Al Pacino

What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir.

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Art mentioned

• Home Sweet Homicide — Theatre Production


• Pulp Fiction, 1994 — Film


• Creditors — Theatre Production


• Dog Day Afternoon, 1975 — Film


• The Indian Wants the Bronx — Theatre Production


• Serpico, 1973 — Film


• Sea of Love, 1989 — Film


• Carlito’s Way, 1993 — Film


• Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? — Theatre Production


• The Godfather, 1972 — Film


• The Godfather — Book


• …And Justice For All, 1979 — Film


• The Godfather, Part 2, 1974 — Film


• Scarface, 1932 — Film


• Scarface, 1983 — Film


• Wall Street, 1987 — Film


• Platoon, 1987 — Film


• JFK, 1991 — Film


• Natural Born Killers, 1995 — Film


• Any Given Sunday, 1999 — Film


• Mission Impossible, 1996 — Film


• Heat, 1995 — Film


• The Godfather, Part 3, 1990 — Film


• Richard III — Theatre Play


• Looking for Richard, 1996 — Film
  

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Chapters

00:00:00 Life's on the Wire

00:01:24 Al Pacino as an ICON

00:07:52 Life Has Two Paths (Street Life)

00:17:33 The Other Path (Acting)

00:29:09 The Collaborators

00:44:37 Making The Godfather

00:56:05 Making Scarface

01:08:18 What Keeps Coming Back To You

01:20:56 The Greatest Word In English Language