The Godfather | Reinventing The Gangster

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In this video essay, we look at Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, the immortal classic starring Al Pacino and Marlon Brando. Close to the film's 50th anniversary, we discuss its bold reinvention of the classic gangster film, and why it's a historic New Hollywood movie.
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[@TheDiscardedImage]

What's everyone's favourite New Hollywood movies?

[@gokur3768]

Chinatown

[@radentstwo9793]

The first two Godfather films

[@mateusclaudino1472]

the french connection and the conversation

[@VegimorphtheMovieBoy]

The Conversation, The French Connection, American Graffiti, THX-1138, Jaws, Star Wars, The Sting, Murder on the Orient Express, All The President's Men, What's Up Doc?, Apocalypse Now, and The Wind and The Lion.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Head, Easy Rider, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather 2, Jaws, All The Presidents' Men, Bugsy Malone, Star Wars, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, Superman, Apocalypse Now, and The Shining

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Head, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, 5 Easy Pieces, The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, The Panic In Needle Park, Shaft, Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Mean Streets, Chinatown, The Conversation, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather 2, Jaws, Taxi Driver, Network, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bugsy Malone, Star Wars, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Superman, Apocalypse Now, The Shining, Heaven's Gate, so many classics were made by this film movement. The New Hollywood era was a time where directors could make a film, tear up the rule book, and be as creative as far as the imagination and technical limitations could let them. That's why I love it so much. You could make a French New Wave and 30s gangster flick inspired crime film like Bonnie and Clyde, you could make a 3 hour epic gangster film like The Godfather, and you could make a special effects filled walkthrough of Joseph Campbell's Hero with a thousand faces theory like Star Wars. Anything was possible back then. Thankfully, the influence of that era can still be seen today in other mediums of storytelling like indie films. Many anime like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, the Studio Ghibli films, and Monogatari can be considered a spiritual successor to the New Hollywood way of filmmaking and storytelling in my opinion, because they do a lot of wild and wacky genre bending, yet they are somehow able to maintain themselves in a serious light and keep their audiences entertained. So you won't have to look very far in my opinion

[@jacknelson6313]

This channel is honestly one of the best out there

[@tybo6376]

It's Every Frame A Painting level like quality. The guy knows what he's talking about.

[@shailu210]

One of the few movies that linger in your mind for a long time after every watch.

[@keepperspective]

I am pumped for this series! Brilliant idea and I’m excited for the next instalment!

[@d4mdcykey]

I usually always enjoy your videos but this one I found a bit too distracting because the background music was overbearing and unnecessarily dominant, so to be frank I eventually just shut it off. However, I do look forward to your future uploads.

[@samuelbarber6177]

I think The Godfather is what really cemented this idea of the head brass of the Mafia being these dignified, upper class gentlemen who follow this strict code of honour, which is probably why innocents are rarely if ever killed in these films. They’re still violent sociopaths but still follow laws of respect and gratitude, which sort of falls apart when you get to films like Once Upon A Time In America or Goodfellas. We’re meant to look at the Corleones, or at least Vito, as the moral right. He values, above all else, respect, and will only commit crimes that he feels doesn’t taint society, and does all that he does for his family.

[@AllWordsAreDust]

I'm very unconvinced the Godfather was ever going for realism or seen that way. It always offered a romanticised view of gangsters and contemporary reviews noted this. I think the key element it changed in its depiction of gangsters is that instead of as villains, they're depicted in almost regal fashion, a story of a king passing on the kingdom to his sons. In the case of Part II especially, was clearly modelled on classical tragedy and Michael Corleone, is a tragic hero in the classic sense - a Macbeth or Orestes. A far cry from realism.

[@madhuvanyadav1872]

the initial sequence was so so cool .

[@movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS]

That was a very stylish analysis. And a very pleasant one to experience.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

I first watched this movie when I rented it from the library during grade school. Been my favorite ever since

[@trentonkraczek]

What a great education in film. Thanks for all you do.

[@thomasseery7570]

Excellent analysis

[@WayTooClose]

The horse head was real. (PS: great video. Excited for the series!)

[@ciaoitalo]

bro this music SLAPS

[@pdzombie1906]

The perfect symbosis between a studio assignment and a personal auteur vision... Thanx!!

[@romansoto9644]

A series dedicated to my favorite era in all of film. You don't need to say anything more.

[@Thespeedrap]

The movie so good they show it every weekend on some tv channel.

[@nc8087]

Good video, but that music in the background is way too loud and distracting. You should turn it off in future videos

[@derfanddarf1]

Your editing is always top notch

[@tomaso0]

Thank you for such an instightful video. I loved every bit of it

[@anthonywrchurch]

Epic, great job.

[@paulkyle]

Please, please, please: whats the song in the intro? The opening was cool af

[@aroshan644]

Soundtrack?

[@EGRJ]

I should probably, y'know, actually watch this film in full instead of watching analysis channels.

[@greenlight6343]

What music tracks do you use here

[@danolson5387]

Godammit. I can't watch it because of the constant ANNOYING background music.

[@MrLuke187]

Whats the music you use for the Mubi pitch at the end of the Video?

[@marcomacias3960]

so Coppola' is making Vito both a hero and a villain.

[@Thespeedrap]

He's called a Anti hero

[@jmalmsten]

I wonder if a new new hollywood is on the way as studios scramble to survive the aftermath of 2020 spilling into 2021. Or maybe hiding in streaming services they will be more conservative than ever before.

[@flippert0]

Michael renounces Satan, because he can't worship a lesser evil than him.

[@shivkammadari]

Your channel is good but please cut out the bombastic EDM type background music. It will honestly elevate your videos above the hundreds of other movie channels that use this generic style of music.

[@shivamsundram8202]

🏴‍☠️👹👿

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

The opening scene of The Godfather Part IV. Vatican City, April 1st 2019 "THE GODFATHER (overheard reading a quote from FOOLS DIE by MARIO PUZO): Your Holiness, "Do you really believe that a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her? Never mind physically but betray her in his mind, in the very "poetry of his soul"." THE POPE: "Well it's not easy but men do it all the time." To finish the saying. Of course. As you know, monsignor, I am an avid reader of Italian literature. Though, the Bible -- our version is the key to understanding any text built from our Judeo-Christian traditions. Italiano atrice incluso." 📿- The Godfather (played by Al Pacino) speaking with the Pope The Godfather Part IV: The Godfather Cr📿sses Over 📖 the book on Facebook -- n🤡w revised with more content to concentrate the groundbreaking story ahead of the film's production 🎥 the first in a new Godfather film trilogy to be delivered by Paramount Pictures @paramountpics & The Godfather @thegodfather production team -- readying The Godfather TV series for CBS ALL ACCESS (PG13-rated, edited) & HBO (R-rated, uncut version) 🎥 the complete surreal bl👊🏿ck comedy screenplay written & published as a comic-style book on Facebook by Native American author-screenwriter Michael Charles @michael_charles_ at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California 🍊 in respect to Mario Puzo's R-rated book-screenplay masterworks ✔ the comic book, graphic novel version to be co-produced with DC C🤡MICS ✔ follow the Facebook link & scR👇🏿ll onward for the 508-page novel :: facebook.com/TheGodfatherPartIV #thegodfather #thegodfatherpart4 #paramountpictures #francisfordcoppola #martinscorsese #alpacino #michaelcorleone #catholicchurch #catholicism #catholics #thepope #pope #vaticancity #vatican

[@adarshjose3891]

First ❤️

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Head, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, 5 Easy Pieces, The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, The Panic In Needle Park, Shaft, Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Mean Streets, Chinatown, The Conversation, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather 2, Jaws, Taxi Driver, Network, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Bugsy Malone, Star Wars, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Superman, Apocalypse Now, The Shining, Heaven's Gate, so many classics were made by this film movement. The New Hollywood era was a time where directors could make a film, tear up the rule book, and be as creative as far as the imagination and technical limitations could let them. That's why I love it so much. You could make a French New Wave and 30s gangster flick inspired crime film like Bonnie and Clyde, you could make a 3 hour epic gangster film like The Godfather, and you could make a special effects filled walkthrough of Joseph Campbell's Hero with a thousand faces theory like Star Wars. Anything was possible back then. Thankfully, the influence of that era can still be seen today in other mediums of storytelling like indie films. Many anime like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, the Studio Ghibli films, and Monogatari can be considered a spiritual successor to the New Hollywood way of filmmaking and storytelling in my opinion, because they do a lot of wild and wacky genre bending, yet they are somehow able to maintain themselves in a serious light and keep their audiences entertained. So you won't have to look very far in my opinion