Stereotype or not?

Women and mafia, mafia and women, either one way or another women seem frequently be involved with the Mafia. Throughout the semester, we have seen movies and episodes involving different types of organized crime in Italy and how women have assumed different roles in...

From “Mother” to “Godmother”

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...

#TheRealMobWivesOfFilm

The representation of women throughout the Gangster genre varies as much as the methods Mafiosi chose to terminate their victims. From good old-fashioned car bombs and poison, to strangling and shootings, we see women take on a variety of roles in Gangster films....

Reflection

What was your favorite film of the course and why? Which film was most creative in presenting organized crime? How did the use of the camera, editing, montage, sound add or subtract to the viewing experience. Try to talk about both spectatorship but also camera work...