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    Sociology Good fellas The movie “goodfellas’’ was a dramatically movie based off of the real life of an Ex-gangster. Who was hired by a wise guy as a teen‚ and grew up to become a gangster. He tells his story from the he started and the time it got hard for him that he was put in a witness protective program in the seventies. The movie portrays a spirit of the mafia subculture and demonstrates their bio-social theories‚ control theory and deviant lifestyle. The Mafia is a subculture of group

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    changes in terms of genre and other aspects such as storyline as it will just be a bunch of criminal men. Feminism has always been a key factor in such gangsterism films such as ‘The Sopranos’‚ ‘Godfather’ (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola‚ and ‘Goodfellas’ (1990) directed Martin Scorsese including many more as women play a crucial role as they reveal the men’s persona away from the criminal‚ adulterous activities in their daily

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    I believe that believe he practices what he preaches through this statement in his work. I will be analysing aspects in his work whereby the music works on a deeper level than just as a mood prompting tool‚ in films such as (The Departed‚2006)‚ (Goodfellas‚1990)‚( Taxi Driver‚1976) and( Raging Bull‚1980) trying to understand the directorial thought process in the choice of the music as well as the desired effect on the audience. Scorsese carries the idea that “popular music has the potential to give

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    AoD Family Rules - do not hit more than 10 levels below you except during war - do not steal RVs (exception to this rule is made if you are at war and the other alliance steals rvs first) - do not steal Ops - a player in ruins‚ who is also still in an alliance is not an open target for taking ops or rvs‚ the assets belong to the alliance - If a player is on fire‚ find another target - do not hit a target more than once / week unless at war

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    For my final project‚ I chose to learn more about my favorite director‚ Martin Scorsese. From as far as I can remember‚ Martin Scorsese’s films have always intrigued me like no others have. There are many reasons why I am drawn to his type of films and his style of directing. Martin Scorsese has directed films that support his ethnic background. He has revolutionized the motion picture industry with the films he has directed. Scorsese has a unique approach in directing his films. Lastly‚ Scorsese’s

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    Bull is about the only Scorsese film that doesn’t romanticise the chauvinistic gangsters of 1950’s New York; Jake LaMotta isn’t a role model‚ and watching him doesn’t fill you with a sense of admiration or envy – unlike gallant Henry Hill‚ from Goodfellas. Raging Bull slowly blurs the line between the ring and Jake’s home life: first taking his own anger and jealously into the ring‚ then his vicious appetite for violence into his home. Scorsese often parallels the action within the ring to Jake’s

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    protagonist had to live his life and find ways to support his family. Throughout most gangster movies‚ there is always a story for the main character. Some gangster films can have a cheesy storyline but good movies like “Young and Dangerous”‚ “Goodfellas” and “Casino” have a proper and relatable storylines. The reason why I say this is because to make a good gangster movie‚ it has to have a storyline that is relatable to other people and also has to have a storyline that is not only about killing

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    down in moments such as showing the beginning budding stages of Ace and Ginger’s(played by Sharon Stone) relationship to ramp up in moments where Nicky is stabbing and beating people to death. Many have said that its just a recycled version of Goodfellas and in some cases that’s not entirely wrong but I feel that in "Casino" Scorsese is just as concerned with history as much as he is with story and

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    One of the biggest milestones reached in the film industry was the narrative‚ movies that actually told a story. The first narrative movie was The Great Train Robbery‚ created in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter. The silent film is only about 10 minutes long‚ but was the precursor to the action and western genres. The popularity of the movie proved that motion pictures could be commercially successful. The plot of The Great Train Robbery was actually inspired from a real event. On August 29‚ 1900‚ four members

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    The bluest eye is a novel written by Toni Morrison. The novel took place majorly in the 1940s Lorain‚ Ohio when racism was still predominant and after the great depression. The Bluest Eye centers around Pecola Breedlove a young black girl who believes that whiteness is beauty and inherently denies the beauty of her own blackness. The novel intricately and blatantly narrates the lives of African-Americans during the 40s leading well into the 70s and even till now. Pecola’s dream of having this standard

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