Who Won the Movie?
In the discussion (6)
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- Coppola, as with the first film, confirmed as one of the ten most important filmmakers.
- De Niro announced himself as the next major movie star, doing it all in Italian.
- Lee Strasberg, a teacher who had not performed, lays down a performance that never seems overmatched next to Pacino, like Brad Stevens climbing onto the court.
- Pacino, called the greatest performance ever seen and the first thing thought of with this movie.
- A tangent asks whether Pacino resented De Niro becoming Brando's heir, comparing their later careers.
- A zag picks Cazale and Duvall as the soul of the movie.
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- Francis Ford Coppola
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- Lee Strasberg
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- Al Pacino
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- John Cazale and Robert Duvall