‘ The Godfather Ruz‚ Julianne Marie A. III-Oxygen Ma’am Ramos I. Title The Godfather II. Author Mario Puzo III. Setting New York in the 1930s‚ the town of Corleone‚ Sicily‚ Long Beach‚ and Las Vegas‚ Nevada. IV. Plot Vito Corleone is known as The Godfather in the criminal underworld. His father was killed by the local Mafia chieftain‚ and ever since he was twelve years old‚ strange men have come to kill him. His empire has known peace for ten years
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Redemption. The Godfather employs a classic Italian-American mafia crime family in New York and Nevada. Vito Corleone as the founder of the Corleone crime family. An immigrant from Sicily who witnessed both his parents shot by a different don. He has four children and a step son whom he had adopted. Michael Corleone as the second Godfather to the Corleone crime family. Santino (Sonny) Corleone who is the eldest son and was to be the newly crowned don of the family until his death. Tom Hagen who is
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portray the life and transformation of Michael Corleone; he leaves his status as a family outsider to become king of the underworld. Michael is the son of Vito Corleone‚ Don of the Corleone Crime Family1. The story of The Godfather is the story of both Vito and Michael. Vito passes away and leaves his throne to Michael‚ who steps out of a seemingly innocent world ordinary American life to receive his father’s crown and to assume control of the Corleone Family. As my thesis focuses on Michael‚ I will
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gathered for Don Vito Corleone’s daughter‚ Connie and her fiancé Carlo Rizzi’s‚ wedding reception. Don Vito Corleone‚ known as Vito‚ was the head of the Corleone Mafia family who has friends and associates who knows him as “godfather.” During the reception‚ Vito decides to call a meeting in his office with his oldest son‚ Sonny‚ and his adopted son/family lawyer‚ Tom Hagen. During the meeting multiple people goes into his office asking for favors. One of the men who were asking Vito for favors was
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Changing from good to evil The change from good to evil can happen to anyone. It can happen to the best of people‚ just like Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Copalla’s the Godfather. In these two completely different stories‚ the protagonists Macbeth and Michael Corleone‚ start off good and transition into evil and gain too much power for them to handle. Changing isn’t a choice for either of them and evil just presented itself upon them. In both the
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For my choice of sequence I have chosen the salatso murder. I have chosen this sequence because it is an important sequence not only to the story the movie tells‚ but cinematically as well. Reasons for cinematic importance include; the use of sound‚ such as the train noise in relation to michael’s internal conflict‚ the variations of shots for different parts of the sequence‚ and the variation of light as the sequence matures With michael’s progress in the murder. "the godfather"is a film made
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Film: The Godfather Date | Prompts/Essential Questions 1. What is the effect of color/lighting in the film? 2. Where do you notice juxtaposition? What is the effect? 3. How does The Godfather adhere to the conventions of the mob/gangster genre? (remember to note connections to film noir). 4. How do the characters in The Godfather resemble other characters/archetypes in some of the other films we’ve watched? | Summary of Day’s Vi-ewing | My Contribution to Discussion | 11/1311/15
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS PART 1: Vito is portrayed as a man who is looking for friendship in return for his services‚ a man who is happy on the day of his daughter’s wedding and is also hearing to people’s requests. He is shown as a loving and caring father and a husband to his family. Vito’s youngest son‚ Michael is a celebrated war hero who comes to the wedding with his girlfriend. Vito’s godson Johnny Fontane‚ a popular singer‚ pleads for help to secure a coveted movie role‚ so Vito dispatches his consigliore
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the film stars Marlon Brando andAl Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family. The story‚ spanning the years 1945 to 1955‚ centers on the transformation of Michael Corleone from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss while also chronicling the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone. While on the other hand‚ We Own the Night is a 2007 American crime drama film written and directed by James Gray and starring Joaquin Phoenix‚ Mark Wahlberg‚ Eva Mendes and Robert
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cuts to a mid-shot of the godfather sitting down‚ stroking a cat. This shows that Don Vito is comfortable in this situation‚ and it also reinforces superiority. The cat is actually a metaphor for this situation. Don Vito‚ being large and powerful‚ playing with a small‚ unknowing animal. In this case‚ Bonasera is the cat and Don is taking control over him. These items and or props also have a direct link to Don Vito and the room. The fact that he is sitting behind the desk‚ angled sideways- showing
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