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But one thing's for sure: They're all going to have to refer to The Sopranos now, the way The Sopranos has to refer to The Godfather.
I don't have a video guide handy but wasn't that the year of Godfather II , Mean Streets , and one or another great Altman picture ( The Long Goodbye ?).
Christopher isn't just a good explanation for why the mob's tanking, though with his crank and inability even to get his Godfather references straight, for chrissake, he's that too.
I think you've got one thing exactly right: The Sopranos works so well precisely because it is understated, because it is the opposite of the operatic Godfather . Together, The Godfather and The Sopranos make up some kind of whole, but here's the fundamental difference between them: Every mobster I've ever met imagines himself a player in The Godfather . I interviewed Sammy Gravano a few weeks ago and he said as much; The Godfather invested the lives of mobsters, who are in fact seedy and boring characters, with honor and drama.
The Godfather is an opera in three acts.