It is significant that the first shot is inside a dark, shuttered room. There is one commandment, spoken by Michael ( Al Pacino): “Don’t ever take sides against the family.” The real world is replaced by an authoritarian patriarchy where power and justice flow from the Godfather, and the only villains are traitors. That is its secret, its charm, its spell in a way, it has shaped the public perception of the Mafia ever since. The story views the Mafia from the inside.
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