The Godfather
1972 | Crime | USA | Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Overview
The Corleone family saga turned pulp into opera. Marlon Brando mutters, Al Pacino darkens across three hours from war hero to don, and a wedding opens with a favor. Gordon Willis underexposed cinematography gave the blockbuster shadows. Top grosser of 1972, three Oscars, and the film every crime story since negotiates with. Family, capitalism, America: one table, one orange peel.
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