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The Godfather effect : changing Hollywood, America, and me / Tom Santopietro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Santopietro, Tom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Godfather films--History and criticism.
- Godfather films.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit : Applause, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Godfather-and America's obsession with the classic film trilogy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Forty years after the initial release of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy continues to fascinate viewers old and new. The Godfather Effect analyzes the reasons behind this ongoing global phenomenon. With behind-the-scenes anecdotes from all three Godfather films, Tom Santopietro explores the historical origins of the Mob and why they thrived in America, how Italian-Americans are portrayed in the media, and how a saga of murderous gangsters captivated audiences around the globe. Laced with stories about Brando, Pacino, and Sinatra, and interwoven with a memoir about the author's own experiences growing up with an Italian name in an Anglo world of private schools and country clubs.
- Contents:
- Don Vito in Hollywood
- Spring 1992
- Ancestral voices
- From La Via Vecchia to L'America
- The lure of the Corleones
- Forefathers on film
- Godfather cinema
- Frank Sinatra
- La Famiglia (di Santopietro, Corleone, e Coppola)
- The Godfather: part II
- Patriarchy
- Religion, death, and grief
- The Godfather: part III
- The shadow of The Godfather
- Godfather: part IV?
- March 3, 1902.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9798765146927
- 1-4930-6886-5
- OCLC:
- 1298388133
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