so.........here it is, 2 years later and i'm still talking about this movie.
but i noticed something the other night when i was watching Godfather 3, and i just need to share it.......if only to mrs.peck.
in Godfather 3 there is a scene where joe mantegna's character gives a bit of a soliloquy about the topic of greed and "TAKING".........
he says......
"...i asked for little. GOOD! you will not GIVE!! i'll TAKE!!"
and in the infamous & insane scene of peter's in murder inc. his lines were...
"TAKE!! ya see what you can get your hands on ...ya TAKE!! don't ask questions....TAKE!!! what you want..TAKE!! what i want...I TAKE!!"
(that scene of peter's as "abe 'kid twist' reles" still floors me!)
anyway.......there are too many similarities between the 2 scenes to make it just a coincidence.
there is joe in GF3 standing there as if on a stage, just as peter looked in murder inc.
there are the stresses on the word "TAKE" that are so remarkably the same from both actors.
and then there are the hand gestures. my oh my! joe mantegna must have been told by coppola to study peter's performance in murder inc. because they are almost exactly the same.
if you can, watch these 2 movies, or especially these 2 scenes. i am beyond certain that the godfather3 performance was a 'homage' to peter's portrayal in murder inc.
and it was well-deserved.