The Godfather Movies

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hello, i’m mikey gleason, graduate of nyu’sprestigious film school and creator of over two short films including this one. welcometo everything i learned in film school in under 3 minutes.always remember audio and lighting are important, but story is king. that said, if your storysucks, you should probably try to make everything look as good and sound as good as possible.some people are going to want to be tarantino a little too much. and then you’ll findother people that want to be altman a little too much. no one will ever want to be michaelbay which is a shame, because if they ever did they’d make billions of dollars.some kid in your class is going to make a film about suicide. you’ll spend the restof the semester hoping he kills himself. some

girl in your class is probably going to makea film about rape. you’ll spend the rest of the semester debating whether or not toask her out. if you want to win an oscar, you should probablymake a movie about world war ii or cancer. but if you want to make a billion dollars,you should probably make an action movie starring will smith or have tyler perry present yourmovie or do both. there are only 10 directors you need to know.spielberg makes movies about world war ii and aliens. kurasawa is the japanese dude.fellini is the italian dude. jean luc-godard is the french new wave dude. george lucasmade star wars. then he ruined it. francis ford coppola made the godfather movies andalso a lovely shiraz. hitchcock made scary

movies. scorcese makes gangster movies. woodyallen makes funny movies for rich people. and then there’s orson welles who made thegranddaddy of them all citizen kane when he was only 25 years old. what were you doingwhen you were 25? now that you know the important directors,let’s go over the important films. i’ve narrowed it down to 5. these are the only5 movies you need to see in order to be able to survive in film school. number 1. i justmentioned it. citizen kane. it’s the best. don’t be a jerk and try to argue againstit. it did everything better and first. number 2. the godfather. one of the most quoted filmsof all time. to be safe you should probably see the first two, but not the third. muchlike rocky 5, i refuse to acknowledge that

it ever happened. number 3. star wars. youdon’t need to like all of them, but if you want to hang in film school and/or comic-con,you need to be able to recognize any and all star wars references. things like “do ordo not. there is no try.” “these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” or, “whatyou talkin’ ‘bout 3po?” number 4. un chien andalou. if you’ve never heard ofthis movie, it’s because you didn’t go to film school. un chien andalou is the ultimatefilm school movie. it’s 16 minutes long and was co-directed by salvador dali. it’sthe one where a cloud slides across the moon and they intercut that with a razor bladecutting an eye. just some freaky freaky stuff. you should see it so you can be an elitisttoo. last but certainly not least, number

5, the muppets take manhattan. a lot of peoplewill ask why this is even on the list, to which i will respond, “why do you hate america!?”if you want to win an argument, just yell that at someone.before i go, i’d like to address all the people that say film school is a waste oftime. most of the people that say that never went to film school. they’re just jealousfolks that wished they had gotten credit for watching movies all day instead of stayingup late studying something boring like english or math. i’m no mathematect, but even iknow that watching john woo movies all day is greater than doing something lame likecalculus. in fact, i recommend that everybody goes to film school, unless you’re goingto do something worthwhile with your life

like be a doctor, in which case you shouldprobably do that. and that, my friends, is everything i learnedin film school. you now have my permission to go forth and be pretentious.