The historical background of the godfather of movies

In my opinion, the film The Godfather has three levels. It can be summed up in a simple sentence, that is, "people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes."

The performance of the middle layer is about inseparable family ties. Traditional Italians are very much like China people, with strong family values, a bit like Wenzhou people who get rich by relatives and friends. Part of it is out of emotion, of course, but more is the law of survival. Immigrants come to strange America, and in order to survive, they have to depend on each other. They came, and there was nothing but their own. Mike, an innocent teenager, killed his father to protect him. Later, he was able to say to Ferede, "You are my brother and I love you, but if you help outsiders to tear down our own people again, I will never forgive you." Mike is really a clever man. He doesn't know anything. Sonny is cruel and loves his relatives. Because his sister didn't kill Carol, Mike never killed her without blinking an eye. Because Mike knows the rules of the game, he won't retaliate for revenge. He has a greater responsibility. After all, once betrayed, there will be a second betrayal. The moth around me will kill the whole family one day. Sister's personal pain will not be considered or considered. If she is soft-hearted, she will be completely destroyed. As Tom said to Sonny, "Everything is business, including their shooting your father. Replace emotions with reason. " Sonny didn't listen, Mike listened, so by the same token, killing his brother-in-law is also part of the business, and those who betray him have to pay the price, which is part of the rectification and elimination and part of the family's turnaround. Mike is sublimated from natural family feelings, so he can be the new godfather. Sonny can only die if he doesn't know how to close the door. The choice is limited, you can win or lose, you can't live or die, and there is no such thing as staying out of it, which goes back to the first meaning.

The godfather talks about the change of power and the legalization of illegal organizations in his heart. Desperate to survive, the original intention is just to make life better, take root in this land, so that future generations will no longer live a bloody life with their heads hanging on their belts, so they are eager to launder money. Ironically, the process of legalization can only be completed by illegal bloody violence. Mike has an ideal. His father was hallucinating. His son is not involved in the family business. His father wanted a senator in the family to be the manipulator, not a "thug" like him, so they understood each other. Gunfire shattered the dream, and everything still needs to be realized by the old way. After a short period of anger, it is helpless and firm. Mike has changed a lot, and his methods are more fierce than his father's. In fact, he already had a firm belief. Father and son have always stood on the same front and have the same dream. Marlon Brando has many classic lines about negotiation without smoke. What impressed me the most was that "drugs are different from the business we used to run." Gambling, women and alcohol are what people need, but people are taught not to do these things, but drugs are different. The government police will eventually step in and it will destroy us after many years. " Godfather actually has no moral principles like other hooligans. He said that whatever business he does is the same. Different from others' pursuit of immediate interests, his big vision and his ultimate vision are that others are seeking temporary pleasure and he is seeking a way out after a hundred years. His hysterical daughter doesn't understand this, his gentle and virtuous wife doesn't understand it, and his reckless and lecherous eldest son doesn't understand it. Only his youngest son is the most sober one, so Mike can't have a choice. He can't let go of his family, let it collapse and just relax himself. Godfather is an angel of God. In this sense, it is absolutely admirable for a person to grow into a godfather. In fact, the first generation of self-made people have some skeletons in their closet. It is not normal to accumulate wealth in a short period of time, that is, the so-called wealth has "original sin". Godfathers are never sentimental about sin. Mike's cross shot of being baptized by his nephew and sending someone out for a massacre vividly expresses the values of the Godfathers. There is no Lord to repay. If I want to change anything, I am God. There is no God in the world, and there is no justice of God. The hidden rules are really practical, and everything depends on yourself. Or it's not hypocrisy for me to put on the cloak of believing in God here. I'm walking towards you. When I have your power to transform the world so that I can live and work here from generation to generation, I will believe that your existence and protection will one day become your kind person.