Originally Posted by Federico:
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Why make The Godfather? It’s an entertainment? Terrific. I consider myself an artist, and whether I’m a good artist or a bad one is beside the point, I address myself to the art of film, and making a best-selling book into a best-selling movie is in no way art for me.
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Raspunde Mario Puzo si implicit Coppola:
"One interview I have to admit depressed me. Francis Coppola explained he was directing The Godfather so that he could get the capital to make pictures he really wanted to make. What depressed me was that he was smart enough to do this at the age of 32 when it took me 45 years to figure out I have to write The Godfather so that I could do other books I really wanted to do".
Este ceva neartistic in punctul asta de vedere? Normal. Daca artistii ar putea trai fara sa se gindeasca la meschinatatea vietii, ceva gen budistii care nu muncesc si traiesc doar cu ceea ce primesc de la cei care vor sa le dea ceva, lumea in care traim ar fi mult mai frumoasa.
Daca tot am ajuns aici sa mai pun citeva quotes din articol.
"I asked them for an advance to start my new book (which would be a BIG classic). The editors were cool. They were courteous. They were kind. They showed me the door."
"There is no way to explain the terrible feeling of rejection, the damage, the depression and weakening of will such manipulation does to a writer. But this incident also enlightened me. I had been naive enough to believe that publishers care about art. They didn't. They wanted to make money... If some lunatic
(aviz lui Cassavettes 
) wanted to create a work of art let him do it on his own time"
Vorbeste despre gambling cu copii lui pe coasta de Azur. "We all lost. I was a failure as a father."
Ma opresc aici deocamdata, omul e criminal. Pacat ca nu i-am citit nici un roman, in special primele 2 care spune el ca sint foarte bune.