Film-lovers have a treat in store in 2022. The greatest movie ever made is getting a 50th anniversary re-release, and if you've never seen The Godfather on the big screen, then make a note of Friday, February 25. It's a cinematic offer you can't refuse.
Of course, there are plenty of other contenders for the title of greatest movie ever made. My friend Avril thinks it's Mamma Mia!. More discerning judges, dare I say, choose the Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, or David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia.
But those of us who think it's The Godfather, know it's The Godfather. And one of the most remarkable things about Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece about a Mob family in 1940s New York, and their battle for supremacy with the Mob's other leading families, is that it was every bit as eventful off screen as on.
In a commemorative issue, Time has written
"It has taken 50 years for each viewer to decide on what that "more" is all about. We know that it's there in the film's DNA but can't easily decide how to define it. To cinema buffs, it's art: the intentions behind choices in texture, lighting and performance. To some viewers, it's a shared community: the feeling of belonging that comes when strangers can bond over enjoying the same memorable line from a movie."
Here’s a longer perspective on some of the drama that went into the making of the first episode
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