Analysis Of The Godfather

Michael can represent two character archetypes: the child of an immigrant seeking the American dream and the fallen hero. The American dream has a variety of meanings to different people, but in this case, it would mean that Michael is working to achieve success much like his parents did. It is recognized that the cost of working towards success comes at a price, but this is where the fallen hero trope comes into play. When Michael decides to seek revenge, he works for the Mafia and believes he is a sacrificial hero to the family he’s trying to raise, slaving away for their sake. He had good intentions; he only wanted to bring legitimacy to his family.

The gangster genre within films in America has accomplished numerous positive criticisms and constant willing audiences due to containing outstanding spectacles and mind-blowing action. The Godfather, being second on the IMDb Top 250 Movies, has set a new popular concept to life within the Mafia from their point of view. Doing so, creating a positive association. Yet within Italy, the same topic contains a complete different view. Movies such as I Cento Passi demonstrate unenthusiastic view by those whom are outside yet negatively affected by those members. Unlike American films, the gangsters are not as often viewed at the protagonist and are the main causes for the problematic events. But how different is Italian Mafia and American

However, this gives the audience a feel for The Godfather’s power. The color designs, align with the era, nothing too bright, even tone and dark colors to give vibes of the dangerous mysteries that await with yet another assassination. All things considered Michael, the younger brother slated to become a congressman or maybe president, assassinated drug lord Sollozzo and the corrupt police officer McCluskey. Michael falls into the wild card category portraying him, as innocently trying to fit in, as later he developed into the character of “The New Godfather.”

His role in The Godfather is that of the Don, or a commanding officer. He climbs the social ladder in the Corleone family, starting as a member and gains a higher reputation by killing the man believed to have orchestrated the attacks against his father, Virgil Sollozzo, and a corrupt police captain paid by Sollozzo. Michael then travels to Sicily and doesn’t move up in the family for a while. Two years later, his brother Sonny Corleone, who was the acting head of the family after their father was injured, was shot in a phone booth. Michael then returns to America to help out with the family: he assumes Sonny’s role as his father’s heir apparent, a Vice President who steps in when the Don is injured or killed. Once the Don retires, he becomes the new Don and takes over as the head of the crime family.

There are quite a lot of widespread stereotypes of Italian Americans in “The Godfather” movies which involve characters, Italian foods, family, and violence. Food plays a huge role in The Godfather movies. Characters in the movies are always seen eating Italian food such as pasta. If the directors were not referring to any specific ethnic group than why were all the movies showing characters with Italian names eating foods that were known to be “Italian” foods. Also, violence is a major key in the movie which is also stereotyped to Italian Americans by them being associated with crime and the mafia. “ Thus, rather than helping to overcome the negative image of Italian-Americans fostered by entertainment programming, the media reinforces

The critically acclaimed film, Goodfellas, is a gangster crime drama that features an incredible amount of talent. Household names such as: Robert De Niro (Jimmy Conway), Joe Pesci (Tommy DeVito), Paul Sorvino (Paul Cicero), and promising stars like Ray Liotta (Henry Hill) and Lorraine Bracco (Karen Hill), attracted numerous Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. That type of cast power, linked with the signature talent of Martin Scorsese as a director, made for cinematic gold. Unquestionably, the actors and actresses did an excellent job augmenting the verisimilitude of this film and compelling audiences to empathize with their characters. But the cinematography in this film plays just as large a role in having audiences feel what the characters are feeling at a specific moment. Through the use of freeze frames, we learn of significant moments that shape Henry into the man that he is. By means of first-person narration we are able to know exactly what is going through a particular character’s mind. Finally, wonderful editing made great use of point of view and multiple jump cuts, which added to the sensation that we are undergoing the same experiences as the characters on screen. I will go into further detail and specify scenes that convey these elements as the essay progresses. Altogether, Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas effectively depicts paramount scenes and allows the audience to empathize with the characters by virtue of stylistic editing and cinematography.

At his sister’s wedding, Michael repeatedly tells his girlfriend, Kay, that he will not involve himself in the mafia of his father and brothers. That all changes when Michael’s father, Vito Corleone, is shot and wounded badly in an assassination attempt by a rival mafia family. To avenge the hateful act, Michael volunteers to attend a seemingly peaceful dinner with the presumed assailant and his body guard, only to surprise the two men by shooting each in the head. Furthermore, how Michael becomes embroiled in the family business is an example of Aristotle’s idea of a reversal in the plot. In The Poetics, Aristotle notes that a reversal “must grow out of the arrangement of the plot itself by its being so constructed that each succeeding incident happens necessarily or accordingly to probability from what has happened previously….” (21). Clearly, Michael’s evolution from a “hero” to a “villain” primarily results from the assassination attempt on his father, but on a deeper note, his family loyalty ultimately leads to his eventual involvement in the family business. He goes back on his word to Kay, which upsets her greatly as the film progresses, and he completely shifts his morals to accommodate his family’s needs. Michael is actually too

Through Vito's point of view of America and its dream are law, order, stability, family, and security. He flew from his home in Sicily to escape the balance of Mafia to an unbalanced place to bring order. Since his family was all killed by the mob, Vito wanted to bring security for his family. In the beginning scene of The Godfather Part II, we see the awe-inspiring Statue of Liberty from Vito's perspective. Vito came to America to build an empire just like the Romans creating many branches of emperors. Vito takes on the name The Godfather which religiously is sought to be the person who watches over their grandchildren or a so-called caretaker. His name the “ Godfather” Is also used as Vito's principles of taking care of his family and people who come to him for help, he's the caretaker of many. His Crime business is personal and moral because he came together with other people who had the same value of wanting to provide protection and balance. Just like how America was started by people coming over here with the same vision to start something new. Vito sees balance as a way of protecting his assets and power, which is identical to how America uses balance. Vito came over to America when immigrants faced persecution, he came in a completely

La Cosa Nostra Perhaps one of the most poignant moments in American cinema is the closing scene in the film “The Godfather” when Don Vito Corleone’s son Michael takes over his father’s position... and one of the most unforgettable moments, a severed horses’s head lies bloody in a man’s bed. It is this tradition and brutality that characterizes the Mafia, a secret Sicilian society that lives and functions just as much today on American soil as it did and does still in Italy. To understand this organized crime, one must begin to understand how it came to be organized in the first place. During the medieval times in Sicily, Arabs invaded the land and native Sicilians fled and took refuge in the hills. Some of these refugees formed a

The Godfather is the story of a Mafia family. It follows the rise of Michael Corleone within the family. Michael was once a war hero and did not want to be involved in the family business. When his father is shot though, Michael takes revenge on the people who did it and becomes a part of the Mafia lifestyle. When his older brother is murdered, Michael ascends to become the boss of the family, and proves to be more ruthless than his father and brother combined. The scene that I am analyzing is one where Michael is becoming his nephew’s godfather at his baptism.

The Godfather is a mob film focuses on the Corleone Family, with its head Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) trying to find a suitable heir to his empire, while war is breathing down the neck of other crime families. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) then steps in to organize the family back to shape. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based from the novel of the same name written by Mario Puzo. It received critical acclaim by critics and was cited as an influence by real life mobsters due to its rather realistic portrayal of gangster life and Cosa Nostra.

8 When you refer to the narrative of the story, use the present tense, as in the following: “Sammy decides that he can no longer continue to work at the store.” Don’t write: “Sammy decided that he could no longer

'The Godfather' is the most revolutionary gangster film of all time, it rewrote the gangster genre in such a stylized way that all latter gangster films have conformed to this genre but also evolved it as films have progressed. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola 'The Godfather' re-invented the gangster genre elevating it to a Hollywood status and making it commercially profitable. It looks into the life of the 'Corleone' family and represents America at that point in time. It portrays the violence and power, corruption and justice, honour and obligation apparent at that time. Previous to 'The Godfather's' release the 'American Dream' was born, to idealists America was the country of

Let’s start with the story of “The Godfather Part II”. The movie’s story is a continuation of where the first movie left off, which is with Michael Corleone as the new don, or head of the family. However, this film is quite different from the first, or any other movie as it shows two different stories at once. One story is of Michael Corleone’s fall and the numerous legal battles he goes through as he tries to legitimize his family business, and the other is the story of Michael’s father, Vito, and his rise to power from young adult to mafia leader. The story of Vito Corleone is shown through flashbacks that happen too often for my liking, and are not as entertaining as the

Mario Puzo was an American Screenwriter and Author who is best known for his Novel which was later adapted into one of the most famous movie series of all times "The Godfather".