Q17 PLAYBOY: Godfather I and II are at the top of most lists of great American films. What’s the problem with The Godfather Part III?
PACINO: You know what the problem with that film is? The real problem? Nobody wants to see Michael have retribution and feel guilty. That’s not who he is. In the other scripts, in Michael’s mind he is avenging his family and saving them. Michael never thinks of himself as a gangster— not as a child, not while he is one and not afterward. That is not the image he has of himself. He’s not a part of the GoodFellas thing. Michael has this code; he lives by something that makes audiences respond. But once he goes away from that and starts crying over coffins, making confessions and feeling remorse, it isn’t right.
Al, I just love you. I knew we must be of the same mind. And not to hijack the thread... BTW what is it about? Fredo didn't know! If he would do it again.