For 50 Years 'The Godfather' Has Sold Us a Beautiful Lie - The Daily Beast

As Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece hits the half-century mark, it’s time we stared a little harder at the men the film celebrates. Because heroes they’re not.

They do love The Godfather, all those menand its almost universally menwho quote the films well-worn lines, as if Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzos masterpiece of movie making, is also a darkly co… [+8001 chars]

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