The slap that Vito gives Fontane was not in the script. Marlon Brando improvised the slap and Al Martino’s confused reaction was real. According to James Caan, “Martino didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.” (x)
love this part. love all parts.
"The only other important thing to be said about Fear & Loathing at this time is that it was fun to write, and that’s rare — for me, at least, because I’ve always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it’s a bit like fucking — which is fun only for amateurs. Old whores don’t do much giggling."
- Hunter S. Thompson (via vaultomega)
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."
- Noam Chomsky, The Common Good, 1998 (via absurdlakefront)
