"The Godfather" is very well-rounded in narrative, and the half-hour wedding line is dense, which plays a key role in the development of the huge relationship network of characters and the plot. The several foreshadowings buried at the beginning of the film all echoed in the later plots, and what makes people feel novel is that these echoes do not determine the plot direction, but are connected in a grassy line. For example, the second time the owner of the funeral home appeared, after the godfather's eldest son Sonny was shot and killed, the godfather asked him to organize his beloved son's remains. Enzo, the son-in-law of the cake shop owner, appeared for the second time after the godfather was shot, and in the hospital he and Michael pretended to be a bodyguard to guard the godfather. These plots do not determine the direction of the plot, but connect the front and back plots, and merge the complex network of characters into a close whole; and this kind of echo is a common "benefit-reward" echo in classical narrative. The narrative rhythm is vigorous, and it is also an exaggeration to the characterization itself
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The Godfather narrative festival
2021-10-13 18:31
Extended Reading
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Gayle 2022-03-26 09:01:01
1. Like all fans, Godfather fans are as scary. If this is a man's bible, I can only say that fortunately I am not religious. 2. Is it to look at it from the perspective of film history? Why does it get such a high honor? Has it made a breakthrough in any aspect? 3, this so-called "epic" narrative seems out of place in the consumer era, maybe we are alienated? 4. I like the opening scene of the wedding very much. Well, maybe classic is a type
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Guillermo 2021-10-20 18:58:24
When a newborn baby is baptized by the godfather in the church, death outside the church is spreading...
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Emilio Barzini: [during a meeting with the Five Families] Times have changed. It's not like the Old Days, when we can do anything we want. A refusal is not the act of a friend. If Don Corleone had all the judges, and the politicians in New York, then he must share them, or let us others use them. He must let us draw the water from the well. Certainly he can present a bill for such services; after all... we are not Communists.
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Tom Hagen: When I meet with Tattaglia's men, should I insist all their drug middlemen have clean records?
Don Corleone: Mention it, don't insist. But Barzini will know that without being told.
Tom Hagen: You mean Tattaglia...
Don Corleone: Tattaglia is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But I didn't know until this day that it was Barzini all along.