The Godfather

Japanese: ゴッドファーザー - ごっどふぁーざー(英語表記)The Godfather
The Godfather

American film. 1972. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. A new-generation gangster film that depicted the rise and fall of a mafia family in a harsh yet romantic way from the perspective of family love, and became an unprecedented hit. The youngest son of the mafia don "Godfather" (Marlon Brando), Michael (Al Pacino, 1940-), aspires to be an honest man, but when he sees his father and brother shot to death, he rises up and, after a fierce struggle, becomes the second "Godfather" and assumes a powerful position. The film is an adaptation by Mario Puzo (1920-1999) of the best-selling novel of the same name. Puzo and Coppola adapted the film. The film was enlivened by the powerful storytelling, which made effective use of cross-cutting (an editing technique that alternates between two or more scenes), the cinematography by Gordon Willis (1931-2014) unified in a nostalgic dark and dull color scheme, and the melancholic music by Nino Rota. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando refused the award), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Two years later, The Godfather Part II was released on an even larger scale, depicting the budding and disintegrating family in parallel across two different eras, and won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, surpassing the previous film. The Godfather Part III was made in 1990 to conclude the story.

[Takaharu Miyamoto]

[References] | Coppola | Brand | Rota

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカ映画。1972年作品。フランシス・フォード・コッポラ監督。マフィア・ファミリーの興亡を苛烈(かれつ)に、かつ家族愛の視点からロマンティックにも描き、空前のヒットを記録した新時代のギャング映画。マフィアのドン「ゴッドファーザー」(マーロン・ブランド)の末っ子マイケル(アル・パチーノAl Pacino、1940― )は、ひとり堅気を志していたが、銃弾に倒れた父親や兄を見て立ち上がり、激しい抗争の末、2代目「ゴッドファーザー」として強大な権力の座につく。マリオ・プーゾMario Puzo(1920―1999)の同名ベストセラー小説をプーゾとコッポラが脚色。クロスカッティング(二つ以上の場面を交互につなぐ編集技法)を効果的に多用した力強い話術、懐古的な暗くくすんだ色調で統一したゴードン・ウィリスGordon Willis(1931―2014)の撮影、哀愁を帯びたニーノ・ロータの音楽が作品を盛り上げた。アカデミー作品賞、主演男優賞(マーロン・ブランドは受賞を拒否)、脚色賞を受賞。2年後に公開された『ゴッドファーザーPARTⅡ』はさらにスケールを拡大、二つの異なる時代にまたがるファミリーの萌芽(ほうが)と崩壊とを並行して描き、アカデミー賞作品賞、監督賞をはじめ前作を上回る6部門での受賞となった。1990年には物語を締めくくる『ゴッドファーザー PARTⅢ』がつくられた。

[宮本高晴]

[参照項目] | コッポラ | ブランド | ロータ

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