The GodFather

1. Mario Puzo's The Godfather a 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, staring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Talia Shire . Before his popular Godfather trilogy, former UCLA film student Francis Ford Coppola directed Apocalypse now and the conversation . The Godfather was nominated for eleven academy awards,including Best supporting actor, Best director and sound editing,costume design The film won three out of the eleven awards (Best picture) (Best actor Marlon Brando) (Best adapted screenplay)  . The Godfather II was nominated for eleven academy awards and won six. The themes in The Godfather was family; a different kind of family as opposed to society examining the mafia. Family values included, the wedding, baptism, 50 scenes with food. The themes also included the Anti- hero, the bad guys are really the good guys. The audience root for the bad guys despite that they are criminals and murders. The film included 23 on screen deaths. The impact on thee film revised the gangster genre. The influence on every mob story movies and show made after The Godfather were Scorses: Good fellas, and the hit TV show The Soprano's. The box office for the Godfather when released in 1972 made $82 million in the US and , worldwide it  made $134 million a total of $244 million. It is one of the highest grossing films of all time.

2.  http://www.articlemyriad.com/role-food-film-godfather/

The article I chosen is the role of food in the film "The Godfather" . The very detailed article talks about how food plays a significant role in Mario Puzo's  The Godfather and in Francis Ford Coppola's film make of Puzo's  novel. The author talks about how the persistent references to food suggest a deeper symbolic meaning, of personal honor ethnic authenticity and family relationships. Throughout every different stage and plot in the film there is a reference to food. The food scenes make the audience have a warm side to the family, and make them see the good in the Corleone's. One food scene that plays a major role in The Godfather is when the last generation of the family (Michael Corleone) begins to have a separate identity that breaks from both the family and cultural tradition. This shows shows in the food scene when the table is almost bare and the women leave the table, emphasizing on the split that is about to occur in the family. The author states that the higher  the Corleone's claim into the social ladder instead of eating at fancy restaurants, the Corleone's stick to what they know, they would prefer a prepared ravioli by a family member to a lobster or caviar meal any day. There food keeps them intact to their ethnic roots, and it confirms that the family has achieved a certain degree of stability and success.

3. The article was a good read, it made me think more about one of the main themes in the film family. With The Godfather film having 50 different food scenes, it did show how important food and family was to the Corleone family, and how food wasn't just for pleasure or enjoyment, it was more then that. Food represented family. As the article states food was a "symbol of personal honor, ethnic authenticity, and family relationships, as well as accomplishment and security". As an Italian cultural who takes pride in food and family, It really did show how down to earth and family orientated the Corleone's really were, and how there lifestyle never took them out of there element, which was serving the family business and doing anything to protect there family.

4.  The Godfather was a remarkable movie, Director Francis Ford Coppola did an amazing job casting the characters, and directing the film, the scene placement was also done wonderfully . The plot of the movie was very intriguing and great to watch. Being my second time watching the film , I believe I developed  a better understanding of the movie.