26th Mar 2012 The Godfather - 40 Years On ...

The industry of culture and fashion registered the fastest acceleration of movements constantly in the 20th century, in it's consumers as well as in the production estimates, in the adaptation to the new technology as in it's chameleon-like accommodation of the ever changing new trends and new tastes. This makes what caused fury in the old days now we look at with compassion, because they got old disgracefully, using the jargon of critics.

But, in art, as in life, there are always exceptions. One of them is the film The God Father, the unforgettable trilogy of the legendary director/movie-maker Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel of Mario Puzo. The film was first premiered on the 24th March, 1972, 40 years ago. This trilogy is indisputably one of the few films that have aged gracefully, demonstrating great resistance to the pass of time, judging by the countless unconditional fans who observe the annual ritual attending to the re-showing of the series, about the life, 'work', notorious deeds and assassinations by gangsters, the Corleones.

These devoted fans enjoy each year the nearly 9 hour long story are not the same as the movie Geeks disguised as Batman, or Darh Vader, to to go to the premiers of super heroes with magical powers or Vampire superproductions, but devotees of cinematographic art, convinced, and found, that each time they see the same films, they discovered new tints and shades, subtle nuance overlooked in the past; and new openings for reflection. They are fans that appreciate and understand the profundity of the film art, and defend that condition against other popular but ephemeral and fleeting blockbuster films.

The stone solid characters are played by equally solid actors, every one of them. A tremendous amount of things have changed in 40 years, the actors are old or dead, the screens have widen from wall to wall, the influence of video and games, and we have attended orgies of mind boggling special effects and 3D images ...

Nevertheless, in the classifications of the best films in the movie history, The Godfather remains untouchable, firmly keeping it's position on the very top, next only to Citizen Kane in 2011. Perhaps due to the extraordinary insight of the story but believable, the amazing actors that portrayed their rolls of such complex characters, hard, tough and cruel on the outside, love & hate within, with faithfulness, loyalty, politics, tradition and their special brand of family values to juggle and balance ...

True and pure Cinema.

 

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