So many thoughts! First: 'Al Pacino is a girl and Robert De Niro is a boy' blew my mind. I rejected it out of hand, reflexively, but you are 100% right. Pacino brought a sensitivity to The Godfather that few other actors would've, or could've. And Cruising... well, that's pretty much clinches it.
The link to Marty's quote struck me dead where I stood. I feel the same way about writing. There's not enough time to write everything I want to write, and meanwhile time is slipping by. The fact that someone as accomplished as Marty, or Kurosawa, felt that way, is convicting.
So many thoughts! First: 'Al Pacino is a girl and Robert De Niro is a boy' blew my mind. I rejected it out of hand, reflexively, but you are 100% right. Pacino brought a sensitivity to The Godfather that few other actors would've, or could've. And Cruising... well, that's pretty much clinches it.
The link to Marty's quote struck me dead where I stood. I feel the same way about writing. There's not enough time to write everything I want to write, and meanwhile time is slipping by. The fact that someone as accomplished as Marty, or Kurosawa, felt that way, is convicting.