Greatest American Film ever made!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 1998)

I was 18 when this film came out and "it really put the hook in me". No film has made such a lasting impression on me. Coppola achieved the essence of the American spirit, risk taking, deception, and egotistical nature we all have in our souls. But the real credit for the power of this film must go to the greatest civilization of all time; the Greeks. If this film's foundation is not rooted in classical Greek mythology I don't know what is. Many references have been made to Conrad's Heart of Darkness. But there were other great works in literature as well. See Frazer's THE GOLDEN BOUGH, and Weston's FROM RITUAL TO ROMANCE. Never underestimate the power of myth !!!