The Godfather

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino

The musical motif from this film was wafting through my brain for several days so I  watched it again. It was better than I remembered and my memory had it up near the top. Lots of little detail stood out this time...the procession in Italy, the autumn walk along the street in New Hampshire...many others.

This is widely seen as one of the best hollywood has ever produced. It is. Francis Coppola achieved magic here...timeless magic which serves as a history of the post-war US and a metaphor for what Michael Parenti has called the gangster nature of the state.

Brando was brilliant...subtle, intelligent...hyper-real almost. Nino Rota's music was some of the splendid glue holding it all together. A great American classic.

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