The Godfather TrilogyThe Godfather films directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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Marlon Brando is The Godfather |
The GodfatherBased on the novel by Mario Puzo, The Godfather is now cinema history. Brilliantly directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it became of one of the most potent film projects ever and, with an all star cast of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton, the film was guaranteed block office busting material. Well, when I say guaranteed, the subject matter was very risky. The audience is being asked to empathise with brutal murders and not only empathise, but genuinely care for these men who butchered each other as casually as a chef fillets a side of beef. Bringing the most powerful Mafia family to life was a hugely demanding creative task, but Coppola and the cast capture their audience in an iron fist right from scene one. For the viewer it is 175 minutes of eyes super-glued to the screen and it is an experience that would live with each individual. The prowling Don Corleone, played with sublime brilliance by Marlon Brando, freely dealt out death sentences like you and I might order a coffee. next a scene where he played with his grandchildren. This is cinema at it very best. Pulsating drama that feels and tastes so real. Godfather II & III quickly followed with Al Pacino becoming the next Don. And we learn about Marlon Brando's Don Corleone as a young man played with rare excellence by Robert De Niro. We the audience grow with each film almost like they are real family. We watch Al Pacino's Don become the man he himself despised, but as he learns and understands why these brutal decisions must be taken so do we. And we are seduced. We buy into the illusion. We live the experience. In the cold light of day we admit quietly to ourselves that we could never sentence members of our own family to death, but strangely we understand why Al Pacino's Don does and too easily forgive him... It leaves a taste in our mouths and it is the taste of experience... Tim Rees
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Al Pacino is Don Michael CorleoneThe Hollywood Movie HistoryThe greats of the silent movie period included
Rudolf Valentino, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton,
Laurel & Hardy and a whole host of stars whose talents live
on in the many characters they portrayed. Jean Harlow is perhaps
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