Oranges? -- Re-visited

Well, I re-watched the (first half of the) movie, and I did find more points:

During Connie and Carlo's wedding, the orange orchard, the one that Vito had died in, is shown many times. It might just be because it is at their house, but I thought about it, and maybe it could be a little bit of... I am not sure it this is the right one, but... juxtaposition maybe, but also maybe foreshadowing. but definitely a contrast of some sort, because of Connie's wedding being a beginning and Vito's death being an end.

There is also a bowl of oranges on the table at Connie's wedding when Sandra is demonstrating the size of her husband's..."manhood" (The wording from this site)... I am not sure if it means anything, but I found it strange that they were talking about Sonny, and he died later, with not an orange at the scene.

In the horse head scene, the sheets that Sollozzo (and the horse head) are under are a most likely a gold colour, however, through the eye of the camera, as we see in the movie, when Sollozzo tosses off the sheets, the underside is an orange.

Well, this is three more, and when I watch the last half of the movie, i might find more.

Orange?

After reading Myah's and Jenna's blogs I have realized that there may in fact be something that involves the oranges. I also found a really good website that supports the theory of the oranges having some significance.

It says that the oranges are a signal of death, or fatal injury

For example:

When Don Vito Corleone gets shot, displaying the allusion of the Christ figure, he got out of the car to the fruit stand, to buy some oranges, then, as he falls, he knocks over the orange stand, making the fruit roll into the street; referring to the added picture on the right.

In the scene that involves the death of Vito Corleone, He and his grandson, Anthony, just happen to be playing in an orchard made entirely of orange plants (trees? I do not know, but they did not look like trees, so I just going to say plants.) Also, when he does actually die in said orchard, he has an orange in his mouth.

I would love to say all of the examples, but they are all on the website.

After reading Neil's entry, I realized that I have missed a lot, I will be editing this entry when I re-watch the movie.

Does The Godfather “Glorify” Organized Crime? re-visit and response for Mr.McGuigan

I am re-visiting this blog in reference to after Vito Corleone died.

I feel that while Vito was sick and Michael was in the transition into godfather, Vito was happiest. Unrelated to the topic; or so it seems.

I think that after watching the movie, The Godfather no; I do not think that The Godfather glorify organized crime.

The movie focuses in on the mafia life and shows the ups and downs. The downs when Santino "Sonny" was shot and killed. and the ups, when Michael took over as the godfather.

My reaction to Vito's death was surprising, but not unexpected. It was a strange way of dieing, but we knew it was coming, and the oranges were a bit of a tell (I will probably do a blog on what I felt was the significance of the oranges)

I think that during his life, he got part of what he wanted, but in death, with Michael officially becoming the godfather, I feel that Vito got what he wanted.

It probably was not worth the violence, in my mind, but I do not know his back story, so I can not judge his past.

The Significance of the Broken Car -- re-visited.

After finishing my previous blog about the broken car, and then finishing the movie, i thought of another explanation.

I made a reference to Appolonia in my last blog, but I think I may have said this prematurely, because without finishing the movie, I did not know about her death.

I now realize that the broken car may have something to do with the above, Appolonia's death.

Because Appolonia died in a car explosion, I think that when Kay asked about the car and Tom only says that it was an accident and that no one was harmed, it is a little strange. For in the car accident involving Appolonia only Kay herself, was not harmed.

The strangest part is that after Appolonia was blown up, Fabrizzio, the guy who set the bomb, was not sought after, or harmed in anyway. And also, after Appolonia was killed, Michael went home and married Kay!

The Significance of the Broken Car.

While i was looking at the scene between Kay Adams and Tom Hagan with the broken car in the background, Tom had said "Well that's an accident, but nobody was hurt... " When Kay had asked about the broken car behind her.

Since Michael had just married Apollonia, It made me wonder if Kay, herself, was an accident, because she was only where Tom was because she was looking for Michael, as she has no idea he is married.