BTW, among all of the things left out in the movie,and there were many,the lack of a good backstory on the Bocchiccios was a sad omission.But it could have been worse. At least we weren't subjected to the details of the "lady parts" surgery.or the whole Johnny/Nino snoozefest.
Agree all the way, Lou. The Bocchiccios were the best of several great backstories in the novel. But, thank heaven we didn't get Lucy's surgery and Nino. I think Puzo included that in the novel because a) some lady friend or relative had had that surgery and he couldn't resist telling us about it in
endless detail; and b) he spent a lot of time in Hollywood and couldn't resist telling us about it in
endless detail, either. The Hollywood BS wrecks "The Last Don"; one of the reasons that the movie "Last Don" is so much better than the novel is that it omits the Hollywood crap.
