Corleone

to cleverly capture the story of the Corleone family. The famous baptism and murder sequence, in particular, includes parallel editing, use of sound, camera angles, subjective point of view, close-ups, and extreme close-ups to elicit dramatic and profound effects on the audience. The use of these various editing techniques demonstrate the transformation of Michael Corleone from an innocent family outsider to an inhuman and ruthless leader of the mafia Corleone family; it unveils to the audience…

criminals. They were apprehended by law enforcement, then charged with money laundering or murder. The Italians were the bad guys, and the cops were the good guys. However, The Godfather depicted mobsters as wealthy men who cared about their family. Don Corleone spoke with sophistication. Michael is college educated and a veteran. The audience sympathizes with Michael’s struggles between good and evil in the film. The new way of presenting the “bad guys” prompted changes in other films and…

The Godfather is one of the most critically acclaimed and respected movies ever created. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this film focuses on Michael Corleone; a boy born into a New York crime family. As the film progresses, Michael goes through a metamorphosis where he changes from isolating himself from, “the family business”, to running it. While there is evidence of this change throughout the film, it is best revealed how committed he was to his family in the baptism scene. This scene…

sexual and profane scenes as its plot centers on the Corleone family and their criminal business. However, despite its genre, Nino Rota’s score for the film is generally calm, elegant and operatic. For instance, the main theme of the film is a waltz called the “Godfather Waltz,” which counterpoints the horrible images presented on the screen. As a mournful waltz with a melancholic vibe, the “Godfather Waltz” serves as a leitmotif for Don Vito Corleone. In The Godfather, the “Godfather Waltz” is…

ending of this film is spectacular, and leaves you with an impression for the ages. In the first movie, the Corleone family is portrayed as righteous, and as the heroes. Kathleen Carroll, of the New York Daily News, said “The strength of this film is its honesty, its keen sense of morality. This time, thanks to Coppola’s courage and brilliant artistry, we are truly repulsed by the Corleones and everything they stand for.” I believe this is an original idea for a film, to outcast the main…

The selected scene is from 37:51 to 39:53 in the film Godfather, Part 2; altogether, there are 15 shots in this duration. This scene is centered with the conversation between Michael Corleone and his step-brother Tom Hagen. This conversation is expected to be very “private”, only between Michael and Tom. Therefore, both lighting and camera shots have to create the sense of mystique. In order to do so, generally speaking, the lighting in this room is very dark. It has struck a responsive chord in…

After the Revolutionary War, the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (W.A.S.P.s) were in power, they held all the political offices; they owned the most land, they had the most profitable businesses, and the largest factories. They enjoyed being in control of everything and they wanted to keep that control and power. After the Civil War more immigrants were coming to America to their share of the wealth they believed America had. These immigrants now were coming from all over the world, not just…

The Godfather1 is a novel written by American writer Mario Puzo in 1969, it is the best-seller book in the history of the United states. This novel narrated a series of stories after Michael became a Mafia. Mario Puzo affected by the story of Italy Mafia when he was growing up. In 1972, Puzo cooperated with Francis Coppola - American director, screenwriter, producer, adapting the novel The Godfather into a movie. It was acted by superstar Marlon Barndo and won the forty-fifth Oscar Award for…

No matter how artful the literary work appears in print, the transition from page to screen is something many of us look forward to. Finally, we get to see our favorite characters and their stories play out before our eyes. It is that direct link and appeal to our senses that often makes the movement to film worth our while. More often than not though, when a novel is put to film there is something to be gained and something to be lost. The transition of The Godfather was no different. Though…

Montana opted for drug trade and started his own empire on the back and blood of the people he killed, while Michael Corleone took matters to his own hands when he saw his family being besieged by the other families, psychologically exploring the minds of the characters while trying to deal with outside threats and stimulus. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1. What are the…