Commemorating 50 Years Anniversary Of Reading & Watching "The Godfather" In Pakistan - IMRAN™ When and where did you read Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"? If you did not read it, did you watch the movie? I remember reading the incredible novel as a pre-teen in Karachi, Pakistan. That was also when I first started trying to learn foreign languages German and French (in addition to English of course). But I did not get to become consistent in learning French until I started using DuoLingo daily since the last 3 years. There is so much French literature and poetry I want to understand and appreciate. I remember learning that besides the novel opening with the epigraph, "Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Balzac" another of the most quoted lines in movie history, Don Corleone’s unforgettable statement, “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse” is an almost word for word translation of dialog from Balzac's novel, Father Goriot. That was written in 1835, more than 100 years before The Godfather! In the 1970s, Hollywood movies used to take a much longer tine to reach developing countries' cinemas. That is a far cry from today. I loved seeing Top Gun Maverick in IMAX with my family in my birthday visit to Lahore last year, literally the day it also hit theaters in the USA. However, The Godfather movie, made in 1972, did not get into theaters in Pakistan until later. Even then I was among the first to see it. I was amazed at how well made it was and it remains a classic to this day. Fifty years go by so fast. I felt it would be fun to salute to the novel and the movie with this T-shirt half-a-century later. © 2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #MarioPuzo #TheGodFather #books #literature #movies #history #French #languages #travel #childhood #BalzacCommemorating 50 Years Anniversary Of Reading & Watching "The Godfather" In Pakistan - IMRAN™ When and where did you read Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"? If you did not read it, did you watch the movie? I remember reading the incredible novel as a pre-teen in Karachi, Pakistan. That was also when I first started trying to learn foreign languages German and French (in addition to English of course). But I did not get to become consistent in learning French until I started using DuoLingo daily since the last 3 years. There is so much French literature and poetry I want to understand and appreciate. I remember learning that besides the novel opening with the epigraph, "Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Balzac" another of the most quoted lines in movie history, Don Corleone’s unforgettable statement, “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse” is an almost word for word translation of dialog from Balzac's novel, Father Goriot. That was written in 1835, more than 100 years before The Godfather! In the 1970s, Hollywood movies used to take a much longer tine to reach developing countries' cinemas. That is a far cry from today. I loved seeing Top Gun Maverick in IMAX with my family in my birthday visit to Lahore last year, literally the day it also hit theaters in the USA. However, The Godfather movie, made in 1972, did not get into theaters in Pakistan until later. Even then I was among the first to see it. I was amazed at how well made it was and it remains a classic to this day. Fifty years go by so fast. I felt it would be fun to salute to the novel and the movie with this T-shirt half-a-century later. © 2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #MarioPuzo #TheGodFather #books #literature #movies #history #French #languages #travel #childhood #Balzac

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