Francis Ford Essays

  • The End By Francis Ford Coppola

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    Director Francis Ford Coppola uses the opening of the film Apocalypse Now to indicate to the audience a brief idea of what to expect in a war film and highlights some of the effects of war. The use of the non-diegetic sound of ‘The End’ originally by The Doors playing in the background whilst capturing the effects of war such as explosions is used to emphasize the destruction and misery faced during war. However, the use of a transition at (1:44) from the explosions and helicopters to Willards face

  • Who Is Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now?

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    Against this haunting music, the opening scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s surrealistic Vietnam epic “Apocalypse Now” shows what initially is a peaceful coastline of graceful palm trees along a beautiful and deserted beach. As Jim Morrison mournfully sings, helicopters begin to appear and that coast becomes totally engulfed in the violence of bursting explosives and fire. That’s the same coast my shipmates and I saw, but with the shelling and fires finally silenced, as we sailed away, leaving a brutal

  • Characters: To Blame For The Downfall In Shakespeare's Macbeth

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    Although humans are influenced by the close people around us, we are ultimately judged by our individual actions. In other words, it was Macbeth’s own actions that are responsible for his downfall. In the short play Macbeth, Shakespeare exemplifies that Macbeth’s mental condition is to blame for his downfall. He delinates his argument through various examples such as his relationships with the three witches, Duncan, and Banquo. By employing different characters to emphasize Macbeth’s mental vulnerability

  • Legalizing Drugs In Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather

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    extremely dangerous. For the manufacturing, transportation, selling, use or possession of drugs, one can be severely punished. Even with this high risk, people will distribute illegal drugs because it is extremely profitable. As, in a scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s, the Godfather, there is a business negotiation on the terms of distributing drugs to poor neighborhoods

  • Why Is It Important To Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now?

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    I decided to switch my artifact for the research paper from John Erick Dowdle’s No Escape (2015) to Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) because I think this film is more suitable for what I want to research, which is how and why the media actively shapes Americans’ perception of historical events. I am also especially interested in the role Orientalism plays in this process. Unlike No Escape, Apocalypse Now has a lot more historical significance because it came out a few years after the

  • The Outsiders Book Vs Movie

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    armor; it adorns and defends.” Robert South. The Outsiders was written by S.C. Hinton and it is a junior novel. (Movie): “Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.” Eartha Kitt. The Outsiders: the movie was written/directed by Francis Ford Coppola and it is a historical fiction. The book and the movie have many similarities and differences, but the two story’s explain the intriguing tale of the boys. The book and the movie both start out with Ponyboy writing in his schoolbook

  • The Sopranos: Pilot Episode (1999)

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    Christy Chandra Professor Sole Anatrone Italian Studies 170 Viewing Log Title: The Sopranos – Pilot episode (1999) Director: David Chase Date: 18 November 2015 I think The Sopranos is a TV show that takes many elements of mobster like The Godfather. However, I argue that Sopranos has modified the cinematography to make the plot unique. But as I previously got exposed to the Godfather saga, I found Sopranos a nostalgia product of the Godfather. It starts with an Italian-New Jersey man named

  • Film Analysis: The Godfather

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    The Godfather has been known as one of the greatest films of all time for its unique style of filming and the ability to show the theme throughout the movie in an exclusive manner. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, uses many different film techniques to show the growth and changes in all the characters throughout the course of the film. The movie follows two major characters in addition to everyone else, "Don" Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone. One exceptional element of this motion picture shows

  • Vincent Canby The Godfather

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    1315 class of 2016. The Godfather is one of the best crime drama movie which is full of mafia activities scene with three parts of long history of in a wealthy family and mafia groups. This the academic award winner movie in 1972 was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. According to, The New York Times news paper was published on March 16,1972 under the movie reviewed the title the Godfather by Vincent Canby. Mr. Canby was critic deeply a lot of issues based the movie formal techniques and thematic contents

  • Mario Puzo's The Godfather

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    1969, Mario Puzo, an Italian-American writer, published the book The Godfather, which was about the life of a Mafia family in New York. Inspired by the book, the film The Godfather came out in 1972 and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Puzo and Coppola collaborated on the film and what the duo experienced during filming was unlike that of any other in film history. The Mafia was an “Italian-American faction of organized crime,”, who were known for causing trouble. Puzo decided to write a

  • The Outsiders Movie Essay

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    The Outsiders; Book to Movie A famous book called The Outsiders became a movie in 1983. It was made by Francis Ford Coppola, he got the idea of making the book by S.E Hinton into a movie because he was inspired by a school librarian. The movie portrays the tough life of a gang in rural Oklahoma (Google). The book was published by S.E. Hinton in 1967, when she was only seventeen years old. Sixteen years later a school librarian in Fresno, California asked that a movie would be made about her and

  • Movie Analysis: The Godfather

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    absolutely was created during a era when the recent Hollywood folded, and therefore the new rules hadn 't been established. The studios were willing to experiment and to provide the film author 's free reign over their projects. One of such authors was Francis Ford Coppola. The movie that earned its cult standing by satisfying both the high standards of snobby critics and also the easy desires general audience. The greatness of the show cannot be seen solely in a success that followed him in a last quarter

  • Alfred Hitchcock Auteur Theory

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    The director of The Godfather parts one and two are classics, and have become engraved in the legacy of Francis Ford Coppola. As described in an online article, The Godfather films revolutionized new ideas in cinematography for future films by the use of minimally lit rooms that were often used in the movie (Konow, Filming The Light and Dark Side of The Godfather)

  • The Outsiders Individuality

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    The Outsiders: Importance of individuality Diego Correa Autumn 2023 The Outsiders was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and originally novelised by S. E. Hinton. Allows us as viewers to be introduced to the struggle of social groups co-existing in a town only big enough for one of them. F. Coppola utilises many stylistic devices to tell the story from the point of view of the Greasers, focusing on our main Greaser Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is just like any other greaser who comes from the rundown section

  • Textual Analysis Of The Godfather

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    My favorite theories to analyze is cinematography, editing, and sound. Moreover, “The Godfather” is a noted crime movie and the music played throughout the film is the same tune for much of the film. Each time the music is played the audience is alerted to some crime or the introduction of Don Corleone. My analyzing skills have evolved a great deal, and I look forward to critiquing every film I watch. It is like an auto-pilot when watching a movie now, I watch for the prompts, props, psychological

  • The Godfather Research Paper

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    The topic is my favorite movie. My favorite movie is The Godfather. The Godfather is a 1972 crime and drama movie, based on Mario Puzo’s novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It has won 26 awards including Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards. The Godfather movie is about the Sicilian family that immigrated from a small town near Palermo, Italy influence in the film industry, media, police and politics in America after World War II that American society was full of corruption, deception

  • Editing Techniques In The Godfather

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    1972 crime drama The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, rose to fame as a masterpiece of modern editing techniques. With its usage of techniques such as reverse shots, parallel editing, and purposeful point of view, The Godfather creates a unique viewing experience for its audience. One of the most important editing techniques used in the film is fading. Through its inclusion in transitions and key scenes such as the beheaded horse scene, fading helps to set the ominous tone and impact

  • Similarities Between The Outsiders And Apocalypse Now

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    out major parts of the movie which were the opening and ending. The second version of the movie included the complete opening and ending. Some people say the second version was how Ponyboy would have written it. The second version was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, he originally was not going to create a movie about The

  • S. E. Hinton: A Brief Biography

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    (Title) S.E. Hinton is a tower of literature. She was a very well-known inspirational author during the 1960s, and still is today, she was very talented due to the wonderful novels that she has written. Even though S.E. Hinton was a great author, she was still presented with many challenges, such as people not having faith in her writing abilities because of the fact that she was a female, but she overcame those negative comments to proceed into the path of greatness. S.E. Hinton was the most inspirational

  • Gang Violence In The Godfather

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    The American crime film “The Godfather,” created in 1972, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, greatly depicts the formation of gangs and gang violence as well as the American immigration experience. Don Vito Corleone plays an integral part in the movie as the mafia boss. He is well respected in the community, always dressed in his fine suits as he handles many favors on behalf of his friends. Though before he immigrated to America and gained his title as the mafia boss