We know him at the beginning of the film as a quiet scholarly ex-marine, and at the end of the film as a quite practiced butcher, but it's inexplicable what it was that made him that way.
Did this guy just sleep through the whole movie and wake up at the end?
Movie reviewers are generally dumb as shit, dont pay attention to them
The part he hated the most was the Baptism scene - edited by George Lucas. It is now seen as one of the best scenes in the history of cinema.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pf8BkFLBRw
The baby boomer "New Hollywood" big four directors of the late 70s, Scorsese, Lucas, DePalma, Coppolla, were all close and knew each other. Back when I cared about this stuff I read two pretty interesting books about 70s hollywood: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, and The Secret History of Star Wars. Lucas also contributed in small ways to "Apocalypse, Now!" and a couple of air raid scenes he wrote for Coppolla were repurposed for his star was screenplay. Lucas wrote 4 different drafts of star wars before finally getting to make the movie. Many of the scenes from the late 90s to mid 00s prequels were actually in the early drafts of the 70s movies. It's funny to hear people say "Execute Order 66" was just a ripoff of the Godfather baptism scene , not realizing he had a hand in the original thing itself.
Just in case it was confusing to anyone else: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is the title of one of the books and The Secret History of Star Wars is the title of the other book.
Also, there was a time when Lucas was going to make Apocalypse Now, and he was going to shoot it on location in Vietnam, DURING the Vietnam war.
Needless to say that ended up falling through
One of the Radio War Nerd episodes had a good anecdote about Francis Ford Coppola. He made the Godfather movies, which were based on very exaggerated, melodramatic retellings of Italian gangster lore. Then wrote Apocalypse Now in a cafe in San Francisco and almost went insane making it - it turned out to be the best American movie ever made (arguably). Then FFC got rich, stopped caring, and basically lives the life of a "Godfather" today. He has a huge mansion, an enormous wine business, etc. And of course many of his relatives are in the movie business.
Sofia Coppola, his daughter, won an Oscar for best screenplay. Her ex-husband, Spike Jonze, also won an Oscar for best screenplay. (Both screenplays were about the same divorce, from different angles.) And of course, the most famous relative of FFC is Nicholas Cage. His real name is "Nicolas Kim Coppola." Isn't nepotism fascinating?
Fun thing about Nick Cage, he took the last name Cage from Johnny Cage, the Mortal Kombat character
I'm pretty sure it was from Luke cage, the marvel character
Funniest thing is he didn't even understand the point of juxtaposing the baptism with the murders- i.e. that this was Michael's baptism too. He just thought it was because religion isn't associated with violence lmao
It will be as quickly forgotten as it deserves to be.
Well, he was right about that
Depends on what you like. It's a movie that lasts almost 3 hours and is a super slow burner. But it is esthetically gorgeous. The plot has maybe aged a bit, but it's still worth a watch imo, especially if you're into mafia movies.
I watched it for the first time two weeks ago. I thought it was incredible. A slow burn as mentioned but there’s enough tension throughout to keep you engaged.
But it depends on your tastes. Don’t watch past Rocky 4 and I would also recommend Creed.
Oof. Ouch. Yowza. Haha.
"Oof" would have been enough. I shared what I said to myself in my head.
Is anyone watching "The Offer" on Paramount+? It's producer AL Ruddy's dramatized experience making the film. He suggests Coppola is an anti-capitalist, and made The Godfather as a criticism of the brutality of American capitalism. It's a really good show, Giovanni Ribisi is absolutely phenomenal as Frank Columbo.
the magic of Puzo's evocations - for instance the pastoral love story in Sicily -
"My favorite part is when the assassin flees the country and then promptly cheats on his fiancée."
-William F. Buckley, prominent conservative
