Hollywoods Italian American Filmmakers explores the different ways in which Italian American directors from the 1920s to the present have responded to their ethnicity. While some directors have used film to declare their ethnic roots and create an Italian American "imagined community;" others have ignored or even denied their background. Jonathan J. Cavallero examines the films of Frank Capra; Martin Scorsese; Nancy Savoca; Francis Ford Coppola; and Quentin Tarantino with a focus on what the films reveal about each directors view on Italian American identities. Whereas Capras films highlight similarities between immigrant characters and WASP Americans; Scorsese accepts his ethnic heritage but also sees it as confining. Similarly; many of Coppolas films provide a nostalgic treatment of Italian American identity; but with little criticism of the cultures more negative aspects. And while Savocas movies reveal her artful ability to recognize how ethnic; gender; and class identities overlap; Tarantinos films exhibit a playfully postmodern engagement with Italian American ethnicity.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Loved it! WonderfulBy RussLoved it! Wonderful. if VERY selective. photo history with interesting. albeit brief. text. Will be loved by anyone who ever had anything to do with the Uptown area of Minneapolis. Highly recommended - should have been at least twice as long! Would have given it 5 stars were it not so poorly made. A few pages at both the front and back quite literally have fallen out! Pity that! Otherwise GREAT!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Nostalgic and enjoyable.By William M. WendelBook format is historical photos with extended captions. grouped by subject matter. No real narrative to tie it all together. Very enjoyable overall. however. and recommended for anyone whos familiar with and already appreciates the area for what its been in their own lives. I grew up in this area. so the book was nostalgic for me. but I also learned many things I did not already know. such as the Ice Follies beginning there. as started by Lake of the Isles skaters.
