Assignment #4, Blog #1

After looking through the works cited lists of both readings, I decided that I would explore The Godfather in the context of race and ethnicity combined with the sense of noir.  Because I've seen this film multiple times and never had thought about it as a racially driven film, I thought it might provide some interesting insight.  The Corleone family epitomizes ethnic identity in the film.  Proud of the their Sicilian roots, the Corleone's only deal with family and other Italians, while living their lives as Italian as possible.  They identify and coordinate their lives through their ethnicity.  In the context of Noir drama, although it is a mob movie, The Godfather  still illustrates classic Noir elements, inlcluding elements dealing with race and ethnicity.  The crime in the movie is associated with the Corleone family because of their crime roots in their Italian culture.