According to director Coppola's idea, he originally wanted to name The Godfather (III) "The Death of Micheal Corleone", but was rejected by the management. In this film review, I would like to talk about race and the changing concept of family based on the Godfather's trilogy and the gradual deconstruction of the Mafia.
History background:
Godfather 123 implements the same concept: the family is the core concept of the Mafia. First: race. With the beginning of the new century, many Europeans began to immigrate to the United States. From the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, with the establishment of European monopolies and capitalism, as well as the partition of colonization by foreign powers in the 20th century, it fell into a period of stagnation. Many Europeans began to initiate the American craze and immigrate to the United States, and it is very easy to immigrate to the United States. You will become a citizen of the United States. The same historical background was also performed among sea pianists.
Race:
The race represented by the godfather is Italian Sicilian. In my impression, Sicily is a very beautiful and fertile place, but this group of people raised by water and soil are exceptionally sturdy. Gang culture prevails here. Renqing Debt is the godfather's private bank, with "I help you, we are friends. You will return to me" as its core values. It is highly sought after by gangs with Italians as the core and has stepped into the footsteps of godsons.
family:
Behind the concept of nuclear family in the Godfather's trilogy is to protect the safety of the family, and face the reality of having to kill. If arranged in chronological order. We saw that in beautiful Sicily, we saw Vito's family were driven to death by the Mafia, and Vito was the only survivor. Vito suffered from the disaster of his native family, which gave rise to a desire to protect his family. Here I assume that Vito's wife is Sicilian. Vito's family blood is pure Sicily, and his surname is also named after his village. Looking at Micheal again, his native family is actually very disturbed. His father was attempted to assassinate, his brother Sonny was killed, and his brother Fredo's betrayal threatened the safety of his wife and children, causing Michael to murder Fredo. The third-generation godfather Vincent also experienced the baptism of the killing of his lover. We see that from the first generation of godfathers to the second generation of godfathers to the third generation of godfathers, their bloodlines are getting more and more mixed: Kay is an American, and her values are American standard values, praising equality, freedom, and individualism. Kay does not support the family, and insists on American values to force Micheal to have no successor. Vincent's blood is even more difficult to say, because he is an illegitimate child, we don't know whether he will continue to support the family as the core concept. This also lays the overall tone for the godfather toward deconstruction.
core value:
The concept of family as the core is that this movie draws a line from the gangster movies in the 1930s: the gangster movies in the 1930s mainly embodied individualism and liberalism, while the godfather perfectly demonstrated nuclear familyism and interpersonal Humanism in which relationship is a bond. This may be one of the reasons why the service is highly sought after.
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