[VIDEO] Schumer Proposes a Deal on Gorsuch Nomination, GOP Responds
Posted: March 25, 2017 Filed under: Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Chuck Schumer, Michael Corelone, Mitch McConnell, Neil Gorsuch, Nomination Hearings, Paul Ryan, satire, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, The Godfather, video Leave a comment
The Quotable Al Pacino
Posted: December 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Al Pacino, Hair, Hollywood, Parody, quotes, satire, Show Business, Style, The Godfather, Vanity, Washington Post Leave a comment‘I Understand You Found Paradise in America’
Posted: November 12, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1970s, Al Pacino, Cinema, Don Corleone, Films, Francis Ford Coppola, Hollywood, Marlon Brando, Michael Corleone, Paramount Studios, Robert Duvall, The Godfather, The Mafia, Tumblr, vintage, Vito Corleone Leave a comment[PHOTO] Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone
Posted: October 18, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: Cinema, Hollywood, Marlon Brando, Movies, Photography, The Godfather, Vito Corleone Leave a commentStaging: Michael Corleone’s Pistol of Destiny
Posted: August 12, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Al Lettieri, Al Pacino, Cinema, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Godfather, Marlon Brando, McCluskey, Michael, Michael Corleone, Movies, The Godfather, Virgil Sollozzo Leave a commentA photograph from the set of The Godfather (1972) Actors Al Lettieri (left) and Al Pacino (right). With an unidentified stage hand, or property master, seen here preparing for the scene where Michael Coreleone avenges his father’s assassination attempt. Leaving behind any chance of a legitimate life, free from the family’s criminal empire, Michael embraces his true destiny: heir to his father’s throne.
How did the good son become the ambitious, cold-blooded fratricidal killer and criminal mastermind we all know and love? First, by volunteering to shoot these two guys.
Besides great cinematography, the sound design in this scene is fantastic, the way it amplifies the tension. The audible train sounds, contributing to the suspense, right before Michael exits the bathroom, after retrieving the hidden weapon, never fails to impress me.
Killing Sollozzo and McCluskey
From this one audacious murderous act, Michael Corleone‘s dark ascendance begins. Brilliantly staged by Francis Ford Coppola, not only one of America’s most celebrated film directors, but also one of the great dramatists of the 20th century.