This investigation will focus on the question: ‘To what extent does the movie “Sacco and Vanzetti” (by Giuliano Montaldo, 1971) portray what happened in the trial?’ The investigation focuses on the case of the two men (Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti) and the events that eventually led to their executions, which took place in 1927. It also looks at the racism towards immigrants in the United States in the 1920s; additionally it will look at the aftermath of the executions. This investigation will also look at how the political beliefs of the two men may have affected the outcome of the trial.
To analyze how far the movie represents the events during the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, I will look at the incidents that take place in the movie, and compare them to the events
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It was released in 1971 in Italy. The purpose of this movie is to portray what happened during the trial and their arrest and how the political beliefs of these two men may have affected the outcome of their trial. The value of the movie is that the audience is able to visually see what happened throughout the 7 years, from their arrest to their executions. Another value is that when a man is encountered for the first time the audience is given facts about them. As it is a movie, one of the main limitations is that it has to fit all the information into a certain amount of time, in this case 120 minutes. In consequence not all of the information would have been put into it, which means the writers of this film had to choose what parts to put into the movie. This means that they had to put the events that they thought were most important, and this would not be the same for other people. Another limitation is that because of the fact that this is a movie there are no references given and so we don’t know exactly where all of the information came