Coppola's Worldview

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This paper explains that Francis Ford Coppola's worldview of quiet, powerful, violent men making important decision in dark rooms while the unimportant real world goes on outside, is made evident in two of his most famous films, "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part Two". The paper presents an analysis of both films by focusing on the activities of the Corleone family.

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"This paper examines the worldview of director Francis Ford Coppola as it is expressed in two of his most masterful films, "The Godfather" and "The Godfather, Part Two". Although the original source material is the novel by Mario Puzo and Puzo co-wrote both scripts with Coppola, the consistent vision and themes presented in these two films of the way the world works and the importance of family is very much that of the filmmaker himself. Throughout Coppola portrays a world in which loyalty, honor and power..."

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