“I don’t think ‘Godfather’ ever should have had more than one movie, actually. It was not a serial, it was a drama. The first movie wrapped up everything. To make more than one Godfather was just greed. Basically, making a movie costs so much money that they want it to be like Coca-Cola: you just make the same thing over and over again to make money, which is what they’re doing now. But Godfather was not really a serial, you know? I mean, how would you spin off Hamlet? — Francis Ford Coppola admits he was greedy… or uhh, misguided in making more than one “The Godfather” film. Hey, we’ll agree with you about ‘III,’ and the deadwood that was Sofia (sorry, Sofia), but c’mon ‘II’ is classic shit, Francis!
Coppola skirts the question about “The Godfather IV,” but truth is he already admitted in interviews that he wanted to do a fourth one because Mario Puzzo was deadbroke, dying and he wanted to help his pal out, but the death of the author obviously put the kibosh on all of it. [Movieline]
I don't think Coppola ever wanted to make Godfather II. I'm sure you've read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, but that book paints a portrait of a guy who was always struggling between his own greed and artistic integrity. That said, he should at least be happy that the deal allowed him to make his weird little Antonioni rip-off, The Conversation.
God, i haven't read that since it came out which is a decade now. But yeah, everyone's read that haven't they? Must-reading.
"Antonioni rip-off film" lol. Maybe that's why it's my favorite.
Great book, but it would make a great parody. It becomes comical after a while when you realize that practically every great movie of the '70s was considered a disaster until it was released.
I always thought The Godfather stood on its own. Never been a huge fan of 2 and especially 3.
I'm probably due for a 2nd reading. Too bad his 90s version of the same book kind of sucked.
I liked Biskind's '90s book quite a bit, esp. for his expose of how the Weinsteins messed with Guillermo Del Toro while he was making MIMIC. He really goes after them and paints a fascinating portrait of them and, to a lesser degree, Redford.
I don't remember that, but i read that as soon as is came out too, i still have both in gigantic hardcovers that are the bane of my bookshelf existence. Maybe i should re-read 'em both. then again, it's hard to keep all the Weinstein stories straight and where they come from.
God, making a film out of obligation to a broke friend (Puzo) is NEVER a good idea.
Thankfully Whine-ona Ryder hasn't gotten her Heathers 2 sequel either, even though she's probably hurtin for a paycheck.