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In the movie "A Bronx Tale" which is staged in the Bronx, New York, circa 1968, many narratives as well as visual motifs are present. The movie mixes many narrative structures such as the intertwinement of race, morals, and a kid growing up in the Bronx during this time. It also demonstrates the larger picture about the mafia and the power that seems to overcome everyone who gets involved.
A prime example of a bound visual motif in this film is a scene in the very beginning of the film. A small boy named Collegeno always sits outside his apartment building that over looks the street. One morning he witnesses Sonny and his gang murder a man over a parking spot. This is a visual motif throughout the movie because it ties everything together. This scene is played in the beginning and is what brings Sonny and Collegeno together. At the end of the film, when Sonny dies, Collegeno asks the next mob boss in line from Sonny if the man murdered eight years earlier (in the beginning of the......

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