Godfather_and_the_Maffia

Godfather and the Maffia The Godfather The Godfather, by Mario Puzzo, is a great book that brings back the feudal system of the Mafiosi. The movie like the book is, in my opinion, one of the all time greats. The book and the movie run hand in hand for the most part with very few major discrepancies. Not everyone feels that way; Isidore Silver thinks that the movie is a “myth-opera-fable” (Berger, 51), which is “an infinitely superior pop art version of its clumsy novelistic predecessor”(Berger, 51). On the other hand Carlos Clarens says, “ a resurgence of Italian pride followed the release of the Godfather”(Clarens, 277). A major difference between the book and the movie are the elimination of characters. The book goes into greater detail explaining characters lives, most notably Johnny Fontane, who in the movie does not play a huge role. The book explains his troubles, family life, movies and singing career where the movie only gets into his singing career. A character that isn’t mentioned in the movie at all is Albert Neri. In the book he plays an important role towards the end of the book. He becomes Michael’s right hand man or his Luca Brasi. Michael made Albert movie, book, don, family, corleone, godfather, made, silver, puzo, men, good, business, bad, mafia, justice, clarens, about, two, power, out, hand, characters, thinks, says, role, put, political, play, one, oil, man, italian, families, both, because, barzini, talks, society, right, prostitution, producer, olive, neri, michael, make, jewish, important, gambling, film, few