Author Archive for: ‘Christina Loong’
Reel Medici Mobsters? The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance Reassessed
Abstract This article considers the 2004 PBS documentary Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance in relation to its suggestions that the Medici family of Florence shared similar traits to modern Mafiosi. It analyses the cinematic influence of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy on the documentary’s filming, as well as that of Hollywood gangster films in general, the distinct references that the director used to illustrate …
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