The film, The Godfather is an examination of the roles that family, power, and tradition play in our lives. The Corleone family at the heart of this 1972 crime drama is led by Vito, "the Don Corleone," the "Godfather" who protects the family and executes all major business decisions on their behalf. Besides Vito being in charge, Don Michael Corleone was the head of the Corleone family after Vito Corleone stepped down. In this movie there are many examples as to why it’s an archetypal film of Italian Americans. In the opening scene, Vito attends his father's funeral in Sicily, Italy. This is an example of an archetypal film of Italian Americans because it involves crime, and the mafia. The mafia was very common throughout Italians and many
