EPISODE 4. A part of this community, fearing clichés, has mobilized against Coppola’s film. With, in the front line, a real New York godfather!
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By Vincent Gautier
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“JI believe in America. America made my fortune. Half a century after being heard for the first time by spectators, these few legendary words opening The Godfather will resound again next week in French cinemas. From 1972, the inaugural monologue of the aptly named Amerigo Bonasera, an undertaker demanding justice for Vito Corleone in the name of his martyred daughter, made an impression. One element, altered by the French dubbing, is as crucial as the horror of the scene described: the pronunciation of these lines by Salvatore Corsitto. The accent of the actor, born in Sicily, is easily perceptible while never lending the side to the trial in caricature.
On its own, it sums up the bias taken by The Godfather to represent the Italian-American community…
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