sultry romance, romantic sultry

Alexanne 2022-04-23 07:01:01

Stupid romance, ——Analysis of the
classics of [The Godfather]


When it comes to gangster films, everyone should think of: all kinds of guns and ammunition, all kinds of team battles, all kinds of racing car chases... Anyway, it should be full of excitement, gunpowder smell and hormones toy. Then if you take this as a standard, in comparison, [Godfather] should give me the feeling of being boring.

This kind of sullenness comes from almost any element in the film: the slow-paced story, the undulating plot, the taciturn protagonist, the restrained and deep performance, and even the music is a literary style, the whole is simply a pot of boredom Sao hodgepodge. Such a gangster film, in theory, is simply a dancer wearing a down jacket, and there is nothing to watch.

However, if there is a list of gangster classics, [The Godfather] is ranked second, I am afraid that not many works can be ranked first. [Godfather] The reason why it is classic is because under its sultry appearance, there are other things wrapped.

In those exciting gangster movies, every time the protagonist wants to kill someone, he often has to fiddle with a weapon (or even a few) that is incomparable. Hide, you chase after me, all kinds of flying cars and all kinds of escapes, and finally a few explosions can guarantee to kill.

However, back to [The Godfather], it seems that in a small climax in the middle half, Mike planned to murder two people. It may have taken only a few minutes from drawing the gun to escaping, and even the deadly weapon was just inconspicuous. small pistol.

Behind the sullenness, the essence is outrageous truth.

Betrayal, assassination, conspiracy, black gold politics, behind-the-scenes operations... These essential elements in gangster films are presented in another way, and they are no longer so observable and pondering. Mike's lover was bombed for a moment, and even the time that Mike should have scratched his head and went crazy and asked the sky "Oh my god! She didn't do anything!" was omitted.

The head of the Mafia family in the film, the style and procedures of the meeting are no less than that of multinational diplomacy, which is exaggeratedly serious. And what about the mafia members? As soon as the gun is drawn, he kills, and when he sees someone, he fights without a word of nonsense. The whole process is as casual as a documentary.

In the film, Mike becomes Connie's daughter's godfather. Inside the church, there is a new life, but outside the stone wall, there is bloodshed. Isn't this double contradiction an accusation of the cruelty of this society? Sloppy human life is thrown away like garbage, let alone blinking an eye, killing is just like a duty, and there is no sense of disobedience.

Coppola once said that people today find [The Godfather] boring because the production cost at that time was strictly regulated, and this style was squeezed out of necessity. But now it seems that Coppola is also inadvertently intervening, and this kind of realism has been regarded as a classic. [The Godfather] has thus become a rare milestone in film history, a classic that is destined not to be remade.

[Godfather] After that, there is no godfather.

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Extended Reading
  • Wilfrid 2022-03-23 09:01:02

    It can only give 100 points. It's really great, a family history. I have only watched the first part so far. Although it is a mafia, the old godfather is very principled. He is kind and soft in essence, just like his appearance. The second-generation godfather Mike is a little smaller, but he is really handsome, a bit of Tony Leung's feeling, doing his best for the benefit of the family, calm, wit and courageous.

  • Caitlyn 2021-10-20 18:58:28

    #SIFF2014# The group portrait appeared within three hours, the characters were uniform in intensity, and there were no idle pens; the scheduling of many scenes was great, and the environment, sound, lighting, and props were all integrated. For example, when the hospital changed the room, the editing was too good. During his busy schedule, I did not forget to close up the teardrops in the corner of the godfather's eyes, which were both dynamic and static; the editing of the parallel of baptism and killing was thrilling, and the second generation of the godfather gradually sublimated and settled in the interlacing of joy and cold blood.

The Godfather quotes

  • Don Corleone: We have known each other many years, but this is the first time you've come to me for counsel or for help. I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let's be frank here. You never wanted my friendship. And you feared to be in my debt.

    Bonasera: I didn't want to get into trouble.

    Don Corleone: I understand. You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, you made a good living. The police protected you and there were courts of law. So you didn't need a friend like me. Now you come and say "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me "Godfather." You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder - for money.

    Bonasera: I ask you for justice.

    Don Corleone: That is not justice. Your daughter is alive.

    Bonasera: Let them suffer then as she suffers.

    [the Don is silent]

    Bonasera: How much shall I pay you?

    [the Don turns away dismissively, but Bonasera stays on]

    Don Corleone: Bonasera, Bonasera, what have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? If you'd come to me in friendship, this scum who ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by some chance an honest man like yourself made enemies they would become my enemies. And then, they would fear you.

    Bonasera: Be my friend... Godfather.

    [the Don at first shrugs, but upon hearing the title he lifts his hand, and a humbled Bonasera kisses the ring on it]

    Don Corleone: Good.

    [He places his hand around Bonasera in a paternal gesture]

    Don Corleone: Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day.

    [a gratified Bonasera offers his thanks and leaves]

    Don Corleone: [to Hagen] Give this job to Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. I mean, we're not murderers, in spite of what this undertaker thinks...

  • Connie: What's the matter, Carlo?

    Carlo Rizzi: [punk sore at the world] Shut up and set the table!