The Godfather (1972), inspired by the novel of the same name, written by Author Mario Puzo. The film plays out in the beginning how Don Corleone declined to join the narcotics business with notorious drug lord Sollozzo. With this in mind, one of the greatest gangster films created by a man who decided to lead, and not follows. Moreover, explaining the formalist approach for this film which covers an array of elements that include plot structure, camera techniques, editing, mise en scene, and
Il Padrino There are numerous themes expressed in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. Through the use of cinematography and mise en scene, one of the most dominant themes expressed throughout the film is power. Though, only possessed by few, power is an important aspect of progress and growth in this film. Specifically, the development of power demonstrated through Al Pacino’s character: Michael Corleone; transforming himself into the succeeding Don after his father. The fight for power, as shown
* This is where my scene that I will be analysing is based upon, in the 1980s. * The Socio-cultural Context of this film can be related to the drug problem in Brazil... as well as the early exposure to children in regards to violence, which in fact are still
style’ as a way of critiquing French new wave cinema. This theory allowed film to be criticised and analysed in the same way as other creative platforms such as art and literature. By identifying the director as auteur as opposed to just ‘Metteur-en-Scène’ it transformed them into an artisté, by assuming creative control they in turn gave a film a certain style. The auteur was a director “consistently expressing his own unique obsessions, the other was a competent, even highly competent, filmmaker
style’ as a way of critiquing French new wave cinema. This theory allowed film to be criticised and analysed in the same way as other creative platforms such as art and literature. By identifying the director as auteur as opposed to just ‘Metteur-en-Scène’ it transformed them into an artisté, by assuming creative control they in turn gave a film a certain style. The auteur was a director “consistently expressing his own unique obsessions, the other was a competent, even highly competent,