Once Upon a Time in America - write up.pptx

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ONCEUPONATIMEI

AMERICTHRILLERRESEARCHC

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

"Once upon a time in America, by award winning director Sergio Le

of Leones most famous lms was !e ood, t!e #ad and t!e $gly"

Starring% 'obert (e )iro, *ames woods, +liabet! -cgoern , *oe /es

0oungset in -an!atten.

!e lm was nominated for 1 golden globes.

/remiered in #oston on t!e 23t!4ebruary 2567


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A QUOTE FROM NOODLES (ROBERT DE NIRO

8t9s true 8 !ae :illed people, -r. #ailey.Sometimes to defend myself, sometimesfor money. And many people used to cometo us. #usiness partners, rials, loers.

Some of t!e ;obs we too:, and some wedidn9t. 0ours is one we would neer touc!,-r #ailey.


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LIGHTING At t!e start of t!e lm t!ere is a great e !is is used to create a warming, !omely feel in +es =(arlann

4luegel> at. !is gies t!e audience a sense of normality and !omely fe

w!en t!e picture is smas!ed by t!e police oBcers t!e regularity is s!oc:

bro:en.

@!en +e arries in t!e at, s!e turns on t!e lamp on !er bedside table

interesting about t!is lamps is t!at after t!e /olice OBcers s!oot !er !e

t!e lamp. !is is a metap!or for +es life as w!en s!e dies t!e lamp goe


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A B C


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SOUND 8n t!e opening scene we can !ear lots of diegetic sound in t!e at. (iegetic sound is sound

t!e c!aracters on screen can !ere. ?ommon e


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COSTUME

+e is wearing ery fas!ionable clot!es. On top of t!is s!e is also wepearls. 8mmediately we :now t!at +e is a wealt!y c!aracter. Gowe

some, pearls can be a symbol for tears w!ic! could be a sign of w!a

come for +e. =(>

4urt!ermore, t!e police oBcers t!at come into +es apartment are

typical, sop!isticated clot!es t!at were t!e Heitgeist of t!e police du

time period and are typical to t!e genre. !is includes% suits, oerco

and trilby !ats. =f>


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D E F


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PROPS

!e opening to Once $pon a ime in America features many iconic

!riller props. !ese include%

o Cigaretteso G!s (G)o

B"##$ (T#rtre) (H)o Dea$ B#$ies (I)


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G H I


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CULTURAL SIGNIFIERS A cultural signier is an element of a lm t!at indicates stereotypical iews of a certain cultu

!e rst and most obious cultural signier in t!e lm is t!e title of t!e moie, Once $pon a

America. @e :now t!is lm is going to portray AmericaD American people.

Anot!er cultural signier in t!e opening to t!is lm is t!e accent t!at t!e c!aracters were int

in. 8ts an American accent so again t!e culture t!is signier is depicting is American.

On t!e ot!er !and, a diCerent nationality t!at is represented is ?!inese. @!en we rst meet

)oodles !e is an opium den in t!e bac: of a ?!inese t!eatre. !is informs us t!at t!e directo

t!is era t!ere was corruption and criminals wit!in t!e ?!inese community t!at !e wanted to

audience.

!e song t!at is playing in t!e bac:ground w!en +e comes !ome into !er apartment, li:e p

mentioned is od #less America. !is is an e

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