The Making of “The Godfather” – Sort of a home movie (1971)
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The Making of “The Godfather” – Sort of a home movie (1971)
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#2Something interesting is that the author of the article, Nicholas Pileggi, later went on to do books that Goodfellas and Casino were based on
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#3Happy birthday, don Vito! (7 December)
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#4> There are so many careers and biographies that could be made into constructive and intellient movies, such as the life of Enrico Fermi, the great scientist; Mother Cabrini; Colonel Ceslona, a hero of the Civil War; Garibaldi, the great Italian who unified Italy; William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Guglielmo Marconi, and many, many others.”
A Garibaldi epic would be grand. And I could see Alex Garland or the Nolans making a Fermi Paradox movie.
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#5> “And when it comes out,” one Colombo man active in the first film’s production admitted, “it’ll cost me three bucks and an hour on line to see.”
So funny to see a pre-Netflix reference to time "on line" watching a movie.
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#6> “And when it comes out,” one Colombo man active in the first film’s production admitted, “it’ll cost me three bucks and an hour on line to see.” So funny to see a pre-Netflix reference to time "on line" watching a movie.
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#7> There are so many careers and biographies that could be made into constructive and intellient movies, such as the life of Enrico Fermi, the great scientist; Mother Cabrini; Colonel Ceslona, a hero of the Civil War; Garibaldi, the great Italian who unified Italy; William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Guglielmo Marconi, and many, many others.” A Garibaldi epic would be grand. And I could see Alex…
Garibaldi's troops got a brief scene in "The Leopard". I'm sure that there's more than one Italian movie featuring Garibaldi.
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#8> “And when it comes out,” one Colombo man active in the first film’s production admitted, “it’ll cost me three bucks and an hour on line to see.” So funny to see a pre-Netflix reference to time "on line" watching a movie.
Yeah. Members of the Colombo organized crime family can now sit in the comfort of their own back-rooms and press play. The only difference is the prescense of a demented old consigliere screaming about passenger pidgeons. Times change.