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The Godfather (Part II)
Film Description Soon after its release, critical opinion merged to champion The Godfather Part II as a superior film to its predecessor - no mean feat on Coppola's part. Indeed, where Part 1 is an epic soap steeped in violent largesse, Part 2 is an American masterpiece, confidently navigating two timelines in its juxtaposition of the enterprising brutality of the young Vito Corleone (De Niro) and the human tragedy of his increasingly desensitised son Michael (Pacino). Exquisitely detailed, it deepens and embellishes the first film, and stands as the true high point of Coppola's career.
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Review by Wolfram Parge on 7th June 2004 It is impossible to shake off the conviction that The Godfather II is a film whose power and vision surpass even the original - but part II deepens the overwhelming legacy of crime in the Corleone family. Marlon Brando’s famous performance from the original film is shown here in flashback as we see the evolution of Vito Corleone in America, a timeless portrayal by the great Robert De Niro. This parallel is masterfully interwoven with the consolidation of power by the new Godfather, Michael, in an extraordinary performance by Al Pacino. Yet as Michael’s empire expands he becomes progressively alienated from his wife and children, and is forced to perpetuate murder against his own blood and a Las Vegas tycoon, Lee Strasberg’s brilliant Hyman Roth. The saga really ends here, in this vast film, beautiful and staggering, made by a visionary genius, Francis Ford Coppola.
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Academy Award Best Picture Winners Including: A Man For All Seasons, All About Eve, All Quiet On The Western Front (1930), All The Kings Men, Amadeus, American Beauty, An American In Paris, Annie Hall, Around The World In Eighty Days, Ben Hur.
Sight and Sound Critics Choice 2002 Including: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrei Rublev, Au Hasard Balthazar, Bicycle Thieves, Breathless (Godard, 1959), Charlie Chaplin - City Lights, Fanny and Alexander, Fellinis 8 1/2, Intolerance, Ivan The Terrible (Parts 1 & 2).
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