Todorov's Narrative Theory

Todorov theory from Tatiitat

Vladimir Propp and his 7 Archetypes in Film

Trailer Analysis

Trailer Analysis for Goodfellas

Goodfellas from Tatiitat

Thoughts on Once Upon A Time In America

My Thoughts On Once Upon A Time In America

• Set in the time of prohibition ( alcohol bein illegal)
• 'He's my uncle' Start of Max and Noodles unconventional friendship
• Startled by the phone ringing in the beginning and almost irritated or uncomfortable
•  Noodles sense of morality is skewed or almost irregular
• I questioned where Noodles had been doing in the years he left to go to Buffalo.
• Noodles criticism to Max can be a sense of foreshadowing, as Noodles wanted to be his own boss and not leave the safety of the rags and streets 'like the stink of the streets', which at the end Noodles seems content with his life, unlike Max.
• Clues on Max surviving.
• Focuses on betrayal and legacy left behind.
• Transitions from the use of flashbacks.
• Noodles coming out from prison and going back into the gangster life
• 'Tommorrow they ask me to get rid of you, is that okay with you' - Noodles 'Maybe I ought to just dump you' - Max
• Violence is seen throughout the film from the setting fire to the stands, robbery and killing in the diamond heist to the rape scene.
• More themes on 'Rise and Fall' seeing as Carol tells Noodles to turn Max in as he's getting insane for power and the aspect of 'Growing Up' as Older Noodles seems to reflect on his life coming to an acceptance.
• Feel sympathy for Noodles even though he still carries on with crimes.
• Theory on the fact the movie went back to the 'high' scene with noodles was that him being older could have being dreamed up and fake as this was his coping mechanism of dealing with the loss of his friends.
• The undermining of women, for example, when Max and Noodles had an argument on 'broads getting in the way' and Max proceeds to yell at Carol.
• Noodles perception of Max having died with his group of friends at the bank works well with the new image of Mr. Bailey. 
• Mr. Bailey falling into the rubbish truck. Implied he did.
• The scene of Noodles getting high after his friends death.
• Max (Mr. Bailey) and Deborah
• Max feeling bad about selling his friends out and the power he now has, has turned on him.