His life is tragic and his pain immense. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Summary Plot Overview. Important Quotes Explained. Characters Michael Corleone.
Popular pages: The Godfather Trilogy. The consuming guilt alluded to in the original opening sequence, after brother Fredo was killed on Michael's orders in "Godfather II," still seeps out in the final chapter. It's weird. He carries the destruction that has been a part of him and his life.
But mainly, his brother, it was deep down. That was really the end for him. Michael's onetime struggling immigrant father, Vito primarily portrayed by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro in the films , was more suited to handle the guilt that came with running the crime family.
Grown daughter Mary is the ultimate innocent victim of this world, After Winona Ryder withdrew from the film, Coppola's brought in his daughter Sofia, a newcomer. Critics were harsh about the year-old's performance. Pacino says the new version highlights how Coppola wanted "the innocence and the awkwardness of this young girl" and a "not-quite-formed human being" to make the tragedy more poignant and the forbidden love story with young gangster Vincent Andy Garcia more palpable.
The new title and re-editing emphasizes the impact of doomed Mary's death. Pacino believes the change from "Godfather III" frees it from the other two milestone films. The third, by virtue of story themes, is in its own category. But it's just a different kind of film.
But I will say the new, full title — The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone — is worth keeping in the back of your mind as you watch the film. Vincent does his best to protect everyone, but at the last moment, the assassin, dressed as a priest, fires on Michael — and kills his beloved daughter.
We flash back to Michael dancing with Mary, with his first wife, Apollonia, and with Kay. We see Michael, aged and exhausted, sitting with his dogs outside his home in Sicily. He struggles to put on his sunglasses. The music swells. From a distance, we see his hand fall to his side. He drops an orange. Then he slumps to the side. With his life and dignity gone, his body falls flat to the ground. His chair falls with him. You can read a lot into the orange: Oranges are harbingers of death in The Godfather films, often appearing before major characters are murdered.
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