literary feature hunt

In only watching a small part of the Godfather I am already astounded at how many literary features are incorperated and intwined into the plot. Not only does this movie reach the audience that craves violence and a fast paced plot, but it also reaches out to the audience that can appretiate underlying conncections to the human condition.
Although it was the most odvious literary feature we have seen and analysed so far, the foreshadowing of utilizing the sicillian symbol for death, the fish in the tank at the bar where Luca Brasi was killed, was extremly clever and inovative. What was crazy about this use of litererary feature was that the use of foreshadowing did not become apparent until the big dead fish was delivered to Sonny; sending the message that Luca Brasi was offically "swimming with the fishes." It is amazing to think that one small, seemingly innocent, shot of fish in a fish tank could turn into an important message.
The message delivered through this literary feature did not only have to do with the plot but also with how this movie can be, and possibly, should be viewed- with extreme attention to underlying details. This blatant literary feature of foreshadowing and symbolizm indicates that Franis Ford Coppala is thinking about using the effective techinque of literary features to perhaps portray something of the human condition, present subtext beneath the plot, or to simply enhance the filming with another medium of communciation; the language of literature.

~ Bhanesha