ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE FILM AND LITERATURE

Prof. Fabio Girelli-Carasi
 

DECEMBER 10
THE GODFATHER


Lecture Outline

Previous Assignments

Some notes (book version)

 

How is Luca Brasi killed?

 

Why does Sonny storm out of the compound to get caught in an ambush at the toll gate?

 

Where is he going?

 

The baptism episode is interspersed with scenes of other events. What do these other events refer to?

 

Who is Don Vito playing with when he dies in the garden while?  

 

What “character” is he playing?   

 

Who is the last major traitor?  

 

Who were the traitors before him?

 

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Who says it, and when?

 

After returning from Sicily, where does Michael meets Kay?