“A Bronx Tale” 1993 Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra
1. Is the title of your film a clue to what it is about? How so? (In one or two sentences.)
2. Which race/ethnic group does your movie focus on?
3. Does your movie tell it like it is, tell it like it was or tell it like it is/was? In other words does your movie show racial/ethnic situations that are currently present? Or does it reflect the past (historical)? Or does it show racial/ethnic situations that reflect a past that is still present? Describe a scene that exemplifies your response to this convoluted question.
4. Without divulging the specific details of the end, which category applies to the end of your film: [bleak via a cautionary or morality tale]; [hopeful via a philosophical or an inspirational tale]; or [a political or sociological statement].
5. Is your film’s story simply a human interest story that could apply to any race but just happens to involve a certain race or ethnic group or is the story specific to a particular race or ethnic group?
6. Do you think the nationality, race or ethnicity of the director** makes a difference in the perspective of the story, i.e., how the race or ethnic story is told?
7. Thumbs up or down? Would you recommend the film in general? Specific to the race or ethnic group presented do you think the story is credible (believable)? Or out of date? Or simply propaganda?
