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I drew just the opposite conclusion from the Godfathers...

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In Reply to: RE: Morally corrupt film. Kurosawa made an excellent film, the first one he posted by tinear on September 11, 2008 at 21:06:01

...at least GF 1 and 2, as 3 is a more or less failed film and an afterthought.
I thought the GFs showed the darkness and greed at the heart of the "American Dream", how power without limits corrupts, how the greed emotionally bankrupted the tale's hero (Pacino's character). I don't feel the principals need to be "redeemed" in the least - that would undermine the point. It's meant to be an Amerian tragedy.
It's entirely appropriate to cast the appealing Pacino as the lead - audiences would't emotionally invest in the character otherwise. You got to see the promise as well as the fall. Evil seldom wears an ugly face, espeically ordinary. Charisma isn't limited in RL to just good guys.
The American fascination with violence and gangsters on the big screen demands a book length essay on its own. But I think one reason for this country's obsession with gangsterism is that it's the dark reverse image of the American dream, the flip coin of entrepenurial spirit - capitalism unbridled and power unfettered.
The GFs aren't my favorites either, my favorite Coppola movie is The Conversation.

Edits: 09/12/08

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