Mario Puzo (The Godfather) interview (1996)

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Mario Puzo (The Godfather) interview (1996)

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Screenwriter and author Mario Puzo, known for "The Godfather," shares his newest project, "The Last Don," which returns to the organized crime genre he does so well.
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@ManufacturingIntellect 7 жыл бұрын

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@mohammedrashid2906 2 жыл бұрын

Thank

@Cccc-ky4vq 3 жыл бұрын

This man was pure wisdom an amazing wish this interview was 4 hours long

@harrymills2770 2 жыл бұрын

I went through phases with Charlie Rose. Kind of hot and cold. But like Joe Rogan, today, he got great guests and had an open format show. It was just kind of tedious getting through Charlie's questions, sometimes. I always did like the more open format late at night that you could never fit between the commercials the rest of the day.

@LPMAN02 2 ай бұрын

RIP Mario Puzo (October 15, 1920 - July 2, 1999), aged 78 You will be remembered as a legend

@Nubian_Traveller 5 жыл бұрын

"True love is dangerous for ambitious men"

@jrf9735 4 жыл бұрын

Carrera STREETZ soul*

@jeffsamuels2539 4 жыл бұрын

So deep, it’s scary

@firesweep58 3 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite quote from the whole interview.

@joydeepjoshi 3 жыл бұрын

4:06

@paulbell4062 3 жыл бұрын

The luckiest man who walks this earth is the one who finds true love" I like that better "

@fn336 4 жыл бұрын

Love the 50th anniversary edition. His son wrote an introduction. Writers were not respected in Hollywood. The godfather was his mother. Just a miracle of a story written out of his basement.

@mariedewitt5033 9 ай бұрын

Yes. He deals with his mother and family in the Fortunate Pilgrim. Great, great read. The Godfather stems from stories his mother told him.

@lindacosta3381 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest authors of our time

@plasticweapon 2 жыл бұрын

uh, NO. he provided one of the greatest SPRINGBOARDS of our time with his source novel for the godfather. not the same thing.

@lennarthagen3638 Жыл бұрын

Lol no faaaaar from it

@liamsandal6360 Ай бұрын

Check out Puzo's short stories and his early novels. The man had a very strong voice. Never went to college. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, went into the Army Air Corps, came out and wrote. Such a natural talent.

@alexander_cp 6 жыл бұрын

Man, what a classy interview for such a great author.

@cherylb2008 4 жыл бұрын

The Godfather is the best movie ever. Stayed very close to Mario’s novel.❤️

@carlosacta8726 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!!!

@stevenospam4216 2 жыл бұрын

Well, Mario did co-write the screenplay........

@mariedewitt5033 9 ай бұрын

Try his The Fortunate Pilgrim. About his family. A novel

@darioespino2063 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Puzo - As a 11 years old in 🇨🇺 Cuba I watched The Godfather.. Something magical happened to me... I had read the book more than 50 times..I seen the movie more than 100 times..I been to The Godfather house in Staten Island many times. I own a brick from the house. The Godfather is a classic. Five thousand years from now , The Vatican going to talk about this book....God bless your soul. God bless the USA.PS- was Fidel Castro favorite movie...Thanks.

@michaelcharlesthearchangel 4 жыл бұрын

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@ArchitecturalAesthetics2046 6 жыл бұрын

so freaking sharp for a 75 yo.

@12potatos 5 жыл бұрын

Architectural Aesthetics reading, writing, thinking

@jackpatriot494 3 жыл бұрын

His writing style n rendition of characters make u glue to the book n adore the characters, wanting one to be part of it.

@Sereno44 3 жыл бұрын

A great novel... I read it twice and Mario Puzo is a genius.

@GEN3228 3 жыл бұрын

no one can keep a powerful man in his place... it's just imposible because of that power he possess.

@claudiocorleone7856 2 жыл бұрын

What a terrific interview! Questions and answers that actually made the viewer think.

@realone2445 8 жыл бұрын

I read this book and it was brilliant

@RickRairdon 3 жыл бұрын

I did also. Got the audio as well.

@freebee8221 3 жыл бұрын

i know its brilliant and i havent even read it yet

@zachhaywood1564 Ай бұрын

Yes, easily his best next to The Godfather.

@eromoh 3 жыл бұрын

He used the story about his wife and the dresses in Fools Die, love that book.

@kevin5866 6 жыл бұрын

Puzo Crime Family, where y’all at??

@jaranarm 4 жыл бұрын

It's a shame The Last Don became a TV miniseries rather than being given the theatrical treatment. It was okay but it's a story that deserves bigger better production.

@WallKenshiro 3 жыл бұрын

If it was done now at a current HBO like level it would be the ideal format for it, but yeah, back then not so much.

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

@@WallKenshiro Yeah. Commercial t.v. has to censor too much. But I'm with you on extended formats for a decent treatment of any good novel.

@RayRayHam Жыл бұрын

I listen to the audiobook often. Very well written. Amazing story (The Godfather)

@TsetsiStoyanova 5 жыл бұрын

Not any lesser genius than the director Francis Coppola

@danpartridge8584 3 жыл бұрын

Love the profile pic! Very enchanting

@adman8046 3 жыл бұрын

@buzzledoux7572 3 жыл бұрын

Naw, any moron could have made a hit movie with that book!

@jamesr.g.2320 2 жыл бұрын

@@danpartridge8584 you thirsty af

@danpartridge8584 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesr.g.2320 Haven't dated since 2013 🤣🤫

@terencewinters2154 3 жыл бұрын

Great imaginations make great writers they can make scenes dialogue history drama emotion come alive But it's their understanding of passions conflict crescendos and denouements that prove their intellect because others can live vicariously through the painting theyve created.

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

Word salad.

@eugeneonline 7 жыл бұрын

My favourite book of all time.

@beretta92fs29 4 жыл бұрын

He sounds like he himself was in da Mafia..

@daviti_u 3 жыл бұрын

He likes mafia

@adamquiles2468 25 күн бұрын

He tried joining it at a young age but something went wrong so he wasn't accepted was told not to bother with it

@jmckeev765 5 жыл бұрын

the godather book is always going to be in the shadow of the movie which is a shame, but it is the greatest book i've ever read.

@wbl5649 3 жыл бұрын

This I will say about it. I am a very very slow reader. But it only took me 2 days to finish The Godfather. To this day that is the fastest I have ever read a book. I could not put it down.

@kev3d 3 жыл бұрын

Mario Puzo looks exactly like Mario Puzo. If someone said "hey, that guy over there, that's Jerry Kessler" or "He's Brandon Taylor", I'd say "No, he looks like Mario Puzo to me."

@omaromar7852 2 жыл бұрын

Big love and respect mario puzo for his beautiful movie

@chomski1985 3 жыл бұрын

“True love is dangerous for an ambiscious man”

@AndSarahAppeared 8 ай бұрын

I love his personality and perspective 😂 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉

@ernestolombardo5811 5 жыл бұрын

Say what you will about Rose, who seems to annoy some people, but I find his interviewing style to be top-notch and this video proves it.

@joeyg1665 4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for his name cause i thought he was a bright contrast to Mario Puzo and how he admires him. Good interview

@leonardodalongisland 4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest

@danwroy 2 жыл бұрын

I just wish he didn't rape all those women verbally

@johnbaker6916 2 жыл бұрын

wrong way wrong

@DSnake655 Жыл бұрын

He dominates a few, but he's usually great.

@realone2445 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Dialogue, thank you for posting. Subscribed

@gofar5185 3 жыл бұрын

utmost sincere gratitude to interviewer... interviewer did a great interview... thank you manufacturing intellect... for sharing an interview with mario puzo who is able to explore the "MOB" societies and jot into a novel... mario puzo humility is admirable... pointing out the credits and merits of coppola and all cast... true... james caan as sonny is perfect... romantucized by his over protective sentiments to his sister... that unfortunately is seen by sonny adversaries as sonny weakness... but fate is fate... despite vito telling sonny not to mind couple's fights... adversaries are able to get sonny unguarded... because of his sister's phone call... mario puzo is insightful about the role of love in the life of great ambitious men... mario puzo is a romantic trailer suspense writer... just as mario puzo is a genius. coppola is a genius...

@ABDULLAH746 4 жыл бұрын

love 'The Godfather' from Pakistan

@newbornassassin7291 4 жыл бұрын

Theres like no interviews of mario puzo. If anyone knows of anymore interviews drop the links. Hes my fav author

@shekardhana6005 3 жыл бұрын

writer who builds the world of his characters before writing it out

@tysonn 6 жыл бұрын

What A Character!

@jockoadams3377 2 жыл бұрын

Although Clemenza’s line was improvised for the film. I can hear him say, “Forget the Net. Go for the Gross”

@zachhaywood1564 Жыл бұрын

The Fourth K is another brilliant book of his, highly recommended!

@danorthsidemang3834 2 жыл бұрын

The Godfather is the wisest example of American literature since The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

@oscarmartinez2538 4 жыл бұрын

Great 👍 interview

@Proslopski 6 жыл бұрын

Wise man Mr Puzo!

@GjaP_242 3 жыл бұрын

12:13

@GjaP_242 3 жыл бұрын

ABOUT MARIO PUZO "Mario Gianluigi Puzo was born in 1920 in Manhattan into a poor family who had emigrated from Campania, Italy. After military service in Germany during the Second World War, he studied at the New School for Social Research and at Columbia University in New York, and wrote stories for men’s pulp magazines. His first two novels (published in 1955 and 1965) achieved critical acclaim but not financial success, and Puzo wanted to write something with popular appeal in order to support his family of five children. The result was The Godfather (1969), which sold 21 million copies worldwide." www.foliosociety.com/row

@GjaP_242 3 жыл бұрын

18:40

@terencewinters2154 3 жыл бұрын

He said he was lazy but he is not dumb . Though it took a long time to get a payday. The system abuses writers so either write for pleasure or delay gratification. Some are just lucky with timing others are recognized post mortem . And some are ruined by editors or businessmen who have no aesthetic sensibilities.

@d-5496 5 ай бұрын

Fools Die: I think this is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. Honestly, It took me a few months to read. It is written with so dense thoughts encompassed in every sentence, that one could not just flip the pages. Every word in this book matters, and every sentence was given a deep thought by the author. Very rich book, as the life itself. I would not even consider this book as a novel, I would rather consider it being a book of life. Gambling world and the world of writers and the moviemakers are twisted in a perfectly tailored life path of the Book’s main hero - Merlyn. I found in this book so many reflections of my own life, and so much wisdom of power games that people play. It is a pleasure (and it requires efforts, too) to read, an absolute standout in literature from other peer writers of Mario Puzo’s time. I was fascinated how intelligent dialogues and life efforts are set up. Descriptions of thoughts of main characters are not excessive and deep enough to understand true emotions, which people feel in various circumstances. A very vivid book, a book of wisdom that encourages readers to live their lives in full. To leave “not only length of the life, but also the width of it”. Eduard Novoselov

@scottishmisfit 6 жыл бұрын

i think the movie "something about mary' said it best... 'love will make you do fucked up things'

@willbohland3698 Жыл бұрын

Puzo > Martin by a mile. Martin is good, but Puzo's work is timeless. It's thrilling, it's charming, it's witty, it's art. The man was a brilliant storyteller. I highly recommend The Sicilian. You're gonna love it.

@matthewnichols9735 3 жыл бұрын

Mario putzo looks like a die hard mafia boss.

@undergrind2021 3 жыл бұрын

"History has proven that true love is very dangerous for ambitious men"

@dvlarry 4 жыл бұрын

The book is awesome. I read it. Can't say the movie is better than the book.

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

Definitely watch the movie, first, or their casting choices will disappoint you.

@hitmanbarz5502 3 жыл бұрын

Learned alot from this

@williamf.buckleyjr3227 3 жыл бұрын

"Women weaken legs!" -- Mickey to Rocky

@julietteyork3721 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t get enough of behind-the-scenes videos on The Godfather. I read Mario Puzo’s book when I was in high school and loved it but it’s the movie that’s seared into my memory - not the book. I wonder if even the greatest books can’t compete with a great movie version due to the way we process information. I guess humans are far more compelled by visual and auditory information than the written word. As an aside, every time I see an old Charlie Rose interview I shake my head in dismay over the secret side of his life as a sexual predator that ended his career. Why are so many of these people sick? I don’t get it.

@lamentate07 Жыл бұрын

But we have less understanding of visual and auditory information. That's the irony.

@user-rb4cf5dy4p Жыл бұрын

It's the opposite for me movies can never compare to the book

@rchopra535 Жыл бұрын

The last Don is a very good read.

@theesperanzacompromisebyja9044 10 ай бұрын

I sincerely believe mafiosi love this author. Mario Puzo took their odyssey in America and related it back to them with uncommon insight and eloquence. As for their initial efforts to kill this book and the film which adapted it, that only served to publicize it.

@jdgonzo1982 5 жыл бұрын

...sure, for a while...

@marlisamorgan2 3 жыл бұрын

"It started out as a book about Hollywood then Vegas crept in, then the mafia crept in" ..........it was all just an accident......BUT A GREAT ONE!!!!!

@MrEverth007 3 жыл бұрын

Love the last don. It is as good as the godfather

@cherylbean521 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great movie

@mikesnyder7182 5 жыл бұрын

The brilliant book he wrote was somewhat based on the history of the Gambino clan

@samersam2314 2 жыл бұрын

04:50 Pure Don corleon wisdom

@juansinabluemoon4040 3 жыл бұрын

This is the man.

@donaldsmith3926 4 жыл бұрын

I've always enjoyed Rose's interviews; it's a darn shame he's turned-out to be such a nightmare in his relations with women.

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

I always thought Charlie Rose was insufferable. Turned out, he actually was.

@BookClubDisaster 10 ай бұрын

I've never heard Harry Caray sound so cogent.

@chomski1985 3 жыл бұрын

What a great man...he should have won a nobel prize tge guy is a real deal The guy is conected by the way

@mariedewitt5033 9 ай бұрын

The Fortunate Pilgrim is the best book I ever read

@harrymills2770 2 жыл бұрын

The Last Don would say something like "I respect you too much to show mercy."

@buymybooks437 2 жыл бұрын

Wish there were more Puzo interviews?

@12_adityasuryawanshi99 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, world would have been a better place if we could find more interviews of such an astute mind

@p.p8805 4 жыл бұрын

They dont do interview like that anymore what a shame

@familyread7889 3 жыл бұрын

Great comment👍🏼 Nowadays the interview has gotta by done by some unfunny comic, who’s trying to crack shitty jokes every two seconds, to make the studio audience laugh like he’s told the funniest joke they have ever heard. I agree you need comedy in your life, but you also need conversations like this too.

@MrAitraining 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful man and interview. Too bad we have to suffer thru Charlie Rose doing it.

@marcinjaskolski2824 4 жыл бұрын

If only they had switched out Sofia Coppola and gotten Robert Duvall on board, GF3 could have been a truly great film instead of merely a good film.

@nichan2475 2 жыл бұрын

I agree it could have been better with a couple of other characters back in, but it's still a great movie.

@RealRoknRollr3108 Ай бұрын

Youd have had to reign in Pacino as well. 90s Pacino is almost an entirely different person to early 70s Pacino

@buzzledoux7572 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Charle I bet you wish you never left this show!

@MrSwitchblade327 2 жыл бұрын

Wise words

@Cccc-ky4vq 3 жыл бұрын

True love is a distraction for any ambitious man who is on his road to wealth... no marriage could be put in check 100% of the time... love and marriage is catastrophe for a man trying to build wealth.

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

Meh. Depends on the woman. A good woman makes you stronger.

@hardcorejunkie 2 ай бұрын

r.i.p legend

@andrewdolokhov5408 5 жыл бұрын

Charlie Rose was alright. I wonder how he is doing?

@harrymills2770 Жыл бұрын

Unemployed after exposing himself to half the women on set.

@rampageclover9788 7 жыл бұрын

The Last Don is a classic and comparable to The Godfather....should be adapted to the screen!

@LemonMoon 7 жыл бұрын

There was a miniseries apparently www.imdb.com/title/tt0118381/

@dante22723 6 жыл бұрын

The dark arena is his best book, in my opinion

@walkyesdating6659 4 жыл бұрын

Fools die is

@pillettadoinswartsh4974 2 жыл бұрын

Charlie Rose and his Electric Tie.

@ryzo5764 3 жыл бұрын

This is about The Last Don book. Not the God Father book.

@adamquiles2468 25 күн бұрын

I wonder what Puzo thought of Donnie Brasco

@Lioncair 7 жыл бұрын

Was Charlie Rose inebriated? Great interview though.

@bhanunm 6 ай бұрын

@PernetiBR53 Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@tonym994 2 жыл бұрын

hilarious story of sitting in the office w/ 'the suits'.

@hollywood5199 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if he and Nicholas Pulleggi worked out a film.

@adamquiles2468 2 жыл бұрын

They're both great authors but Puzo wrote about romantic figures within Romantic Fiction as he once put it. Pileggi writes True Crime which is about scummy criminals. Very different sides of the spectrum.

@joydeepjoshi 2 жыл бұрын

4:22 TRUE WISDOM 2022

@shamanicrevolution2204 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the movie

@happybee7725 Жыл бұрын

Whenever there is a book adapted for tv or the movies the book is always better than the onscreen version. The Godfather is the exception to that rule. The movie is much better than the book in my opinion

@mohammedrashid2906 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@BudsCartoon Жыл бұрын

Is the movie better than the book...no. But it makes it enjoyable for way more people.

@user-ps4gv7ge6t 8 ай бұрын

I am still wondering why they didnt make a movie out of the last don

@jasonwatson1219 3 ай бұрын

Look for it. It exists

@user-ps4gv7ge6t 3 ай бұрын

@@jasonwatson1219 What you mean is not a movie but a TV series

@jasonwatson1219 3 ай бұрын

@user-ps4gv7ge6t yes you can call it that🙂

@Mimcus716 Жыл бұрын

17:41 for Godfather 4

@perfectopubg7320 Жыл бұрын

I got spoiled today Micheal Corleone died in The Godfather

@matthewnichols9735 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine this guy talking to you before he whacks you. He should have been Vito corleone

@smaildramrrros7430 2 жыл бұрын

From heart take my Honor created Don family first to last . God blessed u until destroy the world. Good luck , I respect All but I afraid that way I am far from any shouting ALSO. Remember me 145113. Good luck everything else