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Date Submitted: 09/08/2002 08:21:18
The Godfather and On the Waterfront
The Godfather and On the Waterfront are two movies that make an
attempt to explain organized crime, urban life, working people, and the role of
government in the lives of people in the 1940s. These two movies share many
similarities and differences form both a thematic and artistic standpoint. They also shed
some light on a part of American history that is not fully understood. It is in light
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that was easily understood.
Having analyzed, compared and contrasted many of the important ideas
behind these two movies one could say many thing about organized crime in the 1940s.
It could be said that it was bad, ruthless, mean, discriminatory, blatant, offensive, etc.
However one thing that could never be said about organized crime in the 1940s is that it
was not prominent. It was there and it was real, hate it or love it.
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