Like every thing in life that seems to be perfect and good you can always find in between the lines the negatives and bad stuff. What i mean by that statement is that; through out this semester we have watched a number of italian films. In those films we see Italy as beautiful, romantic and touristics sort of like paradise.Gomorrah is a film directed by Matteo Garrone, based on a book by Roberto Savian. This film revealed to me an Italy that I had not been expose to before. Yes I know about the wars and yes I have heard about the mafia. Even then when I think of the mafia I think dangerous but classy and rich. But this movie showed the corruptions, the slums, the hoods of Italy with lower class gangsthas. I appreciated this movie because I feel like when learning about another culture it is good to see what it's really like too. I can do an entire presentation about Haiti and how it is beautiful and relaxing, just a wonderful place to live. However I could not teach some one about Haitian culture with out telling them about the hunger, the poverty, the corruptions, the gangsthas and the voodoo because it has become part of our culture. The music that we listen to has a lot of pain and suffering. All I am trying to say is, as much as I liked seeing Italy as a postcard I learned a lot as well watching Italy the way Matteo Garrone showed it to me.
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