Michael Corleone

categories. The film’s plot follows the Corleone family as they conduct “family business” in the crime filled metropolitan region of New York. The feature film begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando, throws a lavish wedding party for his daughter. At the party we meet Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), Vito’s youngest son who has just returned from war. Although all the men in the family are in the mob business, Michael wants nothing to do with it. The Corleone family is invited to a meeting by

crime family, the Tattaglia, backing Sollozzo he asks the Corleone’s to partner with him but Vito declines and instead tries to spy on the opposition because he feels the drug business to be too dangerous. Many families were not doing as well as the Corleone and were jealous so they went into the drug trade anyway. Sollozzo felt slighted when Vito declined his offer so he and the Tattaglia’s devised a plan to whack the Godfather. The assassination attempt was unsuccessful leading Sollozzo to say in astonishment

portrays Vito Corleone, also known as the Godfather. Al Pacino portrays Michael Corleone, Vito’s youngest son. The Godfather was inducted to the National Film Registry in 1990 (Library of Congress). In this movie, Coppola showed how, within this family, it was split into two social institutions: crime and regular Italian-American family. Whoever the current Godfather is takes extra care

family and how family will go through anything for each other. The film mainly revolves around two important characters. The first is Vito Corleone, who is the Don of a New York crime family. Vito must attempt to help himself and his family maintain power throughout the film. The second character is Michael Corleone, who is the youngest son of Vito Corleone. Michael tries to stay out of the family business but ends up being sucked in when he feels the need to fight for his family and protect his father

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 (Ebert). The story of Vito Corleone is shown through flashbacks

which is the “family business”. His wordless warmth and love for Michael, when he finally becomes the new Godfather, and is one of the most illuminating moments of the movie pertaining to the father-son relationship. In fact, the cinematic magnificence of the movie lies in its tightly-knitted plot of (family), with it’s larger than life actors and extraordinary pace of the movie. I will discuss the theme of the (Don) Vito Corleone and his successful

fantastic. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is the epitome of this concept. At the beginning he is a returning Veteran who wants nothing to do with the family crime business. By the end he has transformed to a ruthless yet caring mob boss. He has a personal conflict that most people can relate to. He is conflicted between pleasing his parents and pleasing himself. In the end he takes a hybrid route choosing to be a caring yet ruthless mob boss; separating business and personal matters. Michael may be the

The American films The Godfather I and II directed by Francis Ford Coppola, included mise-en-scene to emphasize certain characteristics and themes during both films. In this essay I will discuss how mise-en-scene was used to portray the lives of the Mafia families in the 1940s and 50s. The mise-en-scene in The Godfather I, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, plays a huge role in how the film is perceived by viewers. Mise-En-Scene is characterized as, “The arrangement of everything that appears

Stone and with performance of the cast with the lead Al Pacino, Scarface became a cult classic among the masses. 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

Introduction How are the two movies different from each other? Is it the era, the theme of or its execution? In retrospective, both will surely have difference, especially since the two are created with different aims. If one is to analyze the films, one will find a grey area between its differences, wherein differences are both superficial and minor at best. Scarface is a crime-drama film that is famously known for being one of the most violent and profanes films during its time of release. Focusing