The Godfather Film

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2016)

Plot Summary The godfather film is a crime novel that written by Italian American author called Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This Classic film was first published in 1972 based on a fictional story of a mafia family that lived in New York City. The Film showcases a crime novel that consists of the war between the Don Corleone family, the mob and four other mafia families in New York city and Staten island in New York. After Don Vito Corleone being shot by a man who works for drug dealer Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo. The tension rises and Corleone's two sons Michael and Sonny Corleone are left with no choices but run the family business with the assistance of consigliere Tom Hagen and two caproreglieres. The death of their father becomes a major tragedy and loss to their family but Micheal Corleone decides to seek for revenge on his father's death by murdering all of his father's enemies. Theme of the Film "Its business, not personal has been a slogan in this film. Power, dominance and respect has also been a main theme of achievement in the don Corleone family and the mafia families. This film also shows a range variety of American Italian traditions of the don Corleone family, the rules and rituals that shows a great focus and the ways of living their lives in world of full of crime. Last but not Least, this classic film shows a brilliance in his son on taking responsibilities in order to protect his family after the death of his father. However lately its arguably that he ends up causing conflict between himself and his family. Techniques and styles in the film This film has used different key elements and style to create a masterpiece. The usage of various sound and melodies; the Italian melodic music has been a major use in transition of one scene into another. Also the film has been directed with various camera angles and focus such as using the ironic montage and close up angles of the main characters.
In the first scene in the meeting, the camera tends to slowly focus on the main character Don Corleone and later fades to other characters in the meeting. This allows audience to focus on what's the main character is portraying and saying in that scene. Conclusion I have enjoyed watching this classic film and find this story to be very well articulated. The story was very artistic with great characters that tracks down the roots of mafia crimes and traditions. however, I also find the film to interesting because of the them that has been portrayed and the urge of power, respect and dominance is inevitable in the mafia world.