The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent, is a film representing a person's life when they deny their past and do not face grief. One of the most important scenes in the movie is the basement scene when Samuel ties his mother up and forces her to face the Babadook. This scene shows that eventually a person will be forced to face grief, even if they do not want to. The scene takes place in the basement of Amelia and Samuels home because it was the forbidden room of the home. Down in the basement
In the famous movie “Gangs of new York”, directed by Martin Scorsese, is a movie about multiple struggles and rivalries taking place in a New York city town, called the Five Points. This movie presents a story between a boy seeking revenge against the antagonist- Bill the butcher- and a portrayal of the various gangs living in the Five Points. Gangs of New York is historically accurate in the way it interprets the New York city riots, the characterization of the gangs in The Five Points, and the
Lucky Luciano, birth name of Charles Luciano, was an Italian mobster in the United States. He was born on November 24, 1897 in Lercara Friddi, Italy. He belonged to the Genovese crime family (Luciano family). He had four sisters and one brother. He only had a father. He moved to New York when he was ten years old. He got the name “lucky” by having the most escapes from murderous attacks, and has also been contributed to gambling luck, or to a simple mispronunciation of his last name. He was also
Castellammare del Golfo, Italy, on January 18, 1905 and he first came to the United States in 1908. His real name is Giuseppe Bonanno. He was born into a very dominant Sicilian family. His father's name was Salvatore Bonanno. He moved into a Brooklyn neighborhood which had many Sicilians. Salvatore started a pasta factory and a tavern. Joe was seven when his family moved back to Castellammare. His family moved back because of conflict between his family and
4) The Modern era The Modern era started when the cold war ended in 1990s, without the cold war content the power of both DC and the mafia had declined. People of Italy started to get enraged by the massive corruption scandals of the regime. The relationship between the institution and the mafia start to come apart. In 1991 Italy had established two important organizations in the fight against the mafia: Direzione Investigativa Antimafia and Direzione Nazionale Antimafia. The state started to campaign