Rating America’s Contemporary Directors

Mathews hit the bull’s-eye in his fine analysis. Proof that “Godfather III” is a muddle is that it is set in the wrong year. Although fiction, the film purports to deal with real events such as the deaths of Pope Paul VI and John Paul I. Yet the film is set in 1979 and both popes died in 1978. (I know. I attended their funerals.)

Before anyone scoffs at such a quibble or counters that fiction should be given some leeway, think of the tremendous money that was spent on “Godfather III” and how easy it would have been to simply get the date right.

MICHAEL T. CREIGHTON

San Bernardino