Two Men’s World – an Analyses of Godfather

sebaceous cyst 1 Hang Wen Dr. Nirmal Trivedi side 1102 January 30th, 2010 Two Mens World &8212-An Analyses of Godfather and revelation Now Godfather and Apocalypse Now, both atomic number 18 big(p) movies, and both ar the branch windows, through with(predicate) which I first saw America. At the first sight, these 2 movies front to cave in a lot of similarities both are one of the scoop up hits in history, both starred by Marlon Brando and directed by Francis crossbreeding Coppola, both slow-paced and 3-hour long, and both had a deep influence in the American society.On the early(a)(a) hand, 2 movies have so little in gross one is talking about the Mafia in New York, as yet the other is demonstrating the wars in the Indo-China Peninsula one is comp permitely rational and unruffled, where the old move into hearing that his son was killed, just showed his grief for one second and and then turned to business, yet the other went to a nonher extreme, showing an entir e daft innovation, where hands were either mad or going mad.However, if we examine the two movies care intacty and only grasp the kernel, well find that both movies are genuinely between two men Don Vito Corleone and his counter area in the other film Colonel Kurtz, who are both strong in mind, worshipped by peck and is the center of business office in his world, Thus, both movies to undertakeher, the Godfather Wen 2 and Apocalypse Now are demonstrating a two- adult male world, filled with philosophy, wisdom and a strong go away. Lets look at the Godfather, Don Vito Corleone first.Don Corleone step uped at the very start of the film, which was the wedding party of Dons missy Coney, and the beginning scenes already fully demonstrated the Godfathers high and godlike place. As Sicilians never refused all requests on a wedding day, many a nonher(prenominal) people came to the Godfather for justice, one of whom was Bonasera, an Italian-American undertaker. The film started by his famous line, I believe in America, at which metre the screen was motionlessness dark then his face and fore clearance appeared on the screen, and he go along America has made my fortune.However, America failed to give him justice His lady friend was beaten to disfigurement and almost raped except the suspects only authentic a suspended sentence. Thus he came to Godfather, who was awed y because of non only his personally charm and also influence and deterrence. evoke the reply of the Godfather was that he didnt agree or decline at the beginning, but he began to mock that Bonasera never treated him as a friend and never invited him to cafe. Sadly, the obtuse Bonasera didnt get Godfathers message, and proposed that he could pay money. then(prenominal) the Godfather had implicitly pointed outIf youd come to me in friendship, then the remove that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day Then the most interesting scene comes When Bonasera tentatively asked be my friend, Godfather did non answer and was just casually looking around Finally Bonasera realise what he should do he then bowed, kissed Corleones hand and vociferateed him godfather. And Corleone replied with undecomposed, which was enough to bring justice to this Wen 3 poor undertaker.From the communication above, it is not hard to get the implicit message from the Godfather, that though he was asking people to come in friendship and to treat him to a cafe just like a friend, he did not very want to people do so Every action he did and every news program he spoke was suggesting that they did not deserve to bitch him Corleone, instead they should call him Godfather and bow and kiss his hand. It is this kind of worship, that though he stays close to you, he is always overlooking at you and that though he never forces you to do anything, he just makes you fear.Colonel Kurtz, also portrayed by Marlon Brando, built a similar worship in the other movie Apocalypse Now. Opposite from the Godfather, Colonel Kurtz did not appear until the furthest part of the movie. His image, however, has been impenetrate through the movie, though is vague most of the time. In this 3-hour-22-minute film, the first 2 hours and 28 minutes was used to describe Willards journey up the Nung River from Saigon to the remote Cambodia jungle, in which we only knew that Colonel Kurtz was probably mad and built a so-called colony. However, the feeling of madness and fear was augmenting among Willards team.They lost two men and became so nervous that they shot to the innocents. They saw the soldiers along the river losing lead and going mad and finally they went mad themselves Lance painted him with powders and did yoga anomicly. In such condition, they reached their final destination. On the fog-wreathed water, a group of people with mysticalally painted faces disciplinarily lined up in the river-boat and half-naked corpses were hanged on the trees by the river. With the cryptic ba ckground music, the one-minute-long scene for the first time portrayed the colony that Colonel Kurtz had built. Wen 4 raft seemed to be submissive and unconscious and an atmosphere of fear and sacred was in every corner. Though Colonel Kurtz still did not show up, he had brought an inenarrable hatred to everyone, as Willard described Everything I saw told me that Kurtz had gone insane. The place was full of bodies North Vietnamese, Vietcong, Cambodians. If I was still alive, it was because he wanted me that way. What a agent Kurtz had put on this land. Then appeared the photojournalist, who being a big strike out of Colonel Kurtz, crazy himself and hanging 4 cameras on his neck. Through his word, we knew Kurtzs accessible standing here. Very coolVery cool hardly he can be friendlyYou dont judge himHes gone to the jungle. He disappears with his people. He forgets himself for his people. Colonel Kurtz was worshipped by the people here he was their god and mainstay for their live s. He stock the same kind of worship as the Godfather and they both demonstrated the same situation which is a combination of personal charm and strength, making people coming to them, bowing their backs and bending their knees, without pushing them. They were just like producing a magnetic field around them, separating them from others and making them divine.They were both calm and did not talk too much, because they expected others to get the message from their eyesight and eve from any tiny actions of them. And when it comes to a time they had to show their strength, they were still calm and elegant. The Godfather sent Tom Hagen to Hollywood to get his godson Johnny Fontane the leading economic consumption of a film. The director Jack Woltz, who was also powerful and even had dinner party with the president, obviously did not regard this as a matter and arrogantly rebuked Tom Hagens proposal. Tom left peacefully for Mr.Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad Wen 5 news right away. But in the next morning, he found the decapitated head of his beloved stud horse in his bed with him. And a workweek later, Johnny called back to say that he got this role. Godfather himself even didnt appear in this event, but his great power could be felt. Even fewer scenes were in Apocalypse Now to directly demonstrate the power of Colonel Kurtz, buy food one midnight Colonel Kurtz grasped the Chefs (who had been with Willard through the journey) head and silently put it between Willards two legs.Willard then woke up and screamed. For the first time in the movie, Willard showed some kind of fear and horror. Colonel Kurtz calmly watched him and walked away. Even without word, Kurtz let Willard spang that if anyone was alive it was because that he let him alive and that if he was killed it was because that he let him to be killed. Generally speaking, two films demonstrate the main characters power in an indirect way, most from the third persons angle, partly because that their power was too overwhelm to depict directly.Their power and worship received is essentially the same. Just as I have mentioned above, both are payable to their personal character and magnet. However, some people may say that these two characters are essentially different, because Godfather is extremely rational but Colonel Kurtz is always characterized by the word mad or insane. This reasoning is not true. Colonel Kurtz is not that a mad man that you usually see in an asylum. He knows what he is doing and his logic is clear. And most important, he has his testify philosophy, such as what he told Willard We must kill them.We must incinerate them. Pig afterward pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army. And they call me an assassin. What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? Wen 6 They lie. They lie, and we have to be merciful, for those who lie. Those nabobs. I hate them. I do hate them. People in the movie say that he is insane becaus e they do not understand his philosophy and the way he speaks most of the time, he seems to be like talking to himself. He is really in his own sacred world. But isnt the Godfather?Don Corleone also has his own view of the world and is stick to it, such as be close to your friend but closer to your enemy and Women and children can be careless, but not men He is so stick to his own value that he refused to get involved into the narcotics business, which resulted in big trouble, and he also conceals himself in his own world by saying Never tell anyone outside the Family what you are thinking. On the other hand, the Godfather and Colonel Kurtz are indeed different. Though with equal power and intelligence, Godfather seems to live in happiness while Kurtz in great pain.The last word of Godfather is The world is so beautiful, but the last word of Kurtz is the famous The horrorThe horror Then what is it that causes such a struggle? The journalist gave one answer, Hes clear in mind, bu t mad in soul. And my answer is the family. Fighting away from home, Colonel Kurtz got no support from family, where everyone truly loved him. From his letter to his son (Im afraid that both you and your mother would have been worried for not hearing from me these past weeks. But my situation here has become a difficult one. Ive been officially charge of murder by the Army.The alleged victims were four Vietnamese double agents. We exhausted months uncovering and accumulating evidence. When absolute proof was completed, we acted, we acted like soldiers. The charges Wen 7 are unjustified. ) and his conversation to Willard (I worry that my son might not understand what Ive tried to be. And if I were to be killed, Willard, I would want psyche to go to my home and tell my son everything everything I did, everything you sawWillard, you will do this for me) we can derive that he received unjustified charges in military but his wife and son did not understand him.Then he gradually isola ted himself and escaped to this little-known place and ruined it. Alone and lonely, great pain he suffered and finally went insane. The Godfather, however, has always been putting the family at the first place, just as he said If you never spend time with your family, you would never be a man. He detested any disloyalty to the family and asked his sons to stick to this rule. He had a wonderful and happy family himself. He died when vie with his grandson, and found the world is so beautiful.In conclusion, both Don Corleone and Colonel Kurtz are great man, who are powerful and influencing people around them in a special way. They both have their own philosophy and spiritual word. They are quite similar in many ways except that the Godfather has a happy family, which makes their lives ending in so different ways. Wen 8 Works Cited Godfather. Dir. Francis carrefour Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Paramount Pictures, 1972. DVD. Apocalypse Now (Redux version). Dir. Francis F ord Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen. United Artists, 2001. DVD.