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The Godfather

by Jon Lewis

Type
Studies
Subject
One FilmThe Godfather
Keywords
Francis Ford Coppola
Publishing date
2009
   > See the newer edition (2022)
Publisher
BFI Publishing
Collection
BFI Film Classics
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 96 pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (13.5 x 19 cm)
ISBN
978-1-84457-292-2
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Book Presentation:
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) marked a transition in American filmmaking, and its success - as a work of art, as a creative property exploited by its studio, Paramount Pictures, as a model for aspiring filmmakers - changed Hollywood forever.  Jon Lewis's study of the film looks at the significance of The Godfather in Hollywood's dramatic box-office turnaround in the 1970s and offers a critical and historical discussion of The Godfather's place within the crime and gangster film genre.  Lewis focuses on the film as a commercial as well as an artistic landmark of American auteur cinema, as a singularly important film in Hollywood studio history and as a brilliant reworked modern genre picture that at once adopts and adapts the gangster film.

About the Author:
Jon Lewis is Professor in the Department of English at Oregon State University. 

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Newer edition

The Godfather

Newer edition

The Godfather

The Godfather (2022)

by Jon Lewis

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(previous edition)

Subject: One Film > The Godfather

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