{"product_id":"the-godfather-by-jon-lewis-9781839024580","title":"The Godfather","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis Ford Coppola's \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) marked a transition in American film-making, and its success—as a work of art, as a creative 'property' exploited by its studio, Paramount Pictures, and as a model for aspiring auteurist film-makers—changed Hollywood forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJon Lewis's study of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a close look at the film's audacious visual style, including the long, theatrical set pieces, the chiaroscuro lighting, and the climactic montage that parallels a family baptism with a series of brutal murders. The analysis of visual style is paired with a discussion of the movie's principal themes: Vito and Michael's attempt to balance the obligations of business and family, their struggle with assimilation, the temptations and pitfalls of capitalist accumulation, and the larger drama of succession from father to son, from one generation to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe textual analysis precedes a production history that views \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e as a singularly important film in Hollywood's dramatic box-office turnaround in the early 1970s. Finally, the book takes a long hard look at the gangster himself, both on screen and off. Hollywood publicity attending the gangster film from its inception in the silent era to the present has endeavoured to dull the distinction between the real and movie gangster, insisting that each film has been culled from the day's sordid headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at the drama on screen and the production history behind the scenes, Lewis uncovers a series of real gangster backstories, revealing, finally, how millions of dollars of mob money may well have funded the film in the first place, and how, as things played out, \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e saved Paramount Studios and the rest of Hollywood as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428260692204,"sku":"9781839024580","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839024580.jpg?v=1774497333","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-godfather-by-jon-lewis-9781839024580","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}