Introduction
The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of American freedom, stands behind the screen, but in the vehicle in front of the screen is a mafia holding a gun at the back of the driver's head. What "The Godfather" shows is such an America that the world has never seen.
system
"The Godfather" started by using a businessman to praise the American system, and this is probably the United States in the eyes of most people-a beautiful and free paradise. This is indeed true, only from the black hand in the film. We can see that the party has gathered in this land and has continued to grow and develop.
This is determined by a national system. Gao Xiaosong once said: "If a country's legal system is not sound, it depends on the development of local gangs." Gangs have money to hire lawyers, and lawyers can use the law to protect the gangs. It sounds very ironic, and this is a kind of irony of "The Godfather" to the American system.
Capital and politics
The godfather Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando), as the patriarch of the Corleone family located in New York, on the east coast of the United States, can get involved in the film industry represented by Los Angeles on the west coast and hotels represented by Las Vegas. Entertainment industry, but the Corleone family claims to run an olive oil business. And this is just the tip of the iceberg of the American Mafia. What is even more shocking is the words of the godfather: "This matter is handed over to Jewish parliamentarians in other constituencies."
Too many people in politics cannot do without the help of the Mafia. They warm each other and restrict each other. When the Corleone family killed a policeman, they used their people in the newspaper to compile public opinion for themselves and control the situation.
At this point, we have not dared to underestimate the Mafia. They have fully developed into a system covering the entire continental United States. When the godfather talked about his last wish to his son, he hoped that his family could truly enter politics.
in principle
The Mafia is doing what they think is right with their own thinking. They want to sell drugs, but they are determined to keep drugs away from school and never sell them to children. They know that it is destroying seedlings; they even thought about selling them only to blacks. Drugs are only circulated among people of color. Although this practice is not worthy of recognition, we can also see that the heart of the mafia is by no means made of stone.
And the godfather is a visionary, he can distinguish what can be done and what can't be done. When other gangs hope to develop the drug industry, he knows that drugs are a bottom line that must not be touched. Although the gray area is the boundary between black and white, once it crosses, it is completely different.
Credibility
Perhaps in your and my impressions, the Mafia is a completely negative term, but as a wise man once said: Existence is reasonable, and they are not completely useless. They have principles in their actions. That is not the law in our society. Their credibility is their promise. Looking at their simple and direct way of life, and then looking at our cumbersome life procedures, I can't help asking myself what is right and what is wrong.
And at the beginning of the movie, the godfather was not tempted by the generous rewards promised by the businessman friend who asked him for help. All he wanted was the businessman’s respect for him, a favor-perhaps you would think that favor is the biggest price. , But the movie reveals to us that all the godfather wants is for the businessman to put on his eldest son's last makeup.
family
When watching movies, we will constantly feel that the godfather is a great man, not in his achievements in the gang, but in his love for his family. He asked his godson if he had time to spend time with his family. He said that men who didn’t take time to spend time with his family were not real men. When the military officer asked him if he wanted to arrange a position for his new son-in-law, he said: Don’t, let them be well. Life; as well as all the troubles of his son who joined the army all the time, I can feel the warmth of this seemingly ruthless man, perhaps as he said, this is the real man.
end
And when we saw that the obedient college boy Michael (Al Pacino) was gradually forced to kill the enemy who hurt his father, and even became the second-generation godfather, we couldn’t help feeling a bit of bitterness. It was them. Choose to become a mafia? Perhaps it is more about facing the persecution of life.
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