Watch online film lecture | The Evolution of Mafia Film | Rudi de Boer

The Evolution of Mafia Film: From The Godfather to The Irishman.  The mafia film is a genre that has spoken to our imagination for as long as it’s around. How has this genre evolved over time and why does it fascinate us so much? In this film lecture, presented by Natlab en Studium Generale, film expert Rudi de Boer discusses the evolution of the mafia film, our fascination with it, and how have famous directors like Scorsese influenced the genre. Rudi de Boer studied Theatre, Film, and Television Sciences at Utrecht University. Here, he specialized in film history and his love for Alfred Hitchcock was born. Since then, he has been teaching anything and everything related to film for the past 15 years. Stay up to date Visit our website www.tue.nl/sg and follow our socials (studiumgeneraletue) regularly to see what live offline and online programs we have in store for you the coming weeks. Do you want to have it all nicely consumable in your inbox, then it’s best you sign up for our biweekly email newsletter: https://studiumgenerale-eindhoven.nl/.... Partial English subs Towards the end of the livestream the speaker accidentally and unknowingly switched to Dutch. We've added English subtitles (1:00:52) so non-Dutch speakers are able to enjoy the complete lecture. Enable them by using the settings wheel in the bottom right corner of the video.