The Godfather (BFI Film Classics) 教父

FrancisFordCoppola'sTheGodfather(1972)markedatransitioninAmericanfilmmaking,anditssuccess-asaworkofart,asacreativepropertyexploitedbyitsstudio,ParamountPictures,asamodelforaspiringfilmmakers-changedHollywoodforever.JonLewis'sstudyofthefilmlooksatthesignificanceofTheGodfatherinHollywood'sdramaticbox-officeturnaroundinthe1970sandoffersacriticalandhistoricaldiscussionofTheGodfather'splacewithinthecrimeandgangsterfilmgenre.LewisfocusesonthefilmasacommercialaswellasanartisticlandmarkofAmericanauteurcinema,asasingularlyimportantfilminHollywoodstudiohistoryandasabrilliantreworkedmoderngenrepicturethatatonceadoptsandadaptsthegangsterfilm.