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Synopsis
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
Cinema Atlas Connection
I was looking at films like Salvatore Giuliano, or the way the Sicilian mafiosi spoke in Rosi’s film—it had a very high, grand quality that appealed to me. I liked the way they spoke, the way they tried to speak, and I wanted to represent the Corleone family, and particularly Michael, with that same sort of Shakespearean quality.
I was looking at films like Salvatore Giuliano, or the way the Sicilian mafiosi spoke in Rosi's film—it had a very high, grand quality that appealed to me. I wanted to represent the Corleone family, and particularly Michael, with that same sort of Shakespearean quality.
— Francis Ford Coppola · The Criterion Collection: Francis Ford Coppola and The Godfather: Part III