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Module 5 Short-Answer Questionnaire
ITA 423
Module 5 Questionnaire
Final Word Count: 519
In this short essay we will go over the films
Excellent Cadavers
and
The Mafia Only
Kills in Summer
and explain how they both differ in their stylistic approaches. I will attempt to
describe both film meanings and narratives through quotes from Dana Renga's book Mafia
Movies and from my own understanding of watching the films. Before we even begin i will say
that one film is more of a documentary while the other is a “true” movie and a comedy at that.
These two films
“Excellent Cadavers”
And
“The Mafia Only Kills in Summer”
differ in
many ways but before I dive into that I will begin by talking about each film's goals and
narratives. In Dana Renga's explanation of Excellent Cadavers she states “Turco’s film attempts
to make a case against the future re-election of Berlusconi. Excellent Cadavers is structured like
a journey, and the narrative style is akin to that of a classic tragedy and concludes by reminding
the viewer that past catastrophes might indeed repeat themselves. Like other Italian
contemporary documentaries I will discuss later, Excellent Cadavers works as a memento for the
public by turning attention to a national trauma.” ( Renga 289)
What I took away the most from this movie ( Excellent Cadavers) was its documentary style
which aimed for more historical accuracy, which I believe provokes the audience to feel
Module 5 Short-Answer Questionnaire
connected to the real struggles against the Mafia, like depicted in the film. While all of the real
interviews and real world coverage of the past mafia problems and various terrorist like acts
really provides an informative overview of the italian mafia at the time and the people fighting
against them. All provide the viewer with a great historically accurate documentary that allows
the viewer to see the Mafia in a real world setting and not a glamorized movie.
While I believe the film "The Mafia Only Kills in Summer," directed by Pierfrancesco Diliberto,
differs is that this film is more lighthearted and satirical. The film uses much more humor and
irony to highlight the absurdity of the Mafia’s violence, which creates many memorable scenes
due to its comedy. Which in my opinion is actually similar to both films which is that they are
trying to depict the mafia in a bad light instead of a positive like many american films do. But the
major differences between the two are their use of film and storytelling; one is historically
accurate while the other is less serious.
All in all both of these films were wonderful to watch and I really liked how the directors each
chose different ways to tell a story about the mafia in their own way, historically accurate or not.
Each film provides a different perspective on the subject but they ultimately have the same goal
and narrative to provide to the audience each evoking emotion in different ways. Although both
movies are honestly completely different as one is a documentary and the other is a comedy they
both are great movies that overlap in some ways.
Module 5 Short-Answer Questionnaire
Works Cited
Dickie, John. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia. 1st ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Renga, Dana, editor. Mafia Movies: A Reader, 2nd ed., University of Toronto Press, 2019.
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