The Godfather (1972)
1) Relate what was discussed in
class or the text to the screening.
The
Godfather was one of the highest grossing films of all time and has been an
inspiration for many great movies and TV shows such as The Goodfellas and
Sopranos and fpr very good reasons. The movie itself was 175 minutes long but
felt like 10 minutes, every scene either left you wondering what was coming
next or shocked at what had just happened. The cinematography was fantastic,
much like the camera angles and lighting from Citizen Kane.
2) Find a related article and summarize
the content. (on the film, director, studio, actor/actress,
artistic content, etc.) You can use the
library or the internet. Cite the article or copy the url to your
journal entry. Summarize in your own words the related article but do not
plagiarize any content.
“The
Godfather was a really good movie squeezed from a best seller” and everything about
it screamed 1940’s gangster. The movies was long but not drawn out, it had the
perfect amount of killing, drama, and character progression. The movie differed
from the book in one way and that was the transfer of power between Don
Corleone and Michael, which in the movie happened much faster, with Michael
being the main character instead of Don Corleone.
3) Apply the article to the film screened in
class. How did the article support or change the way you thought
about the film, director, content, etc.?
The
article gave some great information on the similarities and differences between
the book and the movie. It also went
into the reasons for why it was tight casted and also how this helped the
progression the story and cutting out some film time.
4) Write a critical analysis of the film, including your personal
opinion, formed as a result of the screening, class discussions, text
material and the article. I am less interested in
whether you liked or disliked a film, (although that can be part of this)
than I am in your understanding of its place in film history or the
contributions of the director.
I have never seen the Godfather before
watching it in class. I have watched both the Sopranos and Goodfellas and I have
to say that the Godfather is 100% the inspiration behind not only the Sopranos
and Goodfellas but every “Gangster” movie made since it was released in 1972. I
thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the movie, the story line was impeccable and
the cinematography was breathtaking. Before this and many other films in the
class I never paid attention to lighting or camera angle, but now it is one of
the first things I notice.
CHECKLIST FOR
PLAGIARISM
1) ( x ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) ( x ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) ( x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) ( x ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) ( x ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) ( x ) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) ( x ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) ( x ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name:__Christian Hansen___________ Date: ___05/08/2013________________________
1) ( x ) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) ( x ) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) ( x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) ( x ) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) ( x ) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) ( x ) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) ( x ) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) ( x ) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name:__Christian Hansen___________ Date: ___05/08/2013________________________
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