my father s no different - than any other powerful man. scoffs. any man who s responsible for other people. well, i ve always felt that the godfather was really less about gangsters than about power and powerful families and the succession of power and the machiavellian way that real power works in the world and, you know, obviously, i was more interested in those themes, but those themes could apply to a shakespeare play or to any piece that deals, you know greek drama, even, really, with those bigger themes, and that s more where i had my intention. the godfather is made at the start of the 1970s. it s a very dark period for america and i think that darkness is reflected in the film. what do you think this is, the army, where you - shoot em a mile away? this is the era of vietnam. this is the era of political assassinations. you know how naive you sound? why? senators and presidents don t have men killed. i
i thought you weren t going to become a man like your father. that s what you told me. my father s no different - than any other powerful man. scoffs. any man who s responsible for other people. well, i ve always felt that the godfather was really less about gangsters than about power and powerful families and the succession of power and the machiavellian way that real power works in the world and, you know, obviously, i was more interested in those themes, but those themes could apply to a shakespeare play or to any piece that deals, you know greek drama, even, really, with those bigger themes, and that s more where i had my intention. the godfather is made at the start of the 19705. it s a very dark period for america and i think that darkness is reflected in the film. what do you think this is, the army, where you - shoot em a mile away? this is the era of vietnam. this is the era of
that s my family, kay. it s not me. and over the course of the film, he loses that self awareness. don t tell me you re innocent. because it insults my intelligence. it makes me very angry. he no longer has the sense that what the family is doing is wrong. i thought you weren t going to become a man like your father. that s what you told me. my father s no different - than any other powerful man. scoffs any man who s responsible for other people. well, i ve always felt that the godfather was really less about gangsters than about power and powerful families and the succession of power and the machiavellian way that real power works in the world and, you know, obviously, i was more interested in those themes, but those themes could apply to a shakespeare play or to any piece that deals, you know greek drama, even, really, with those bigger themes, and that s more where i had my intention.
have a little fun. henry v, if you know anything about henry v you will know anything about henry v you will know he is a soldier. there is a whole shakespeare play about him going to war so he might have mentioned he is a soldier, the historiography of henry v talks about him being a soldier. i was quite pleased to see, i have course compared to tom tugendhat, because what s the one thing he always tells us, he is a soldier, but i was quite pleased to see you picked that up in his own little video today and poked a little fun at himself. he did say, yes, i might have mentioned being a soldier once or twice! soldier once or twice! thank you for “oininu us soldier once or twice! thank you for joining us today. soldier once or twice! thank you for joining us today, kate soldier once or twice! thank you for joining us today, kate maltby. if i joining us today, kate maltby. if anybody wants to read that they can see it on kate s twitter account. protesters in sri lanka say they ll e