Tag: Godfather III

The Godfather’s Godfather

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Classic films come about through a lucky combination of accident and inspiration. In the case of THE GODFATHER, one of writer/director Francis Coppola’s most inspired choices was to model his film not on other American gangster movies, but instead upon the visual style and structure of  Luchino Visconti’s 1963 masterpiece, THE LEOPARD (IL GATTOPARDO).  By choosing Visconti as his model, Coppola infused new life [...]