MYST Post #2: A Bronx Tale

The movie that i chose to watch for my MYST number two post was "A Bronx Tale" directed by Rober De Niro.  Some of the important actors include the father Lorenzo (Robert Di Niro), his son, Calogero, and a local mobster that Calogero admired aspires, and looks up to named Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). The plot of the movies follows Lorenzo's efforts to keep his son away from the mobster

Sonny. As Calogero gets older, he starts to notice that only Sonny and his crew members were wearing the nice suits, driving the fancy cars, and get all the bad women, something his dad does not get. Lorenzo is a local bus driver, so money does not come in a lot. Calogero is luered into Sonny's life and starts to hang out with him more and more untill his dad figures out. This movies goes on to have a lot of plot twists that make it one of my favorite older, gangster/crime movies. The Picture to the right is a scene when Lorenzo is scolding Calogero to stay away from hanging with Sonny.

The Director, Robert Di Niro, has a lot of different shot scenes and camera angles that are essential for people to notice to have to movie be shown to its best potential. One of the most important times when the lower camera angle is needed is when Sonny is being shown in any shot.  This is needed because he is a mobster, so it makes him seem powerful and intimitating. The low angle shot looking up at Sonny is a huge part of the cimematic elements. The picture that i have off to the right is a picture of Sonny. Even in this shot, we still see that upward angle pointed up at him. Another element is the lighting and camera work on scenes when Sonny and Lorenzo are fighting about Calogero. Both of the characters are contorversial about the fact that Calogero keeps spending more and more time with Sonny.  Loranzo doesnt like it and Sonny likes when Calogero is around. I was trying to find a picutre of both Lorenzo and Sonny fighting, but i could not, so i figured i would put up a picture of Sonny. The lighing is important for Sonny, and Lorenzo because those two are the conflict of the movie.

The scene that i liked the best that stook out to me the most was the scene where Calogero has known Sonny for a bit at this time and for the first time, Sonny invites Calogero into the bar. Suddenly Lorenzo bardges into the bar and starts a scene by yelling at Sonny for bringing him into an atmosphere that he he too young to be introduced to. Lorenazo has built up a lot of hatred toward Sonny and he tries to pick a fight with him in the bar, but Sonny's men do anything before the two can have an all out fight. Lorenzo orders Calogero to wait outside while the two talk it out. The scene made me jump up from my chair as soon as Lorenzo bardged into the bar looking for Calogero. The lighting in the scene was also a big part because it made me focus directly as Lorenzo stormed into the bar, and when him and Sonny have a fight. It is also very dim in the bar, so the light was needed to have a better video exposure.

Overall i thought that this movie was a classic. I give it at least four our of five stars because of all the plot twists and the random drama caused between Sonny and Lorenzo. This movie is similar to all the movies i watched in my formal film study in many ways (Casino, Taxi Driver, Goofellas).  All four of these movies are all ganster/crime genre with Robert De Niro starring as either a dircetor or a main
actor. All of the movies also had a lot of plot twists that kept me wating to watch more and more. One more thing that i want to say about the movie "A Bronx Tale", is that i think De Niro did a great job trying to set an example as a good father and try to lead his son Caloergo in the right direction.  Out of all the movies between the Formal Film Study and my second MYST post, i believe that Casino and A Bronx Tale are my favorite. Go see Both!!