“The Godfather”. For example, “An Analysis of  the Inpidual Psychological Traits of Godfathers  in “The Godfather”, by Liang Yanjun,  studies the  movie  from  the  aspect  of  character  creation. Through  her  study  she  works  out  the inpidual psychological traits of two generation godfathers Jang Kleo and Mike Kleo. (Liang Yanjun, 2007: 99) “Appreciation of  the American Dream  in  “The Godfather”, by Zheng Li, explores  the book from  the aspect of American Dream. He concludes  that the root of the riot is the American Dream. (Zheng Li, 2008: 142) “Female Roles in the Film ‘The Godfather’  ” is written by Sun Jinyi. Sun studies the movie from the aspect of the significance of female roles, and he concludes  that female roles play an  important role  in creating main characters as well as the plot development. (Sun Jinyi, 2007: 73)   Through  the  investigations,  the  author  of  this  paper  finds  that  scholars  have  tried  to analyze  this  movie  from  various  aspects,  from  which  people  can  learn  different  opinions about social values, outlook on life, humanistic morals, etc. This  paper  takes  the movie  “The Godfather”  as  the medium,  from  the  perspective  of culture, to study  the American Mafia culture  in  the 20th century. After the  introduction of  the movie,  the paper analyzes several  important plots of  the movie  to show  the  real situation of American Mafia culture during  that time and  traces  its historical development. Based on this analysis,  the  paper  puts  more  efforts  to  figure  out  the  reasons  for  the  rapid  growth  of American Mafia in the 20th century and its influences on the American society then and later.    3. Synopsis of “The Godfather”   The movie  “The Godfather”  is  a  1972 American  crime  film  directed  by  Francis  Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola. It is based on Puzo’s best-selling novel of  the same name, which  is widely  regarded as one of the greatest films, and was selected as “the best gangster movie ever by AFI’s 10 Top 10”--- ten greatest US films  in ten classic film genres presented by the American Film Institute. The film was for a time the highest grossing picture ever made, and remained the box office leader in  1972.源]自[优尔^`论\文"网·www.youerw.com/
  It  also  won  three  Oscars  that  year:  Best  Picture,  Best  Actor  (Brando)  and  Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. (“The Godfather”) “The Godfather” tells the story of Corleone Mafia family. Vito Corleone is the aging Don (head) of the Corleone Mafia family. Michael  is Vito  Corleone’s  youngest son  who  has returned the USA  from WWII, and  is exeactly  in time to attend his sister Connie’s wedding. All of Michael’s family are involved with the Mafia, but Michael just wants to live a normal life. On the day of his only daughter’s wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests as the Godfather. He  uses  some  special  methods  to  help  several  Italian  Americans  to  fulfill  their  dreams. Shortly  before Christmas  1945, Drug  dealer Virgil Sollozzo  asks Vito  for  investment  in  the emerging drug trade and protection  through his political connections  in exchange  for a profit of  the  drug money. He  approaches Don Corleone  about  it. Much  against  the  advice  of  the Don’s  lawyer  Tom  Hagen,  Don  refuses  the  offer,  because  he  is  against  the  use  of  drugs morally. It annoys Sollozzo who asks some hit men to shot down Don. Don barely survives, and this leads Michael to start a violent mob war against Sollozzo. When a gang war erupts at 以电影《教父》探讨美国黑手党文化(2):http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_64671.html