In defining crime, this article sites The Godfather as a film
that not only was wildly successful in its own right, but one
that also sparked a crime craze in terms of the manner in which
violence was portrayed and consumed by the public. While it does
not attempt to claim that this movie somehow created interest in
crime, because this is something the article suggests if very
innate to human beings, but rather questions how human beings
justify their interest in violence and how definitions of crime
vary between cultures. Finally, the article seeks to answer the
question as to whether or not this film somehow changed beliefs
about crime and violence. In order to consider these questions,
and prove The Godfather, both as a film and a novel, is
representative of a new morality regarding crime, the authors
proceed by comparing the structures of this film to the
structures of novels and films in the past. The first aspect of
the movie that is considered is the usage of the word “family,”
specifically given its h