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Movie and TV Discussion => TV series => Topic started by: Barry on June 04, 2022, 08:04:33 PM
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The Offer
Paramount Plus has a new ten-part series showing the creation and development of the movie The Godfather in 1972.
I am enjoying it.
I have actually read some criticism of the series where people are not thrilled with it because it doesn’t tell the kind of story that they are used to.
I enjoy this movie because it is showing me how movies are made, or how this movie was made. The story is based on the recollections and memoirs of the producer Al Ruddy, (Miles Teller) so he is really the center of the movie. Francis Ford Coppola, played by Dan Fogler, is actually a supporting character here. Juno Temple, who plays Betty, holds a lot of the story together and she is very good.
It’s probably true that a lot of scenes are over dramatized to keep the viewers attention but you saw how Mariel Puzo first wrote the book and how the studios then acquired it. Then he had to sit down with Coppola and write the script. In other words, you really see step-by-step how the movie was put together. As with so many of these 10 part miniseries the pace is rather slow but here it is filled in with details of how you make motion pictures and I really enjoy it.
You see no scenes from the movie you see the set up for them and the actors who are playing the real actors get ready for the scenes but you don’t see the scenes. The other interesting part of it is how many Italians were against the filming of this movie. That includes Frank Sinatra. But it also includes the mob, the Mafia. Assuming this movie is accurate controlled the unions in New York at the time and they become a very important part of this drama. That did surprise me.
Also, and this sounds a bit weird I know, there is a connection here to the Star Trek book that I had recommended. That is, within a couple years both of these productions were made at Paramount. And you see the divide between the people who are creating the shows and the people who are financing them. The financing people are always looked at as the villains but they’re really not, If a studio goes bankrupt they can’t make movies or TV shows. And yes businessmen want to make a profit.
I’ve seen eight out of the 10 episodes and I enjoyed this.