Review of The Godfather Part II (1974) by Nick O — 05 Jun 2013
The original is a masterpiece of an Warner Bros-inspired gangster movie, one that's epic in scope and power and loving yet terrifying in detail. But "The Godfather: Part II" is almost something else entirely -- less a sequel than a crazy-ambitious, even more operatic companion piece to "The Godfather", and even better.
Its dueling narratives are interwoven, there's flashbacks, characters staring blankly into the sea. "Part II" found Coppola playing at the kind of horror that was to come with "Apocalypse Now", as well as the refined suspense and chilling restraint of "The Conversation".
(Can you imagine "Part II" and "The Conversation" coming out in the same year? Yeah, the '70s for movies was really THAT good.) I don't know what the hell happened with Coppola as of the "Dracula"-"Jack"-"Twixts" of-late, but man, was he ever one hell of a filmmaker.
There was sweat put into his miracles.
This review of The Godfather Part II (1974) was written by Nick O on 05 Jun 2013.
The Godfather Part II has generally received very positive reviews.
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