The Godfather Part I: 'Beautifully Crafted Gangster Film'

Coppola, having the most amazing familiar, criminalistic and war films in his hands we asked each other which of his films could be the BEST one? The top 5 choices were: The Godfather I, The Godfather II, The Outsiders, The Conversation and The Apocalypse. However, by having a further investigation in what his audience said as well as his rankings we stood up with The Godfather I.

This amazing film was published in 1972 it is a 3 way sequel filled with classic, violent, dramatic and mafious scenes. In the first film we are introduced to the Corleone family which is a very important family living under a criminalistic dynasty in New York.  The factors that were most appreciated of this film, were: the visual language, the precise movement each character acted upon the narrative, the ‘climactic baptism’ and the way the film is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. “The film obviously went on to win the Oscars for picture, actors and adapted screenplay” (Indiewire).

The origins of how the movie was made were unbelivable, the studio thought the film didn't have a future, the writer was ‘unknown’. It’s success was unexpected and it was thought to be a ‘craze’ boom, meaning that its popularity will last shortly and people will forget it quickly. People working in bigger jobs that Coppola were trying to get rid of him and of the actor ‘Al Pacino”, they didn't liked neither. “It was supposed to fail”........ Coppola, after being told that “crime didn't pay off” he stated that The Godfather would be an “Italian immigrant experience in America”, but it's just a lot more than that.

But anyways, the film was and is considered one of the most iconic films ever, as well as the novel which at its time was the #1 bestseller. There were a lot of factors that contributed to Coppola and the moviemaking, for example the last scene when Michael returns and advances to Kay:

MICHAEL: My father is just like any other powerful man.

KEY: Michael, do you know how naive you sound? Presidents and senators don’t have men killed!

MICHAEL: Who’s being naive, Kay?

Now think about the stuff that came out during the 1970s, about how the American government backed coups that resulted in the assassination or toppling of foreign leaders and agents” (Quora).

“Beyond that, the script, most of which was written by Mario Puzo, was very, very good. The novel, also good, reads like more of a pot boiler (or “plot boiler”)… Puzo said it was essentially a first draft, which he sent to the publisher, who printed it anyway without a lot of editing. The Godfather screenplay, therefore, was essentially a second draft of the story and is much better for it; it has less emphasis on goofy subplots and instead focuses almost entirely on the story of Don Corleone and his three sons (four if you count Tom Hagen)” (Quora).

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