'The Godfather'

[pearl]

Often films set at some distance lend a perspective to the here and now; they allow us to step back from our everyday skin to see who we really are. Bergman, for example, used a medieval knight in The Seventh Seal (1956) to reveal the crisis of faith in post-Christian Europe, and Robert Gardner, in Dead Birds (1963), used a primitive tribe of warriors in New Guinea to reveal the pathetic madness of a people, who like ourselves, have come to accept war as a normal way of life. And now The Godfather. How remote from actual experience, this world of violence and treachery, and yet how close to the soul of modern man
From 1972: ‘The Godfather’ is a film ‘close to the soul of modern man’ | America Magazine

Loved the movie

 

[pearl]

Has anyone seen 'Yellowstone' yet?

“Every millionaire I know wants to be a cowboy. Authenticity is the one thing that money can’t buy.”
Media elites are mystified by the success of ‘Yellowstone.’ But the show is a biblical epic. | America Magazine

 

[Stevicus]

Often films set at some distance lend a perspective to the here and now; they allow us to step back from our everyday skin to see who we really are. Bergman, for example, used a medieval knight in The Seventh Seal (1956) to reveal the crisis of faith in post-Christian Europe, and Robert Gardner, in Dead Birds (1963), used a primitive tribe of warriors in New Guinea to reveal the pathetic madness of a people, who like ourselves, have come to accept war as a normal way of life. And now The Godfather. How remote from actual experience, this world of violence and treachery, and yet how close to the soul of modern man
From 1972: ‘The Godfather’ is a film ‘close to the soul of modern man’ | America Magazine

Loved the movie

Definitely a classic, one of the greatest movies of all time.