhopkin | Dec 2, 2017 | Representations of Women
Representations of women throughout the Italian mafia movies have hardly evolved throughout time. Most of the women are background characters who do not advance the plot in any way. If anything, they serve as motivation for the main male character. However, in a few...
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