When Michael asks Tom to leave so he can speak to Johnny in private, when Tom leaves the room, the camera lingers on him for a pretty long time while you can still hear Michael and Johnny talk. Just thought that was an interesting shot.
Good catch! If I'm remembering this correctly, I think that shot is designed to show the ongoing dissatisfaction/humiliation of Tom as he is pushed out of certain aspects of the Family business.
Just before that scene, Michael introduces Tom (although Ola already remembered him) as his lawyer and tells Ola that Tom only handles certain parts of the family business. Of course, that is in gigantic contrast with Tom's involvement in all Corleone business under Vito.
I've always maintained that Michael blamed Tom for much of the Corleone's misfortunes ("You're not a wartime Consigliere") One can go back even further to GFI: Michael to Kay: "He's a good lawyer. Not a Sicilian ..."
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
