Only a one film changed my perception about guilty people or mafia. It was only a film but made me understand why people commit a crime and how can it make authority on lots of people's mind. The film is called The Godfather. I'm sure you've heard from somewhere but if you haven't watch it, I strongly recommend for you to watch it.
The film criticizes the content and the structure of typical Hollywood films because every body was doing films only on certain subject: sex or money and nobody looks if the director makes a good film or not but this is different. Coppala, who is the director of the movie, critizes this bad depiction of the Hollywood films.
When I finished watching the film, I straightly went to a book shop and buy it's book that the film was based on and it's great too. Even if you knew the things that’s going to happen from the film, the language of the book makes you love it because each character of the book is certain and well explained and the topics are so relevant. There are a lot of quotes that I have underlined while reading it because the book gives lots of details about that time and the people from different levels such as the guilty ones and the ones who consider crime as a business. The film is like the summary of the book and obviouslly, the book is more detailed. I certainly advocate everybody to read the book.
Let me show you how characterization and theme are made in the book:
“Godfather, perhaps if He (the God) sees you near me He will be frightened and leave me in peace. Or perhaps you can say a word, pull a few strings, eh?”
From the beginning of the novel 'till the end, the power of Don Corlone on people is always expressed. He was the first person on that time that people think as the most powerful and a man to whom everybody came for help and never were disappointed. In this quote, one of the best friend of Don Corlone, Genco Abbandando, is begging for Don to stay with him when the time that he is going to die comes because he thinks that God will be afraid of Don thus, He will not kill him. This indicates how Don is powerful on people’s minds as showing the comparison between him and the God so, this quote is important to distinguish one of the protagonists of the book.
“It’s business, not personal.”
When there is a business that involves crime inside, they say this quote to refer themselves as a businessman because crime is part of their business which they have to do, thanks to that, they don’t feel any guilt while doing their job. Therefore, this quotation is important to show one of the theme of the book.
I don't know what to say. I really liked both of the versions. Hope you're gonna like them too.
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