The Godfather Parts I and II are those rare movies you can watch over & over and still notice something different every time.
The role of Hyman Roth (played by Lee Strasberg) is one of my favorites in the trilogy.
I realize that former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan has lost her bearing but her analysis of Roth's memorable "Moe Green" monologue makes for interesting reading.
That kid's name was Moe Green. And the city he invented was Las Vegas.
This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque or a signpost or a statue of him in that town.
Someone put a bullet through his eye. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn't angry. I knew Moe, I knew he was headstrong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up dead, I let it go.
And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen. I didn't ask who gave the order. Because it had nothing to do with business.
I got a lot out of also reading the book and reading the screenplays online. Probably for reasons of getting the length of the films down, some scenes were cut. In some cases, the dialogue and events in those missing scenes helps fill in a few gaps here and there in understanding the whole story.
Probably one of the most pro-American scenes in movie history..
when the Italian immigrants passed by the Statue of Liberty and they were all in awe, even taking off their hats.
Godfather 1 followed the book exactly....don't like Brando, but he was perfect for the part...can't think of another actor that could do it as well as he did...