Godfather II [Films in Progress]

A trilogy of experimental films shot on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part II in 1974, Lassnig’s Godfather I–III is a series of poetic documentary artifacts from the New York neighborhood where she was then living. Capitalizing on the fact that her Avenue B studio happened to share a site with the monumental film shoot, Lassnig joined the cast and crew on the
streets with her 8mm camera for several days, capturing her own view of Coppola’s landmark film and offering a female gaze onto one of Hollywood’s most iconic depictions of patriarchy. (Jocelyn Miller, Maria Lassnig. Film Works/ Filmography [excerpt])

Rough cut by Maria Lassnig. Color correction and final cut completed posthumously in accordance with Lassnig’s original editing concept by Mara Mattuschka and Hans Werner Poschauko.

Digitization by the Austrian Film Museum. This film was preserved and restored by the Maria Lassnig Foundation in collaboration with the Austrian Film Museum.