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Re: Puzo on Hollywood
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04/02/02 07:39 PM
04/02/02 07:39 PM
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Welcome to the boards, Carstonio! Looking forward to many thoughtful posts from you, like the one you debuted with. I've said this before, so please bear with me if you've read it here: Puzo was a bit like Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, in that he could never resist passing on any knowledge or erudition he picked up along the way. Fleming had a pithy way of doing it that made you feel he was letting you in on a secret. (For example, in "Thunderball," he describes Blofeld's hydrofoil yacht as employing "the Scherzel-Sachesenberg system" of lift, whatever that is). But Puzo was more wordy. In the GF, consider the detail he went into to describe Lucy Mancini's gynecological operation. Did Puzo have one? By the time he wrote "The Last Don," he'd had lots more Hollywood experience than when he wrote GF, so we got page after page...after page...of Hollywood stuff that was, to put it charitably, real boring and, I thought, basically superfluous.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Puzo on Hollywood
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04/05/02 11:32 AM
04/05/02 11:32 AM
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Ricardo
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Originally posted by Turnbull: Welcome to the boards, Carstonio! Looking forward to many thoughtful posts from you, like the one you debuted with. I've said this before, so please bear with me if you've read it here: Puzo was a bit like Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, in that he could never resist passing on any knowledge or erudition he picked up along the way. Fleming had a pithy way of doing it that made you feel he was letting you in on a secret. (For example, in "Thunderball," he describes Blofeld's hydrofoil yacht as employing "the Scherzel-Sachesenberg system" of lift, whatever that is). But Puzo was more wordy. In the GF, consider the detail he went into to describe Lucy Mancini's gynecological operation. Did Puzo have one? By the time he wrote "The Last Don," he'd had lots more Hollywood experience than when he wrote GF, so we got page after page...after page...of Hollywood stuff that was, to put it charitably, real boring and, I thought, basically superfluous.I agree. I wonder if Puzo had an aborted child? Dr. Keendy. kay Adams. Jules Segal. Luca Brasi. he mentions that alot! I'm suprised Puzo didn't have sidestories about Marcantinoi's hollywood business in Omerta. I like hearing abut Deanna's "Verbal" sklls espeically after seeing her in Gf2! She's SMOKIN! The "Paula???" lawyer in Last Don wasn't very entertaining, At first thought I thought Ernest Vail was dumb, but he turned out pretty interesting.
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Re: Puzo on Hollywood
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04/14/02 12:08 PM
04/14/02 12:08 PM
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Turnbull
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I'd be interested to know your reaction to the miniseries of "The Last Don," if you can find it. I thought it was much superior to the novel, mainly because of Danny Aiello (always good) and Joe Mantegna. Many on these boards would agree with you that Michael was trapped in the family edifice (nicely put!). However, it wasn't what Don Corleone wanted for Michael--"Senator Corleone, Governor Corleone..." He clearly regretted Michael's involvement in the family business. The Don lacked the wherewithal to bring the family into the "legitimate" world. But he was aware of, and approved of, Michael's plan to leave the "olive oil business" and re-establish the family in Nevada in the "legitimate" world.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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