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1、精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载1教父 the godfather review by roger ebertweknow from gay talese'sbook honor thy fatherthatbeinga professional mobster isn't all sunshine and roses.more often、 it's the boredom of stuffy rooms and a bad diet of carry-out food、 punctuated by brief、 terrible bursts of violenc

2、e. this is exactlythe feel of "the godfather、" which brushes aside the flashy glamour ofthetraditionalgangsterpictureand givesus what'sleft:fiercetribal loyalties、 deadly little neighborhood quarrels in brooklyn、 and a formof vengeance to match every affront.the remarkable thing about

3、mario puzo's novel was the way it seemed to be told from the inside out; he didn't give us a world of international intrigue、 but a private club as constricted as the seventh grade.everybody knew everybody elseand had a prettyshrewd hunch what they were up to.the movie based on a script labo

4、red over for some time by puzo and thenfinally given form、 i suspect、 by director francis ford coppola gets the same feel. we tend to identify with don corleone's family not because we dig gang wars、 but because we have been with them from the beginning、watchingthem waitforbattlewhilesittingat t

5、he kitchentableand eating chow mein out of paper cartons."the godfather" himself is not even the central character in the drama. that position goes to the youngest、 brightest son、 michael、 who understands the nature of his father's position while revising hisold-fashioned ways. the god

6、father's role in the family enterprise is described by his name; he stands outside the next generation which will carry on and、 hopefully、 angle the family into legitimate enterprises.those whohave read the novel maybe surprisedto findmichael at the center of the movie、 instead of don corleone.

7、in fact、 this is simply aneconomical way for coppola to get at the heart of the puzo story、 which dealt with the transfer of power within the family. marlon brando、 who plays the godfather as a shrewd、 unbreakable old man、 actually has the character lead in the movie; al pacino、 with a brilliantly d

8、eveloped performance as michael、 is the lead.but brando's performance is a skillful throwaway、 even though it earned him an academy award for best actor. his voice is wheezy and whispery、and hisphysicalmovementsdeliberatelylackprecision;the effectisof精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载a man so accustomed to

9、 power that he no longer needs to remind others. brando does look the part of old don corleone、 mostly because of acting and partly because of the makeup、 although he seems to have stuffed a little too much cotton into his jowls、 making his lower face immobile.the rest of the actors supply one examp

10、le after another of inspired casting. although "the godfather" is a long、 minutely detailed movie of somethree hours、 there naturally isn't time to go into the backgrounds andidentities of such characters as clemenza、 the family lieutenant; jack woltz、 the movie czar; luca brasi、 the l

11、oyal professional killer;mccluskey、 the crooked cop; and the rest. coppola and producer al ruddyskirt this problem with understated typecasting. as the irish cop、 for example、 they simply slide in sterling hayden and let the character go about his business. richard castellano is an unshakable clemen

12、za. johnmarley makesa perfectlyhatefulhollywoodmogul and、yes、he stillwakes up to find he'll have to cancel his day at the races.the success of "the godfather" as a novel was largely due to a series of unforgettablescenes.puzo isa good storyteller、butno greatshakes as a writer. the movi

13、e gives almost everything in the novel except thegynecologicalrepairjob.itdoesn'tmiss a singlekilling;itopens withthe wedding of don corleone'sdaughterand attendantupstairsactivity; and there are the right number of auto bombs、 double crosses、 andgarrotings.coppola has founda styleand a visu

14、allookforallthismaterialso "the godfather" becomes something of a rarity: a really good movie squeezedfrom a bestseller. the decision to shoot everything in period decor the middle and late 1940s was crucial; if they'd tried to save moneyas they originally planned、 by bringing everythi

15、ng up-to-date、 the movie simplywouldn't have worked. but it's uncannily successful as a period piece、 filled with sleek、 bulging limousines and postwar fedoras. coppola andhiscinematographer、gordon willis、alsodo someinterestingthingswiththe color photography. the earlier scenes have a reddis

16、h-brown tint、slightlyoverexposed and feelinglikenothingso muchas a 1946 newspaper rotogravure supplement.although the movie is three hours long、 it absorbs us so effectively it never has to hurry. there is something in the measured passage of timeas doncorleone hands over hisreinsof power thatwould

17、have madea shorter、faster moving film unseemly. even at this length、 there are charactersinrelationshipsyou can'tquiteunderstandunlessyou'veread the novel. or perhaps you can、 just by the way the characters look at each other.精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载2教父 the godfathertwenty-fiveyears'hinds

18、ightwasn'tnecessaryto prove the brillianceand authority of the godfather、'' francis ford coppola's classic epic ofa mafia family in america.itwas clear、even when the movie opened in1972、 thatcoppola had created a landmark in american cinema. it remains the high point of his career.wh

19、at we couldn'tsee then was how wide thefilm'sinfluencewould spread.there's barely a gangster movie、 a family epic or a movie about italian americans that doesn't inevitably use the godfather'' as a frame of reference. it's more than a standard-bearer for critics and filmm

20、akers- it's a monument.today、 as the castro theatre launches a two-week revival of the godfather'' in a new 35mm print with a digitally enhanced stereosoundtrack、it'sfascinatingtoconsiderthedirectionsthatcoppola andhis actors have taken inthe quarter-century sincethey made themovie、

21、which was based on mario puzo's best-seller.tough to matchfor coppola、 the struggle to match the godfather's'' achievement hasrenderedmixed results.he was only31 when he was signedtodirectthe godfather、'' and had only a handful of features to his credit: thecoming-of-age come

22、dy you're a big boy now、'' the musical finian's rainbow、'' the bleak character study the rain people.''based on thatwork、no one couldhave anticipatedthe confidenceand depth he would bringto thegodfather、''or to itsfirstsequel two years later、godfatherii.'&

23、#39;does anyone remember thatcoppola inventedtheuse of roman numerals in movie sequels.trying to equal that success and find new projects as large as his imagination and ego would bring coppola repeatedly to near-disaster.apocalypsenow''became a 16-month locationshootfrom helland nearly kill

24、ed him、 one from the heart'' wiped him out financially and thecotton club'' was as empty as it was flashy.to recover、 coppola became a hired gun and delivered the outsiders、''rumble fish'' and peggy sue got married.'' he made the conventionaltucker:the manand

25、his dream、''the overblown bram stoker'sdracula'' and most recently the embarrassing jack.'' but even as he lost his精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载momentum and self-assurance、 it was impossible to dismiss him - or to stop hoping he would recapture the godfather'' magic.for his actors the godfather'' was also a benchmark. marlon brando revived a slumbering career with his masterful、 oscar-winning icon don vito corleone - but thereafter become lazy and disdainful of his profession.cha