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The god father was made in a very classical, almost shakespearean style. It was going to be about succession. Like a king who had three sons, and none of the sons had all his talents. [ speaking nonenglish ] michael could be ruthless when he had to be ruthless, but he could be friendly. Nord, he was a complex hero. In other words, he was a complex hero. Were here in the napa valley on a rainy day, to interview Francis Ford Coppola. Now, hes one of the greatest Movie Directors of alltime, without any question. If you google the best movies of all time, the greatest movies of all time, the godfather is number un, number one, usually. But The Godfather 2 is often on that list of top ten and so is Apocalypse Now. So of the 10, 15 greatest movies of alltime, this ....
the god father was made in a very classical, almost shakespearean style. it was going to be about succession. like a king who had three sons, and none of the sons had all his talents. [ speaking non-english ] michael could be ruthless when he had to be ruthless, but he could be friendly. nord, he was a complex hero. in other words, he was a complex hero. we re here in the napa valley on a rainy day, to interview francis ford coppola. now, he s one of the greatest movie directors of all-time, without any question. if you google the best movies of all time, the greatest movies of all time, the godfather is number un, number one, usually. but the godfather 2 is often on that list of top ten and so is apocalypse now. so of the 10, 15 greatest movies of all-time, this man has made three of them. i am really interested in talking to him for another reason. when i came to america first, i was in college and i took a class, classics of american cinema. it was ....
And at one point, brando emerged from his bedroom in a japanese kimono with this beautiful blonde flowing hair. and then he um, he said (imitating brando) uh, he s like a bulldog and he put kleenex in his mouth. and - and i - so that s where the jowls came from? yeah and he explained, he was like, and then he said (imitating brando) uh, you know, he was shot in the throat in the story. so maybe he talks, he always talks like that, you know? so he started go - he started doing this. just like i m shooting, i m amazed. why do you come to me? why do i deserve this generosity? but basically, it was miraculous what he did. and, and i thanked him. i decided to just take a chance and fly to new york and go to gulf and western and show it to the head of gulf and western, charlie bluhdorn. he was the, he was the boss s boss. charlie bluhdorn was a viennese guy, he probably was around 50 at the time. and he was very demonstrative. ....