Cinema: The Godfather trilogy celebrates its 50th anniversary

The Godfatherit is the bloody fate of a mafia family. 50 years ago, this saga in three films reinvented gangster stories. the masterpiece is worship. In 1972, the young Francis Ford Coppola is still unknown. To stand out, he will show gangsters like we never have seenwith codes of honor. “I always thought The Godfather Story could have been a Shakespearean play about a king and his three daughters”explains the director.

To New Yorka mafia boss wants to sabotage the shooting at thetime, because he doesn’t want the movie. “He pressures members of The Godfather’s team with death threats,” reports Samuel Blumenfeldfilm critic for The world. He ends up set a condition: in the film, the word “mafia” should never be pronounced. He demands that one of his henchmen also be part of the cast. Coppola also had to fight to impose Marlon Brando on the screen, because in Hollywood, the actor does not have a good reputation. To get the part, Brando will transform his face, putting tissues in his mouth to give a bulldog effect. He won the Oscar for best actor and remains forever a legendary godfather.