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Re: Question in Godfather 2
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09/24/04 09:59 AM
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The clip is from an earlier flashback scene when young Vito and his family are heading home from their trip to Italy. Vito is holding Michael at the window and helping him to wave goodbye. If I recall it's shown either over or just before we see that closing shot of Michael sitting by himself. The purpose is probably similar to that of showing the birthday party scene with all his brothers. It's a nostalgic but tragic moment, meant to further instill in the audience the sense of isolation and loss between Michael Corleone then and now. I think. Apple
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Re: Question in Godfather 2
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09/25/04 12:00 AM
09/25/04 12:00 AM
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The innocence and naivete of his youth. A longing for the day when his future was still ahead of him. The path he chose contrary to the wishes of his family by enlisting in the marines. The path he chose at the hospital when he says to his dad, "I'm with you now" followed by his decision to personally cap Sollazzo. The emerging realization that his father carried the same burdens because "I never wanted this for you."
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Re: Question in Godfather 2
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09/25/04 03:34 AM
09/25/04 03:34 AM
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: Well....let me pull back a bit & say that at that point when he's sittin there alone I don't get a sense of 'longing' or 'regret' from Michael.
I think what he is is just plain numb. If anything, he may have been thinking..."What the hell happened...??"
The longing and regret is more visible in the much older Michael in GFIII.
Apple Actually Apple, FFC WAS looking to convey to the audience Michael's feeling of lonliness, his regrets for some of the things that he had done, and his realization that in his attempt to save his father's family he actually lost it. FFC has said himself in many interviews that GFII was supposed to be it, the finish, the end of The Corleone Saga. There never was any inkling that a GFIII was going to be made. So that is why if you actually look closely at Michael in that ending scene of GFII he is made to look old, regretful and desolate. When GFIII was made years later, FFC labored within himself over having to write another ending, feeling that he had already written the proper ending in GFII. He then realized that he had to again, show a desolate, regretful and lonely Michael all over again as he did at the end of GFII. Don Cardi
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