1)Relate what was discussed in class or
the text to the screening.
The
Godfather is an American crime film that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola
and produced by Albert S. Ruddy in 1972 when it was released. This film had 11 nominations in the Academic
Awards in which the Godfather won 3 Awards as the Best Picture, the Best Actor
(Marlon Brando) and the Best Adapted Screenplay.
According
to the text screening in the class, in the Godfather shows the bad guys as an
anti-hero’s, which means that the bad guys are really good guys and they “ root
for them despite that they are criminals and murderers.” Also, in the film they
show 23 murderers/deaths on screen.
The
Godfather is one of the grossing films of all times, according to the text.
2) Find a related article and summarize the
content.
This
article it talks about the background of the Godfather, the characters, and in
the article the author compared the Godfather film with the Sopranos and
Goodfellas saying that “Like "The Godfather," one of the most
impressive aspects of "The Sopranos" was its richly detailed portrait
of first- and second-generation Italian Americans, as seen through the
experience of one extended family.” And it also said that “Though pop culture's
fascination with the Mafia has undeniably fueled certain negative stereotypes
about Italian Americans, acclaimed works like "The Godfather,"
"Goodfellas," and "The Sopranos" have also given many
Italian Americans a sense of shared identity and experience.”
3)
Apply the article to the film screened in class.
The
article summarizes the content of the film screened in class in a way that the
lector can understand the story of the film, which is The Godfather. Also, in the article, the author said
something that may be the person who watched the film did not know about, for
example I did not know about a comment that the director of the Godfather,
Francis Ford Coppola, said in an interview.
The comment that the director said was that “he saw "The Godfather" as a classic
Shakespearean tale: the story of a king and his three sons.” And also, according
to producer Robert Evans, “Coppola also made his Mafia story a metaphor for
capitalism.”
4)
Write a critical analysis of the film.
The
Godfather is an American crime film that has a lot of nominations and 3 winners
of the Academic Awards. It shows anti-heroes
as bad guys but they really were not bad guys.
In my opinion and I have to be
honest, I did not like those types of films were they shows how they kill
someone; for me is like scary movies, that I have to close my eyes to do not
see when they shows when the assassin commit the crime. I am very emotional and
imaginative so for this reason I did not like this kind of film, but I recognize that the Godfather was very well
made and they deserved all the awards and nominations that they received.
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: Kareline Santiago Date: 05/10/13
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: Kareline Santiago Date: 05/10/13
