Film Analysis: The Godfather

The vision Christopher Nolan had for The Prestige (2006) was to add to the outbreak of street magician film, whilst playing a large dramatic subplot equal in grandeur to the magical performances within the film. In the final sequence of the film, I will analyse how the cinematography and sound resolves the plot so that it summarises the themes present in the film, whilst also invoking a response from the audience. Nolan predominantly uses close up shots, non-diegetic sound (music) and dialogue collaboratively to convey the dramatic, personal subplot of the characters and their relationships, whilst appealing to the audience bringing forth an emotional response from the audience. The heavy, slow, dramatic atmosphere of the ending sequence uses various techniques to summarise and uncover the underlying mysteries of the events throughout the film and consolidate themes introduced during the exposition.

Francis Ford Coppola’s gangster movie, “ The Godfather”, examines two views of the condemnation of the American dream and America, through the eyes of father and son through many specific aspects of drugs, conflicting views, and balance.

One of the greatest films and novels of all time, The Godfather by Mario Puzo is the book that I chose to write my report about. This book falls under the drama and crime fiction genres, due to its dramatic story of people being shot and murdered. The Godfather takes place in New York during the years 1945-1955, right after World War II. Most of the story is written from a narrator 's perspective, save for two points in the book in which the story becomes a first person point of view. One of the themes portrayed in the novel is that family always comes first, even if it isn’t a blood-related family, but a crime family. The novel’s theme is primarily that of loyalty, which is a crucial plot device because some of the Corleone 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 Gangster film ‘Scarface’ (DePalma) is about the rise and eventual fall of Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana. Throughout the film the viewer witnesses how Tony Montana goes from a criminal in Cuba to a drug overlord in America. The average viewer cannot connect to the arc of Tony Montana. But, the average viewer can connect to what Tony Montana is working for, the American dream. Brain DePalma chooses purposefully to have a hyper-masculine, narcissistic, megalomaniac immigrant as the main character of a story of American dream. In ‘Scarface’, DePalma show the universality of the American dream. By utilizing various filming techniques, DePalma shows how the American dream is available for everyone.

The movie the Godfather is view as an all times cult classic. Over many generations since the movie came out it has been reference to and quoted. This one movie over the span of just three hours has many personal beliefs expressed, family problems dramatized, life lessons shown, and what the true meaning of blood is thicker than water really symbolizes. One thing that stands out the most about this movie is the character development of the main character Michael Corleone. This character is played by Al Pacino who portrays this interesting character in an outstanding and Oscar worthy way.

Recently I watched the film “The Maltese Falcon” for the first time. The Movie is a Mystery/Crime film and follows a case that involves him and three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. In the following paragraphs I’m going to explain more about this movie and give you my honest opinion on what I thought of it.

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According to the October 1999 issue of “Entertainment Weekly”, THE GODFATHER is one of the greatest movies of the decade. Rarely can it be said that a film has defined a decade,

“The Godfather Part II” is the second movie in the Godfather trilogy, and mentioned as one of the best movies of all time. Is this a fair criticism of the movie? Well, the only way to find out is to dissect a movie and what makes it great. A movie can be critiqued in a variety of ways, but one of the main criticisms is how the visuals explain the story, and bring it to life. The story of a movie, and how it flows, is the pivotal component that draws viewers in and keeps their interest. With movies, one effective way to critique a movie is to observe the believability, and impact of the acting. Film is a visual media, this is a known fact, however, fitting music can contribute to setting the mood, and tone of a movie. What most makes a movie worth watching is the story, and how it is laid out throughout.

The story reviews the mafia life from the inside, and as expected by the audience such life is secretive, addictive in a way. The story has shaped the public perception on the mafia. In the film the Godfather takes control of power and justice, his only nemeses are traitors and snitches. For instance, Michael played by Al Pacino says that one should never side against the family. In another incident, Don Vito asks a man came to

Throughout the film with being the Godfather, Vito is continually asked by relatives and close friends to complete favors for them in effort to solve their problems. This factor implies that during this time the Mafia was an influential organization that operated behind the scenes. In the film, John Fontane is having trouble with receiving a movie role that he has desired. As a result, Vito has a member confront the director Jack Woltz to make a very desirable deal. This does not end up well do to the director’s non-attractiveness to John Fontane. I felt this was an important scene within the film The Godfather because it was one of the first instances where it made the viewer scared to disagree with Vito Corleone. It represented his unwillingness to settle for anything less then he believed and the unpleasant truth of dealing with a criminal organization. The significance of killing Jack Woltz’s most prized possession horse, resembles that the Godfather does not care who you are or how close you may be. With Jack waking up in a pool of blood from his dead horse that was placed in the bed, illustrates to the audience his poor decision. The use of editing within the scene played an important role, with slowly giving the audience a view of what happening to Jack Waltz. At first you see Jack Waltz with what he appears to be bleeding, but as the camera pans across the bed, the audience soon realizes it is the blood of the horse’s head that was left in the bed. Due the way that

The gangster movies that we all know and have seen took place in the 1930’s-1980’s, during the great depression. Therefore, I will help the audience breakdown the empathy for the criminal protagonist and characteristics of gangster films where they often emphasize the main character’s rise of power to an unbelievable fall. Furthermore, I have chosen the gangster genre because they always favor the bad guy and this makes the film The Godfather so legendary and stands strong in this genre. The Godfather was released on March 14, 1972. The film was written by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The lead character is played by Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), with supporting actors Marlon Brando (Vito Corleone), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Kay (Diane Keaton) The story of this movie is about the book Mario Puzo "The Godfather based on one of the most powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). And when the youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), begins to join the family Mafia, a business he becomes more involved in the violence and betrayal that takes part in the series of movies. Even though Michael tries to maintain his normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is still drawn deeper into his

“A man who doesn’t spend time with his family, can never be a real man” - Mario Puzo, The Godfather. As described in the novel Godfather, Don Corleone is a man who is passionate for obtaining respect, as well as repaying the favor. Don, a man of power, and much wisdom is very persuasive in using force to get what he wants. Throughout the Godfather, it will take many twists and turns into the lives of the mafia. It will reveal a world of crime, men on the run. Drugs, what such things