As much as it is Classic Lines on the "godfather" They have become part of the pop culture of vernacular - quotes like "Leave the gun, take the canolies" and "I will make an offer that cannot be rejected" - where this dialogue is just as important as what is being said. The "godfather" is an elegant but brutal vision for the Golden Age of the Mafia. Set up in Yorkyor after World War II, the bustling city serves as a Corleone family playground for violence and control. The story is then transferred to the pastoral old country, returning to the Italian village where this illegal lifestyle was born. Shooting the film gives these locations a sense of magnificence and makes its display of the mafia feel immediate and horrible. Let's get into the ruthless world of the Corleone family at many locations on the site where Francis Ford Coppola was filming its biggest directorial achievement.

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Many scenes take place on the brightly illuminated streets of Manhattan. The famous Music Salt Radio City serves as a background of Michael and Quay's sweet date to see the "Bellonians of St. Mary". The art building of Dopo perfectly fastens the film in the past and captures the whirlwind of innocence and the careless romance of the couple before loyalty to the family ends with a breakup.

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Michael and Kay are also seen walking along the St. Regis Hotel, where they spend the night. There is an ancient luxury in its ornamental lime cords and a limestone facade, an amazing example of complex Beaux-ARTS architecture. Also, it is a shaving of villas in the barber shop before performing lipstick Cuneo, seen in the famous baptismal scene.

The Baptismal scene It was filmed in the basilica of St. Patrick's old department, a striking example of the architecture of the Gothic revival. His sharp spiders and a simple facade of brown stones give him solemn aesthetics - as if every glittering carrier of the high -colored glass and the ceilings look at the judgment of the hypocrisy of what is happening inside. While Michael attracts Satan, we are witnessing the heinous killings he orchestrated.

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The MITC building and fruit stand on the Mot Street, which now belongs to Chinatown, is home to olive oil Genco Pura, the Front for Secret Operations by the Corleone family. Outside the small brick building, Don Corleone is ambushed and shot dead by the Tattaglia family for refusing to enter the drug trafficking. Cinematographer Gordon Willis makes the street look particularly dark and gloomy during the look of birds on the body of the ground, except for Bright oranges spilled up to him.

Manhattan was not the only location for recording. The home of the Corleone family is located on the island of Staten. It is a typical suburban home in the style of Tudor, so the film crew built a stone Wallid with a metal entrance gate to give the red brick facade a sense of solid, impenetrable force and honor. The massive estate of 17,024 square meters also has gardens where the celebrity opening of Connie's wedding, which /film claims, is Francis Ford Coppola's biggest scene from all of his filmmaking. Sony's death in toll stands was recorded in Mitchell Shield, a former US air base. However, it does not actually take place on the highway; The toll stands were created and placed on the runway at the military bar, explaining why the setting did not truthful and always felt so weirdly empty. The funeral for the most significant death in the family, Vito Corleone, was filmed at the Calvari cemetery in Queens. The huge part of 365 hectares of green, intermittent with marble graves, is framed with high-backs in the background-Sitty Vito once ruled.

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The scenes where Michael enters hiding were filmed in the small, vibrant Sicilian villages Forza D'gorg and Savoka. In Savoca, whose Di San Nikoli is a 13th -century church where Michael and Apollonia held their wedding. It is distorted on a hill, overseeing the surrounding lush hills, mountains and the crystal blue ocean. The medieval architecture of the church, with a stone facade and a square Bellvona tower, is simple, but still has a commanding presence. You have to climb very steep steps to get there, and only a short walk is Stone Town Square where Michael and Apollonia had their reception. Bar Whitley, where Michael talks for the first time with Apollonia's father, is even closer. The pleasant beam is wrapped in light green leaves and vines. Apollonia's death was filmed in Castello Degley Shiavi near Catania, a widespread neoclassical property with a rounded front door and a decorative roof tower. These Sicilian locations feel like they enter another era; They are small, close villages that are packed with ancient history and stunning beauty.

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