All About A Bronx Tale
- A Brox Tale - A Brox Tale A Bronx Tale It's 1960 in New York City in the middle of the...
Submitted by whatevergirl on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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All About A Bronx Tale
I found two different sections during the movie, that sum up what my main paper is going to be about. The civil rights movement during the 1960's, and Robert De Niro as an actor and as a director.
Throughout the entire movie, Calogeros friends all hate the black people that live on the other side of town. They hate their music, and the way they dress, and they don't want them coming through their neighborhood. In the beginning of the movie when Calogero and his two friends are sitting on his stoop, the bus comes by, and there is a black boy on the bus. Calogero's two friends run after the bus, harassing the boy. Throughout the movie Calogero is the only one out of all of his friends that stands up for the black people, and says that they aren't bothering him or his friends, so his friends should leave them alone. In the middle of the movie, Calogeros friends are sitting outside in their social group, and a couple of black boys on bicycles ride by on the street. Calogeros friends grab the boys off of their bicycles and beat them up. The police come, and his friends run. Later that day, Calogero finds out that one of the boys that was beaten up was the brother of Jane; the girl that Calogero met on the bus. One of the final scenes in the movie shows the turbulence of the sixties, and what hatred went on between the races. Calogeros friends ride into the black part of town, and set fire to a store. As they ride away a black man throws a stick that is on fire into the car. The boys have a flammable substance in the car, and the car explodes, and all of Calogeros friends are killed. I like this scene because it shows what happens when a dislike for someone goes too far. Calogeros friends didn't like the black people because his friends were afraid they were going to take over the neighborhood. Their hate for these people went so far, that they wanted to kill them. Calogero's friends were looking at guns one day, and one of the boys picked up a gun saying "I'm...
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