Just wondering, since there are so many Godfather nuts in here, if some of you would share your opinions on the consistent presence of oranges in all of these films (espeically prior to or occuring simultaneously with scenes in which one or more characters get "wacked").

Welcome to the clan, DonT!

Mick

I am one who beleves in the "Orange Myth" because of all the coincidences. Some of which are Fredo (in GF I died in GF II) Tessio, Woltz, Micheal,Vito, and Pantangelii.

Buon Giorgno Don Tomasino all the way from Milano. I'm going to Rome and Sorrento in July. I'll wave to you. Check out the many posts and threads on the Orange theories. Use the search. I think you could read for an hour. If you come up with something new, let us know. There are the Orange-bad-omen believers and doubters (mostly believers, but I think they are nuts).

I believe in oranges.


Welcome btw!

I believe in oranges too, but I think they symbolize power rather than foreshadowing death/violence. But I have yet to meet anyone who shares my opinion. *shrug*

Why, did they make your fortune? And did you raise your daughter in the oranges fashion?

Damn! The same think occured to me as I was threading down, but you beat me to it.

lol I'm glad some people got that.

Re Orange Theory

Was recently informed that allegedly Cosa Nostra settled originally in Southern States of America. They made their legitimate living by selling oranges. They clashed with local officials. This was apparently called 'The War of The Oranges' Could there be a connection? Could the producers of the movies have done their historical homework?

Jeanie,
Hi, welcome. Thank you for introducing a new twist on the orange theory. Personally I think they were still worried about scurvy and wanted to get enough Vitamin C.

all the orange spotting in the trilogy is good.i like all the theries here.jeanie i think yous is the one i never heard before.it's good

Hello I'm new here so I don't know if anyone has noticed this or not but I have been watching this movie like once a week (at least) for the past 3 years and have never picked this up until now..

At the end of Godfather III, after there is a flashback to the loves of Mike, there is a dissolve to a much older Michael who puts on his sunglasses, then puts his hands in his lap. If you watch the next long shot carefully, you see that his right hand sits in his lap, holding an orange. His left hand falls, then his right hand falls releasing the orange to the ground, then Mike finally falls.

Pretty cool Huh!

Welcome to the board daniela

yeah, the orange is very well recognized in michael's hand when he dies.

http://www.jgeoff.com/godfather.html

As a matter of fact, both Vito and Michael are the only ones to die WITH an orange in their hand (or mouth from Vito's POV)

and im guessing that the oranges are not a coincidence then either that or FFC couldnt get a fruit catering contract except for oranges...he originally wanted apples

Wasn't FFC from Orange New Jersey?

....no I think he was from Orange County, California.

I think it would have been silly for Michael to be holding a watermelon when he died. And Vito couldn't very well put a piece of canteloupe in his mouth.

I found this topic very interesting at first what i heard from FFC was that simply oranges showed up nicley on cameras back then but now i'm not sure they kind of taken on a life of its own.

oranges are cursed!

I always thought Vito was buying persimmons at the fruit stand...

i believe in oranges just look at that one godfather trilogy site it says all the different stuff about them

Maybe oranges are an Italian thing... I was watching Rocky last night and I noticed that someone throws Rocky an orange when he's running through Philadelphia. Coincidence?

In The Sopranos, it's eggs. Chase has thrown his hat into the ring!!

I noticed the oranges in many scenes of the first two films, but never noticed (until last week's airing on Spike TV) the oranges on the table during Woltz & Hagen's dinner.

I don't believe in the Orange myth because you see them everywhere-not only at certain points but oranges are everywhere in the films. I think it was just a ay of keeping Sicly with the family.

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't oranges grown in Sicily and as such would be more cultural than anything else. Furthermore maybe oranges represent something a bit more exotic than a standard apple or peach.

Anyone ever try the Michael method of eating an orange with the skin still on? I did, and it wasn't fun.

^^^^I'm pretty sure the skin was gone from where he was actually eating from.
Anyhoo, the oranges sort of took on a life of thier own. They were put places to give some color to the dark cinomatography, and they happened to be mostly in scenes w/ characters who were killed. So in Part 2, the flimmakers dilibrately put them in scenes w/ characters who would die. I base that on the fact that Fredo sits next to an orange basket but does not die in the movie, and FFC doesnt make Part 1 with Part 2 in mind.