Fenomeni / phenomena
najuspešnijih filmova te dekade. Brandova izvedba Vita Kor- leonea je, osim velikog uspeha kod publike i kritike, ostala i vi- zuelno upamćena jer je za potre- be uloge nosio protetičke umetke na dnu vilice sa obe strane kako bi dočarao lik na način kako ga je Kopola zamislio (danas ih u vidu eksponata možemo videti u Mu- zeju filmske umetnosti u Njujor- ku). Na dodeli Oskara 1973. go- dine, od 10 nominacija, Kum je osvoji tri, i to za najbolji film, naj- bolju glavnu mušku ulogu (Mar- lon Brando) i najbolji adaptirani scenario. Serijal od tri filma uku- pno je nominovan za 28 Oskara, a osvojio je devet, tri za prvi deo i šest za drugi, što ga čini jednom od franšiza sa najviše nominaci- ja, iza Ratova zvezda (37) i Gos- podara prstenova (30).
Coppola’s masterpiece remastered The Godfather lives, half a century on One of the all-time most legendary films, Francis Ford Coppola’s saga of the Corleone family has turned 50. To mark this jubilee, The Godfather has been remastered and re-released in cinemas worldwide
I t is unequivocally good news that The Godfather is being screened again. The film’s 50 th birthday is the excuse, but it should really be screened at least once a year, to provide proper cinematic joy. Watching these bril- liant films on the big screen, in the dark – fantastic! And yet, this is rel- atively unimportant because its in- fluence is ubiquitous. Just look at Succession, one of the most popular and highest award-winning contemporary TV shows. Couched deep within this most modern narrative are the fif- ty-year-old themes of Francis Ford Coppola: a boss and a shadow that’s cast by his power over his cursed adult children. The first season’s fi- nale played out behind the scenes at а wedding, which is how The Godfa- ther began; in the second season, a Fredo-style kiss preceded betrayal;
in the third came another wedding, more betrayal and the final blow that provided such a strong nod to Coppola that fans of Matthew Mac- fadyen’s performance dubbed him “The Tomfather”. There are countless mafia mov- ies, of course, but the power of the sheer weight of numbers pales in comparison to that of the scale of in- fluence exerted by one dynasty. The Godfather has its direct offspring, in sequels II and III, but it also has Goodfellas and The Sopranos. Scors- ese’s masterpiece is an angry heir, while his further relationship with Tony Soprano meant Coppola not only changed the world of film, but also that of TV. That’s because The Godfather is right here and now, though that may seem strange. Not only because of the half a centu- ry that’s passed between him and us, but also because that was the
Na dodeli Oskara 1973. godine, od 10 nominacija, Kum je osvoji tri At the 1973 Oscars, The Godfather won three of the ten awards for which it had been nominated
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