The Godfather Part II and the Power of Film Editing

2006. University of Washington. Lecture.
Kevin Hamedani gave a lecture at the Cinema Studies Department of the University of Washington on The Godfather Part II. The lecture focused on how Francis Ford Coppola and his team managed to create a cohesive and straight-forward single narrative with two completely different stories through the power of film editing.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: The Clash of Independence and Genre

2005. University of Washington. Thesis.
For his University of Washington thesis, Kevin Hamedani explored the clash between artistic independence and the restrictions of the gangster genre in John Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.