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The document provides a film review and analysis of The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972. It discusses how the film revolutionized the gangster genre and influenced many subsequent films and TV shows about organized crime. Food plays an important symbolic role in the film, representing the family's culture, traditions, and bonds. Throughout the film's many scenes centered around meals and celebration, food serves to humanize the criminal characters and portray the family as warm and caring despite their illegal activities.
The document provides a film review and analysis of The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972. It discusses how the film revolutionized the gangster genre and influenced many subsequent films and TV shows about organized crime. Food plays an important symbolic role in the film, representing the family's culture, traditions, and bonds. Throughout the film's many scenes centered around meals and celebration, food serves to humanize the criminal characters and portray the family as warm and caring despite their illegal activities.
The document provides a film review and analysis of The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972. It discusses how the film revolutionized the gangster genre and influenced many subsequent films and TV shows about organized crime. Food plays an important symbolic role in the film, representing the family's culture, traditions, and bonds. Throughout the film's many scenes centered around meals and celebration, food serves to humanize the criminal characters and portray the family as warm and caring despite their illegal activities.
1. Relate what was discussed in class or text to the screening: The Godfather, a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972, is a classic film that paved the way by influencing on every mafia story since. This film revised the gangster genre and has had a tremendous impact on other films, like Goodfellas, and hit television series, like Sopranos. The Godfather was nominated for 11 awards, and won three: Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Prior to our film screening, the discussion touched up on various topics, including the director, actor, awards, and themes. Themes typically provide the viewers (students) with the framework needed to understand the major ideas in the film. In this case, family is a tremendously important theme. This is a different kind of familythey pride themselves on respect and loyalty. The story in the film is told from within the family, as opposed to the society examining the mafia. In a sense, we are provided with a perspective from the inside looking out. Family values are portrayed in the film during celebrations, like a wedding, baptism, and countless scenes in which the actors are surrounding the center of food. Other themes include the anti-herothe bag guys are really good guys. We want them to come out on top despite the fact that they are criminals and murderers because we are looking from a different perspective. Additionally, violence/murder is another theme in the filmthere are 23 on-screen deaths. This film was one of the highest grossing films of all time bringing in 244 million from all over the world, which is absolutely mindblowing! 2. Find a related article and summarize the content: The Role of Food in The Godfather, an article written by Nicole Smith, summarizes the importance of food in the culture of this family and throughout the film. In addition to actual food scenes, there are persistent references to food that suggest a deeper symbolic meaning. Throughout each stage and major plot of the film, food is visibly in the backdrop or center of the film. In this film, food is symbolic of personal honor, ethnic authenticity, and family relationships (Sutton & Wogan, 155). Additionally, food is a symbol of accomplishment and security, and also serves as a representation of how traditions are maintained and adapted in this family from the Old World to the New World. Most importantly. The food in this film always suggests the Corleone family to be warm and loving family men, who despite the crimes they commit, appear to be quite normal and not as bad as we would assume them to be from the outside looking in. The movie impacts shows like The Sopranos, where food is used as a way to represent Italians because it is a means of bringing family together and sharing commonalities with ethnic roots and family ties. Lastly, food is an affirmation in the family as a degree of economic security and successthey are able to provide food for all their family because they are economically comfortable. http://www.articlemyriad.com/role-food-film-godfather/ 3. Apply article to film screening in class: In The Godfather, there are 50 scenes that center around food. That is a significant amount of food in one film. This simple fact shows us the importance of food in the Italian culture, more specifically, for the Corleone family. I appreciate the food scenes from a personal perspective because my Greek family is constantly focused around food and a large spread on the table. Family recipes are important to most families, and sometimes portrayed as secrets because of the significance it has from each family to themselves. Although we are amongst mafia members, the food scenes remind us that from the perspective that we watch the film (from the Family), these men are family people despite their shady choice of work. Dr. Mirrer commented on the culture of Italian-Americans and the cultural importance and significance that food has. Food is not only something they eat, but it is extremely symbolic of the family. One unforgettable line in the film involves Clemenza, who says, Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. One thing is for sure, the Corleone family knows how to set a table and eat. 4. Write a critical analysis of the film: The Godfather is one of my favorite films of all time. Watching The Godfather as a young girl with my family opened my eyes to a completely different type of film: the gangster genre. This film impacted the genre significantly, and I can easily spot similarities between the other films in this genre in which I love (like Goodfellas). I enjoy watching films from the inverted perspective of the anti-hero; I find it astonishing that we root for the bad guys because of the perspective we are seeing things from. Sometimes, a point of view can change your complete opinion on something or someone. Again, the food in the film incorporates a culture that is incomparable to other films for the simple fact that Italian-Americans truly do define their success, loyalty, and honor to their families and guests with food. If you are respected, you will be presented with a set table and lots and lots of food. This film, although extremely violent, is dramatic and interesting from all aspects of film. Al Pacino and Marlon Brando are outstanding and have been my favorite actors since the first time I viewed this film as a high-school student.
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Name: Sophia Halkias ______________________ Date: May 5, 2014_____________________