The Godfather Essay

archetypes did get some alterations, and especially after the introduction of The Godfather (1972) which, alongside other movies such as On the Waterfront (1954) did change some things regarding the before-known archetypes. Changes in the archetypes can be seen also in the works of Martin Scorsese,…

A movie entitled The Godfather is chosen as object in this analysis. Don Corleone as one of main character chosen as source data. Regarding utterance from Don Corleone this movie presents a numbered of presupposition in various context. Then relation between presupposition and context obtains a certain meaning of an utterance. As considering, statement from Stalnaker who said that context influences content, while content can creates a context because sometimes word that say has a function not…

Prompt: In the cult classic film The Godfather: Part II (1974), Al Pacino, playing character Michael Corleone, shared words of wisdom: “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” Describe a time in which you had to work closely with an “enemy” – whether that be a person, concept, or inanimate object – and how you handled the situation. Response: Junior year was a formidable foe. My course load was more rigorous than it had ever been. I had to stay up to ungodly hours every night to…

A Jewish father with his wife and son are trapped between the appalling situations of discrimination and fall of a race. La vita è bella (Original title: Life is Beautiful) will certainly leave you in awe once you finish the film. According to IMDB (n.d.), it lavished prestigious awards including three Oscars (1999), one from the Cannes Film Festival (1998), four Italian Golden Globes (1998) and one Grammy Award (2000). The Italian film was directed by Roberto Benigni and was released on 20th…

Ocean’s Eleven is one of the most popular heist Hollywood blockbusters. The movie is a remake of Lewis Milestone's film in 1960 which was also calls Ocean’s Eleven starring Frank Sinatra. Steven Soderbergh did a great job as a director in keeping the audience interested throughout the whole movie time. Although the story is quite original and non-trivial Soderbergh’s idea to combine different genres was successful. The film demonstrates its large-scale approval from an outstanding combination…

“Eisenstein’s Theroy of Montages: 22 Jump Street (Lord & Miller, 2014).” The film 22 Jump Street is a comedy and a sequel from 21 Jump Street (Chitwood, 2013) that follows the story of two officers named Schmidt and Jenko that are after drug dealers once again (Seitz, 2014). There is a lot to say about the movie and the way it developed. In general, this is really fast-paced film which creates such a dynamic tendecy in the plot. This movie also showcases Sergei Eisenstein’s theory of 5 montages…

Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Man from U.N.C.L.E: Comparison and Contrast Movies about secret agents and diabolical “super-villains” are numerous in the film industry. Most films which were released specifically focuses on the deterrence of malicious notions, by the protagonist, from the evil clutches of villains, which are the antagonist. In the recent years, the implementation of mixing genres together has been normalized. From the production of Hollywood, Kingsman and U.N.C.L.E…

There is no denying that George Lucas’ Star Wars is one of the greatest film franchises that will ever exist on the big screen. The Force Awakens, the newest film, has been criticized by some fans for copying the story of the original 1977 trilogy. Although there are some similarities between the two films’ plots, the story of the original films can be connected to the heroic plot traditions of Lord Raglan, and Luke Skywalker’s character reflects the virtues outlined in Alasdair MacIntyre’s…

in movies, whether it’s roles or their conversations. In the movie “The Godfather” by Francis Ford Coppola, men are portrayed with more power and diverse roles in the profession. Women on the other hand do not have many roles. Coppola portrays men and women with different roles while giving men more roles. Men and women are different in many ways. Men almost always have greater diversity of roles to play and in “The Godfather” it’s no different. “You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to…

gender roles in the 1972 film The Godfather \ Francis Ford Coppola took a best-selling novel, The Godfather by Mario Puzo; that was based on a less than common subject (the mafia); that involved an isolated section of a particular ethnic group (first and second-generation Italian- Americans) and made one of the most brutal and moving chronicles of life in America. The Godfather is a trilogy that tells the epic saga of a mafia family, the Corleones (Haskell 1). The Godfather is a film that…