1. @emilynussbaum's smart tweets about the Godfather movies (check them out) remind me one way "Miller's Crossing" falls short.
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2. Let's say the 3 great gangster movies are Godfather 1 & 2 (as single movie), Goodfellas, & Miller's Crossing.
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3. There's one striking difference between "Miller's Crossing" (on one side) & Godfather/Goodfellas (on other side): personal experience
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4. Coppola & Scorsese made movies that grew out of their personal experiences as Italian-Americans.
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5. What grounds the Godfather is Coppola's intimate grounding in Italian-American cultural milieu. & Scorsese grew up among wiseguys.
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Coppola and parents were upper middle class. Puzo did not know anything about the mafia first-hand.
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@Chet_Kincaid Coppola not part of mafia milieu but rather knew Italian American culture, authentic details of which infuse film.
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