The Godfather III as a Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.37646/xihmai.v11i21.269Keywords:
Interpretative sequence analysis, The Godfather III, Operistic dimension, Film club debate, Film club sessionAbstract
This article discusses the need to bring film clubbing closer to academic spheres by using interpretative sequence analysis as a tool to enrich and build the film club session. The paper presents, as a case study, the interpretive textual analysis of the operistic dimension in the final sequences of The Godfather, Part III (Coppola, 1990). The results of this analysis are widely discussed and then used to design the content of a hand programme that includes key frames, information relevant to the presentation of the film and guide questions to the film club debate. The paper concludes that the generic, intertextual and formal component analysis of the key sequences of a film, enables finding the main premises of the film text and using them to design presentation and moderation strategies within the film club session, planning the content of the printed materials that are handed in to the audience, and deciding the film club programme. The limitations of film analysis as a support for film club activities are discussed, and some options to overcome these limitations are offered.
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