在这几部电影里,电影硕士毕业的导演科波拉,仿佛是在把电影艺术中的所有技巧做一次令人目不暇接的教学示范,其独具匠心的镜头应用,种类之多,手法之高超,让人眼花缭乱,电影大部分采用Nino rota谱写的电影音乐,更是极具意大利西西里风情,忧伤而美丽,叙事感动人心弦,(最为感人的一首莫过于安东尼为父亲麦可吉他弹唱的Brucia la terra,歌词见附一。这首爱之悲歌,委婉哀绝,用失去爱人的那种悲痛,来刻画西西里历史的悲剧,以及延续到其父子二人身上的爱与被爱、以及对父爱的渴望被社会的恶酿成误解和冲突的忧伤。)不仅仅如此,电影揭示的许多社会问题、家庭问题,更是让人看后为之惊叹扼腕,回味再三,并由此发人深省。在此,我引用剧本中三个句子,以让读者对剧本的社会穿透力有所认识:
Never hate your enemy, that affects your judgement。
Try to think as people around you think。
Politics is gun, finance is knowing when to pull the trigger。
Brucia la luna n’cielu The moon is burning in the sky
E ju bruciu d’amuri And I am burning with love
Focu ca si consuma The fire that is consumed
Comu lu me cori Like my heart
L’anima chianci My soul crys
Addulurata Painfully
Non si da paci I’m not at peace
Ma cchi mala nuttata What a terrible night
Lu tempu passa The time passes
Ma non agghiorna But there is no dawn
Non c’e mai suli There is no sunshine
S’idda non torna If she doesn’t return
Brucia la terra mia My earth is burning
E abbrucia lu me cori And my heart is burning
Cchi siti d’acqua idda What she thirsts for water
E ju siti d’amuri I thirst for love
Acu la cantu Who will I sing
La me canzuni My song to
Si no c’e nuddu If there is no one
Ca s’a affacia Who shows herself
A lu barcuni On the balcony
Brucia la luna n’cielu The moon is burning in the sky
E ju bruciu d’amuri And I am burning with love
Focu ca si consuma The fire that is consumed
Comu lu me cori Like my heart