"To live outside the law, you must be honest." ~ Bob Dylan The upcoming Academy Awards this weekend reminds me that thirty years ago this month, The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1972. It also won Oscars for Marlon Brando as Best Actor (famously and memorably refused by him) and for Best Screenplay. In addition, it received seven other nominations, including three best supporting actor nods to James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Al Pacino. In the decades that have passed, many of the other films that received nominations that year — Pete and Tillie, Travels with … Continue reading On The Godfather