“I am going to make him an offer that he cannot refuse!!”.
This is a dialogue that explicitly shows the character of the “Godfather”. A wonderful story with a Sicilian forefront written my Mario Puzo, runs around a character called Don vito corleone. It is still one of the extraordinary crime novels of all time. Mario Puzo, an American by birth brought in this novel the dry pastoral beauty of Sicily and contrastingly different mafia kingdom developing in the period of 1945 -1955.
The first time I saw Al pacino was in this movie where he takes the role of Michael Coreleone, Son of Vito corleone. I am not a big critic of movies, but the moment I saw him in this movie there was an inherent attraction for me to watch more of his acting. There was a real charisma in his acting even as he donned the serious role of a head of a mafia family.
Alfred James Pacino, had a unsuccessful career in the 1960s but still he was under the tutoring of some age old actors of Hollywood. Francis ford Cappola, the Director of the Godfather trilogy realized his talent in the 1971 movie of “The panic in the Needle Park” where Al pacino’s acting as a heroin addict was impeccable. This movie earned him an academy award nomination. Godfather II and III were released in 1974 and 1990 repectively. The second part gained him an Oscar for a Best actor and was also a box office hit. The third part made a moderate fortune in the box office too.
Apart from the Godfather series, the other movies that gained him fame were
a. Dog day afternoon
b. Scarface
c. ..And Justice for All
d. Dick Tracy
e. Glengarry Glen Ross
f. Scent of a Woman
g. Angels in America
In one of the interviews of his costars, I have seen them telling that while he acts he tells many dialogues that might not be present in the script. Perhaps this might be the common attribute between the acting marvels like Al pacino, Kamalhaasan, SivajiGanesan, Nagesh who have defined a new trend of acting in the world of cinema.
The first time I saw Al pacino was in this movie where he takes the role of Michael Coreleone, Son of Vito corleone. I am not a big critic of movies, but the moment I saw him in this movie there was an inherent attraction for me to watch more of his acting. There was a real charisma in his acting even as he donned the serious role of a head of a mafia family.
Alfred James Pacino, had a unsuccessful career in the 1960s but still he was under the tutoring of some age old actors of Hollywood. Francis ford Cappola, the Director of the Godfather trilogy realized his talent in the 1971 movie of “The panic in the Needle Park” where Al pacino’s acting as a heroin addict was impeccable. This movie earned him an academy award nomination. Godfather II and III were released in 1974 and 1990 repectively. The second part gained him an Oscar for a Best actor and was also a box office hit. The third part made a moderate fortune in the box office too.
Apart from the Godfather series, the other movies that gained him fame were
a. Dog day afternoon
b. Scarface
c. ..And Justice for All
d. Dick Tracy
e. Glengarry Glen Ross
f. Scent of a Woman
g. Angels in America
In one of the interviews of his costars, I have seen them telling that while he acts he tells many dialogues that might not be present in the script. Perhaps this might be the common attribute between the acting marvels like Al pacino, Kamalhaasan, SivajiGanesan, Nagesh who have defined a new trend of acting in the world of cinema.
5 comments:
Totally agree. In my opinion, Kamal Haasan is the Al Pacino of Indian cinema.. I haven't seen much of Brando's movies but I hear Sivaji Ganesan used to derive a lot of inspiration from his acting..
Eagerly waiting to see the wikimaniac-alpacino-deniro-fan's comments..
karimes... weightu mama... al pacino is mind blowing in scent of a woman ... i like him more than de niro... but i guess brando and de niro scored over pacino in the respective godfather versions....
and KH is the De Niro of Indian Cinema
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