#the impact of goncharov on the remainder of the godfather trilogy is amazing

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it’s not common knowledge that goncharov (1973) dir. martin scorsese was such a groundbreaking exploration of the mafia that coppola actually based young vito corleone on goncharov himself, going so far as to cast bobby de niro to play him in the godfather part ii. the assasination of don fenucci was even modelled after the scene where goncharov takes out mario’s father.

#the impact of goncharov on the remainder of the godfather trilogy is amazing #coppola had to basically rewrite all of part two because it completely changed the game #goncharov #there’s a really great essay about it in the criterion release