Chazz Palminteri Essays

living. He always told Calogero also known as C (Lillo Brancato), “that nothing in the world is worse than wasted talent.” He always tried to listen to his father. While learning from his father, he admired a local street gangster named Sonny (Chazz Palminteri). Sonny also cared for C and always told him that in the world “nobody cares.” C listened to the advice from both role models and looked for ways to have them work with each other.     When C was young he watched Sonny’s every move, from the

Citizen Kane , a film directed by Orson Welles, showcases many fascinating elements of filmmaking. The way that Welles illustrates these elements of filmmaking is the reason that James Naramore describes Citizen Kane as a powerful work of art. The narrative structure of Citizen Kane is an examination into the life of Charles Foster Kane, from his ambiguous upbringing as a child to his renowned success as a newspaper tycoon throughout his entire adulthood. Welles’ narrative structure and use of

Often during adaptations of a work, changes occur to better fit the new form of media. This is due to budgets, allotted time for production, or even a director with a different vision. In the musical reimagining of A Bronx Tale, certain features of the movie changed to fit the stage. The most notable change between the movie and musical was the tone. The different tone of the musical influenced other aspects of the show. The different tone of the musical version of A Bronx Tale is due, in part, to

Character development is something everyone goes through character development whether that is because of a death, divorce, puberty, or a breakup, we all have character development. In the play “A Bronx Tale” by Chazz Palminteri a young Calogero Palminteri the son of Lorenzo and Rosena Palminteri born in the Bronx, New York in the 1960s, Calogero has his first big change in his character when he sees a murder and decides not to “rat” which changes the course of his life for years to come. This murder