Pacing & rhythm

Francis Ford Coppola

This was all shot in New York, the grocery store. It was, I believe, a set right on that street that we built. And I think you see that he has a scar on his throat from the scene that was removed. We took the Fanucci scene out because it was too long in the original movie, but we did put it back along with several scenes

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Francis Ford Coppola

The moral dilemma that Michael finds himself in is beginning to tighten and capture him in this tightening net, so obviously it revolves around

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which wasn't very difficult to do because we got one of the jackpot mechanics to come and fix the machine, and sure enough, the jackpot comes up every time. The mechanic is quite interested because he works very hard. On weekends, he has to tighten them all up, and on Mondays, which is the slack day, the ones outside by the door loosen them up so that people pull and say, oh, this is my lucky place, and come inside.

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is so grounded, you totally believe that this would happen. That's Barry Snyder there, the guy wearing the suit. And he was, again, kind of a character actor fixture. And I think we have, it's not too long from now, where the character known as the Hippie reveals himself as a police officer.

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Nick Pinkerton

the boss is Clint. Charles Okun who was the first assistant director on the film said that quote Clint was the only guy that ever said no Michael said okay let's go for it another take it was take four Clint would say no we got enough we got it and if Cimino took too long to get it ready Clint would say it's good let's go

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Strange how music works that goes completely against the rhythm. On the square we did play music, too, so the people would move with the rhythm.

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