Analysis Project 2/25/13 The Godfather (1972): Opening Scene The Godfather is an American crime film based on crime families in New York. The 1972 film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy. The screenplay was developed by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola‚ based on Puzo’s 1969 novel of the same name. The Godfather is ranked as second in the greatest film in American cinema history (behind Citizen Kane). The opening scene of The Godfather‚ sets the mood and tone
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Date: November 20‚ 2012 Critical essay review: The God Father The Godfather‚ a story about a multigenerational crime family by the Italian American author Mario Puzo‚ was one of the best-selling books since it was published in 1969. Not only the book was a phenomenon‚ its movie under the direction of director Francis Ford Coppola had also become a landmark in American movie since it was released in 1972. The Godfather detailed impressively the activities of the gangster world‚ especially the
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Wall Street The movie "Wall Street" is a representation of poor morals and dissapointing business ethics in the popular world of business. This movie shows the negative effects that bad business morals can have on society. The two main characters are Bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen and Gordon Gekko played by Michael Douglas. Bud Fox is a young stockbroker who comes from an honest working-class family but on the other hand‚ Gordon Gekko is a millionaire who Bud admires and wants to be associated
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Professor Julian 8 March 2014 The Godfather The Godfather was regarded as the second best films of all time after the Shaw-shank Redemption. The Godfather employs a classic Italian-American mafia crime family in New York and Nevada. Vito Corleone as the founder of the Corleone crime family. An immigrant from Sicily who witnessed both his parents shot by a different don. He has four children and a step son whom he had adopted. Michael Corleone as the second Godfather to the Corleone crime family. Santino
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shown as a loving and caring father and a husband to his family. Vito’s youngest son‚ Michael is a celebrated war hero who comes to the wedding with his girlfriend. Vito’s godson Johnny Fontane‚ a popular singer‚ pleads for help to secure a coveted movie role‚ so Vito dispatches his consigliore‚ Tom Hagen to the studio head‚ Jack Woltz‚ to secure the casting. Woltz is unmoved until the morning he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his horse. Next‚ drug baron Sollozzo‚ backed by the Tattaglias
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON "GODFATHER DEATH"‚ A FAIRY TALE WRITTEN BY JACOB LUDWIG GRIMM AND WILHELM CARL GRIMM This story is a German fairy tale translated by Jacob Ludwig Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)‚ brothers born in Germany. The story centers on a 13th son born to a poor old man who can not afford to feed his new offspring. In order to provide for him the poor old man must choose a godfather for his son. He first meets God and dismisses him as a godfather because according to
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In chapter two that covers The Parallelism between The Iliad and The Godfather‚ we illustrated the generic transcendence of the hypotext‚ The Iliad that the hypertext‚ The Godfather inherited‚ by way of Genette’s architextuality. The outcome of this theory‚ first‚ showed that both the heroes of our case study are represented as extraordinary figures under the theme of the supernatural. Next‚ by applying Aristotle’s theory of tragedy on Achilles and Michael Corleone‚ we discovered that they are tragic
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Exploring Good vs Evil: The Godfather vs The Untouchables Good vs. Evil‚ a universal theme seen throughout the history of story telling‚ can find itself to be especially malleable and suprising in the modern gangster movie. In the classic depiction of this struggle‚ the Gangster was looked upon as the criminal‚ the bad guy‚ while today this is not always the case. In this paper I will be explaining the early gangster films restrictions on who could be good or evil‚ and then introduce the two
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The first sentence in the opening scene of The Godfather is‚ "I believe in America." This bold and assertive statement begins to showcase the father’s loyalty to America since he began his fortune in America. As the father begins describing what happened to his daughter‚ he continues to mention many American ideals such as the freedom he gave his daughter by allowing her to date and how after the beating of his daughter he went to the police "like a good American." The father further elaborates on
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Academic Summary In Godfather Death‚ a poor man’s thirteenth child is in need of a Godfather. With the poor man’s consent‚ Death became the thirteenth child’s Godfather. When the boy came of age‚ Death takes him into the woods and presents him a herb as a gift that will make the young man a famous physician. The herb is able to cure the sick with the approval of Death. However‚ Death worn the young to not use the herb against Death’s will or punishment will arise. The poor man’s thirteenth child
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