"The Godfather II" begins when the godfather is young. Vito's parents and brother were killed by the local gangster, Western Europe. The prototype of this character in Western Europe is called Francisco Cucia, who was the mayor of Palermo and the leader of the Mafia in Sicily. When Mussolini inspected Sicily, Kucha said that this is my site, and that it is enough for me to protect your safety. It is a waste of bringing so many police officers. After Mussolini returned, he began to purge the Mafia, and Kucha was imprisoned and tortured.
Vito was able to escape under the pursuit of so many thugs, this plot seems a bit reluctant.
The tall ship that the young godfather took when he fled to the United States was called the Moshulu. The ship was originally called Dreadnought, which was later renamed Moshulu by the then first lady of the United States Edith Wilson. It was spoken in the Indian Seneca tribe. Chinese also means "fearless".
Now this vicissitudes of life sailing ship has been transformed into a high-end restaurant and stopped at the Philadelphia Wharf. This ship also appeared in the movie "Rocky" starring Stallone and "The Fierce Line" starring John Travolta.
On the left is Vito alone, and on the right is the little girl taken care of by his mother, creating a contrast again.
Mike insisted that Tom Hagen and Al Nellie be present when talking to the senator, showing his trust in the two, but when the senator said that he already knew that Mike was going to buy the Tobycarla Casino Hotel, Mike took a look. Tom seemed to suspect that Tom had leaked the wind, and Tom was also dumbfounded.
Pay attention to the details of the senator taking the pills out of his pocket and taking them down. This detail is not dispensable, as I will talk about later.
The senator turned the cannon on the table and pointed it at Mike, indicating that he was determined to fight Mike.
Pantanguli drinks water from the pipe that waters the lawn. This informal behavior implies that he is a street gangster.
Pantanguli complained that the band could not play Italian music, indicating that he was an old-school orthodox Italian, which is in stark contrast to his later betrayal of the Corleone family and the cooperation with the government to expose Mike.
Johnny Euler said in a greeting that he had known Tom a long time ago. Mike was wary of Tom and immediately ordered Tom to wait outside, which was in stark contrast to the insistence that Tom was there when he met the senator just now.
Johnny Olla said that he was ordered to tell Mike that if Mike were to buy the casino, his friends in Miami would not object. In fact, his remarks were completely meant to paralyze Mike, and the gangsters would never give up their own interests. The machine gun shooting that night was planned by Johnny Euler, which became clear when Fredo received a call from him in the middle of the night.
What he really said was the latter: Hymen Rose always helped his friends make money, so he lived to the end, and his partner died. This sentence is actually warning Mike that if you only make money for yourself, you will die like those people.
Mike didn't like the boyfriend Connie brought. He didn't look at him at all and only talked to Connie. An adult man who wants Connie to ask her brother for money is obviously a dandy who eats soft food.
Fredo can't control his wife, so he can only let Mike's hands handle it, which shows that his character is extremely cowardly.
Pan Tanguli complained to Mike at the dinner table, and accidentally knocked over the red wine, indicating that there will be blood and blood.
Pantanguli has a conflict with the Rosado brothers under Hymen Rose. He took advantage of Jiujin to disobey Mike's order to make peace with the Rosado brothers, and wanted to stand on his own, but his ability was far from the level that he could stand on his own.
The curtains are open so that the killer can aim at the indoor target, indicating that there is a traitor in the family, and this traitor is someone close to Mike. Another detail: the three words MCF embroidered on the quilt are the abbreviations of "Mike Kleon Family".
During the shooting, Mike quickly pulled Kay off the bed and protected Kay with his body.
After the shooting, Kai and the child sat on the sofa in the living room. Kai silently asked Mike: When will all this end? Then Kai made the decision to knock out the child in his stomach.
The two killers were silenced and died outside Fredo’s residence, suggesting for the first time that Fredo was involved in this matter.
The Godfather and Klemansa drank a typical espresso, a small cup of very strong and bitter coffee extracted at high temperature and pressure, and finished it in three mouthfuls. There should be ice water in the glass, which is used to rinse your mouth before drinking coffee to keep your mouth clean, so that you can better taste the taste of coffee.
It was the first time Mike saw Haimen Rose. Johnny Olla drove in front and led the way. Mike drove with the bodyguard sitting in the back. Mike is extremely vigilant towards Haimen Rose. For the shooting that just happened, Mike has suspected that Haimen Rose was responsible. This meeting with Haimen Rose can be said to have gone deep into the tiger's den, which shows that he has put life and death out of the question. The reason why he wants to meet Hymen Rose is to let Hymen Rose relax his vigilance, and also to find out who is the rape, so he sits in the driver's seat, in case something unexpected happens, it will not become the main target of the killer.
Mike deliberately pulled the chair forward to get closer to Haimen Luoqi, almost talking to his ears. This action also echoed what he said afterwards: closer to your friend, closer to your enemy.
Hymen Rose is also very vigilant, and when discussing confidential matters in his own home, he also adjusts the TV voice to a high level to avoid being overheard by outsiders.
Mike said that the shooting was done by Pantanguli, just to paralyze Hymen Rose and make him think he was fooled. Then he put on several high hats for Hymen Rose, praising him as a great man and learning from him.
Mike even asked Hymen Rose in a fake way: I want to kill Pantanjuli, are you okay? This sentence is very strange. Pantanjuli is a member of his own family. Why does he need to seek the opinion of Haimen Rose when he wants to deal with his own people? Moreover, Pantanjuli and the Rosado brothers under Hymen Rose do not share the same life. Hymen Rose must be eager for Mike to kill Pantanjuli. Is this still a question? Mike's question should be to test whether Hymen Rose had colluded with Pantanjuli, but Hymen Rose said that Pantanjuli was just a small and insignificant person.
Immediately afterwards, Mike visited his home without informing Pantanguli, indicating that Mike was not at ease with Pantanguli, but he still decided to take a risk. He told Pantanguli that it was Hymen Ross who had assassinated him that night and asked Pantanguli to help him get revenge. He asked Pantanguli to make peace with the Rosado brothers to paralyze Haimen Rose, and then he said that this study was formerly the office of the godfather, and then asked in Italian: Do you understand? Pantanguli also replied in Italian: I understand. This is Mike reminding Pantanguli not to betray the Corleone family, not to betray the Italian tradition.
Mike said that this way I can find out who the traitor is in the family, and then the camera will turn to Fredo, who is sleeping soundly, which almost directly points out that the traitor is Fredo.
The call Fredo received in the middle of the night was from Johnny Euler. This time it was clear to the audience that Fredo was a traitor, and it was up to Mike whether he could find it out.
Pantanguli made peace with the Rosado brothers as ordered by Mike. Rosado greeted him at the door, asking him to disperse the bodyguard Qiqi, and handing him a paper currency when shaking hands. This action made Pantanguli extremely unhappy. Immediately afterwards, the killer appeared from behind, strangled Pantanguli's neck with a rope, and said: "Mike asked me to say hello to you". The assassination was unsuccessful because of the sudden appearance of the police. Qiqi was injured and fell to the ground. Pantanjuli escaped and turned to the government as a tainted witness to expose Mike.
Look carefully at this paragraph, the assassin strangled Pantanguli’s neck and dragged him to the small room behind. Pantanguli kept calling for help, indicating that the strangulation was not tight, and two helpers appeared from behind, three None of the strong guys were able to kill Pantanguli, which was not in line with common sense, indicating that the assassin did not intend to actually kill Pantanguli. Before doing it, deliberately saying "Mike asked me to say goodbye to you" was obviously planted to Mike, and Pantanjuli was really fooled. The police appeared at the right time, and I suspect that he was also arranged by Haimen Rose.
This plot fully demonstrates that Hymen Rose is really cunning and is not paralyzed by Mike. Instead, he used a borrowed knife to kill and let Pantanjuli deliver a fatal blow to Mike. He can firmly hold Mike in his hands and let Mike do it for him. Cuba’s investment in Cuba plans to pay the bill obediently. Hymen Rose said to Mike: "Pantanguli is just a small person." He really thought so. It didn't make much sense to kill Pantanguli. It's better to let Pantanguli hit Mike back so as to maximize his use value. If Pan Tanguli cooperates with the government, then he can't get mixed up in the underworld, it's no different from killing him, and if Mike is found out by the government, it will save Haimen Rose from doing two things.
Next is to deal with the senator. The senator accidentally killed a prostitute in a hotel run by the Mike family. Tom personally came forward to cover up the scandal. Since then, the senator obeyed Mike's words.
Do you still remember the plot of the senator taking out pills and drinking water while talking to Mike? Obviously Mike's people got drugged in the water the senator drank, letting others know what happened. When they woke up, they found the prostitute lying on the bed with a large pool of blood flowing under her. The senator was completely confused. He said it was definitely not him. It's done, but it's like yellow mud falling in the crotch, it's not shit, it's shit.
When the senator was talking to himself, Al Nelli appeared at the door. He exchanged glances with Tom and wiped his hands with a white towel. It was obvious that the prostitute was killed by him.
This golden telephone is indeed an incident in history. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company gave the Cuban dictator Batista a golden telephone, but it was not pure gold, it was plated with gold, and it is now displayed in the Revolution Museum in Havana.
Although the president said that the rebels will be eliminated before the new year and will not affect your investment in Cuba, Mike encountered one thing on the road: a rebel slapped his grenade when he was arrested by the army. His soldiers died together. Thus Mike was convinced that the rebels were not as easy to deal with as the president said.
On Haimen Rose’s birthday cake is a map of Cuba. Haimen Rose shared this piece of cake with everyone and said that only a small piece is enough. On the one hand, it shows that he is not in good health and cannot eat too much sweets. On the other hand, It also pretends to be humble and shows that he is not greedy.
Hymen Rose said that after he died, he would hand over the cause to Mike, but Mike remained unmoved and directly expressed his view of the situation in front of everyone: the rebels would win. This irritated Hymen Rose extremely.
Hymen Rose warned Mike to quickly take out the two million dollars that bribed the president, and at the same time described Mike's beautiful vision of making a lot of money. It can be described as both soft and hard. This sentence, "We are bigger than U.S. Steel" is the original saying of the gang leader in history.
Fredo came to Cuba with two million US dollars. The doorman wanted to help him take the suitcase with the money, which made him nervous. From this action, it can also be seen that Fredo's mental quality is too poor and embarrassing.
In this conversation, the two brothers are testing each other, and Fredo pretends not to know Hymen Rose or Johnny Euler.
The two men continued to test each other in the open-air bar. Fredo has no children. Maybe this is part of the reason why he likes fishing with Mike's son. Maybe it is because he has no children that Mike can make up his mind to kill him. Who knows?
Fredo told Mike the truth: I want to be like a dad. Mom often jokes that I am not my biological person. I was thrown at the door by a gypsy. I used to be angry with you... and soon realized myself. The gaffes called the waiter to serve wine. He said a word in Spanish (Cuba is a former Spanish colony), and then immediately realized that it was wrong, pretending that he didn't know what Banana Dacli was said, pretending to be the first time he came to Cuba. Fredo concealed it well, Mike found no evidence of Fredo's rebellion.
Heymen Rose knew about Fredo bringing money to Cuba for the first time. Who lied to him? Besides Fredo, who else?
Mike asked Pantanguli who killed him. Hymen Rose was furious and said that my good friend Mo Green was killed. I didn't ask who it was. This is equivalent to telling Mike that I sent Pantanguli to kill, and I also know that you killed Mo Green, and neither of us owes anyone else. Mo Green is the man who was shot in the glasses during a massage in the first episode.
Mike has already made up his mind to kill Hymen Rose. He said this to Hymen Rose. He might want Hymen Rose to die. Don’t think of me as a fool. I know what you did. At the same time, it also stimulates Haimen Rose to send. Temper, because he has a serious heart disease.
At the nightclub, the senator brought two senators, a judge, and he took the initiative to introduce his contacts to Mike, indicating that he has been completely controlled by Mike.
Fredo accepted Mike's instructions to entertain all the distinguished guests. He thought he had won Mike's trust, so he relaxed his vigilance. He recommended everyone to drink the local characteristics of "Free Cuba" and "Mr. Clada", but in the afternoon he pretended to know nothing about Cuban drinks.
Fredo continued to pretend not to know Johnny Euler, but it was somewhat unnatural, and Mike stared at his every move intently. At this time, Mike wanted to prove that Fredo was not a traitor rather than confirming that Fredo was the traitor.
Fredo is familiar with taking everyone to a vulgar nightclub, apparently he has been there many times. The senator asked him how he found this place. Without thinking about it, Fredo said that Johnny Euler told me about this place and that Rose never came to this place.
At this time, Mike, who was standing behind Fredo, lowered his head in pain and covered his face. The thing he didn't want to believe was finally confirmed: his brother was the traitor.
At the party, Fredo stood up and walked out. Mike asked him where he was going. Fredo said that he was going to change a glass. In fact, he was going to spread the news to make Haimen Rose more vigilant. This also caused Mike's killer to prepare. When Hymen Rose was smothered to death with a pillow, he was shot and killed by soldiers who arrived in time.
Mike said to Fredo: I know you are the traitor, and you broke my heart. Fredo was in a mess at this time. Then there was a rebellion, the rebels overthrew the president, everything was just as Mike expected. At this time Mike asked Fredo to get in the car and leave Cuba, but Fredo chose to escape by himself.
The story goes back to when the old godfather was young. Fredo got pneumonia, pay attention to what medical treatment the Jianghu doctors used at the time: cupping.
Cupping therapy is an ancient medical technique that originated from the ancient Egyptians and then spread to the Arab world, so the professional term for cupping is Hijamah, which is an Arabic language. Genghis Khan brought cupping to China after conquering Eurasia. "Cupping" first appeared in the book Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica by Zhao Xuemin of the Qing Dynasty, more than 3000 years later than the Egyptians. But since basically only China is still using cupping in the world, most people think that cupping is a traditional Chinese medical technique.
Van Lunqi caused Vito to lose his job, and now he continues to extortion. After careful observation, Vito found that Van Lunqi was just a person without a helper, and threatened him with the police at every turn, indicating that he was not a real mafia.
Van Renqi asked Vito and the three of them to pay him one hundred dollars each, a total of three hundred dollars. In order to test him, Vito only gave him one hundred dollars, and Van Renqi also accepted. Vito concluded that Van Renqi was just a fake and decisive. Assassinate him at the door of the house.
After finishing killing Van Lunqi, Vito returned to his wife and children casually, sat on the steps and hugged Mike infinitely and lovingly, saying, "Mike, Dad loves you very much."
Now Mike has to face Pantanguli as a witness in court and accuse him of being a gang leader. Pantanguli was obviously hit by the tricks of Hymen Rose, thinking that the man who wanted to kill him was really Mike sent. This is the biggest crisis Mike faces. If he is convicted of five counts of perjury by the court, it will be a devastating blow to his family.
When the judge asked him if he owns the three hotels in Las Vegas, Mike said that I only own stocks in them. After Tom whispered to him, he added: I also own stocks in IBM and AT&T.
The one who was speaking, the lawyer named Quest had been bought by Hymen Rose, which Fredo told Mike later.
This is the last frank conversation between Mike and the Fredo brothers. Mike has given Fredo countless opportunities before, but Fredo is too stupid. He is completely trapped in his own mindset, knowing that he is limited, and Fancy working with outsiders to break out of his own world and get rid of his brother Mike's control. He has put the family in a dangerous situation that will never be restored, but he is still obsessed with it.
When Mike asked him "Can you tell me anything about this investigation?", Fredo said: "The lawyer they chose was from Ross." Hymen Rose kept in touch and got involved so deeply, that's why Mike said: From now on, you are neither my brother nor my friend, and I don't want to see you again.
Pan Tanguli's brother suddenly appeared at the hearing, causing Pan Tanguli to be in chaos. Mike brought his brother from his hometown in Sicily to the hearing, and the signal to Pantanguli was clear: I know where your family is.
Pan Tanjuli was dazzled by anger before, but now he is sober: betrayed Mike, he can only live under the protection of the government forever, and he can’t even get out of the barracks. Although he is alive, he is dead. It's no different, and the lives of my own wives and children cannot be saved. His wife and children are far away in Sicily and are taken care of by his brother. If Mike can find his brother, he can obviously find his wife and children. Rather than being selfish, it is better to overthrow the previous testimony, save the lives of the family, abide by the Sicilian "law of silence" of not betraying the family, and protect the honor of the family. Old-school Sicilians like Pantanguli still value reputation.
Kay was tired of living with fear all day, she decided to leave Mike, and at the same time told Mike that the child in his stomach didn't have a miscarriage, but she chose to have an abortion on her own initiative. When Mike knew the truth, he was furious and beat Kai.
Abortion was a serious departure from mainstream social values in that era. What's more, the Mike family is a traditional Catholic family and abortion is absolutely not allowed. Even today in 2019, some conservative states in the United States still regard abortion as illegal, including rape or incest to conceive children, which are not allowed to be aborted.
Kay is a typical independent modern American woman. When introducing her in the novel, Kay mentioned that "even though Kay has gone to college, she still has the habits of small village girls." She is kind by nature, but in a sense a bit silly and sweet. In the first episode, she said, "The president and the senator will not instigate people to kill." Mike asked, "Really?"
She couldn't understand Mike's responsibility to the whole family, and she was not a traditional woman like the old godfather's wife. She never asked much about her husband and focused on husband and child. When Mike was a pure passionate youth, the two had a common language, but Mike had transformed into another person after returning from asylum in Sicily, and Kay was the same Kay.
Vito returns home in good shape, and his eldest son Sonny plays with Thomasino, which shows that he has been brave enough to fight since he was a child.
Vito took care of Western Europe. At that time, Western Europe was dying, but Vito still did not let him go. Mike assassinated Haimen Rose, who had been alive within a few months, and inherited the tradition of his father.
Tommasino was hit in the leg by Western Europe's men and could only see his godfather off in a wheelchair.
Connie returns to the family. When Kay ran away from home and the wife of the godfather died again, Connie repented and freed herself from her self-deprecating life. She helped Mike manage the family's internal affairs so that Mike could concentrate on dealing with the enemies outside.
Mike walked out of the room and hugged Fredo tightly. Everyone thought that Mike forgave Ferredo, but later realized that this was Mike's farewell to his brother...
Tom thinks that assassinating Hymen Rose at the airport is as impossible as assassinating the president. Mike said: There is nothing impossible. History teaches me that you can kill anyone. Mike was referring to the assassination of President Kennedy and the murder of the suspect Oswald under the protection of the police.
This conversation between Tom Hagen and Frank Pantanguli is a classic. Pantanguli said that his brother was ten times more fierce than him, and that nothing could make him leave the town. Tom gave Pantanguli a meaningful look. He didn't say a word. He thought to himself: I just brought him from a small town in Sicily to the hearing in New York a few days ago. Have you forgotten? It can be seen that Pantanguli can't speak his mind.
After the two chatted a few words, Tom turned to the topic: "Once the elders against the empire fail, the conspiracy elders always have a chance to keep the family's property, right?"
Pantan Guli: "Yes, but that's just the rich, Tom. As for the little people, they are knocked down and their property confiscated by the Empire. Unless they go home and commit suicide, nothing will happen. And his family will be taken care of. take care of."
Tom: "That's a good opportunity, a good deal."
Pantanguli: "They went home, sat in a bathtub filled with hot water, cut their blood vessels, and bleed to death. Sometimes they would have a party before committing suicide."
Tom threw away the cigar in his hand, held Pantanguli's hand and said, "Don't worry about anything, Elder Frank."
Pantanguli: "Thanks, Tom, thanks."
The two seem to be talking about history, but in fact they have negotiated a deal. Pantanguli committed suicide to save the family, and Tom will keep his promise and take care of his family.
The next day, Pantan Guli committed suicide by cutting his wrist in the bathtub as he said.
Under heavy guards, Hymen Rose was shot and killed at close range by a killer posing as a reporter.
It can be seen from the front close-up that this reporter is Roco, one of Michael's most powerful killers.
do you remember? That is him, when Mike asked him if it was feasible to kill Hymen Rose, he said: "Difficult, but not impossible."
Fredo was executed. Mike deliberately asked Connie to take her son away, and Al Nellie and Fredo rowed out to the center of the lake to fish. When Fredo read "Mary Mary, please bless me", Nellie pulled the trigger on the back of his head. Interspersed with Mike walking up and down anxiously in the living room, we can see his inner struggle.
The last set of shots is Mike revisiting the past.
Sonny introduces Carlo to his sister Connie.
After learning that Mike had signed up to join the army, Sonny almost beat Mike with his fist. Tom asked him why he didn't discuss with his family. Only Fredo reached out to Mike to support his decision.
The godfather came back, and everyone ran out to meet him. The Godfather did not appear in the camera because Marlon Brando, who played the Godfather, refused to participate in the second episode.
Behind-the-scenes:
In order to persuade Coppola to shoot "The Godfather II," Paramount promised to send him a limousine. Coppola said I wanted to run because the Pope was running. So Paramount gave him an extended Mercedes-Benz S600 "Pullman".
The prototype of Hymen Ross comes from the famous gangster Meyer Lansky in American history. He was a Jew and his name was Hymen Saczowski at birth, because he admired the famous gangster Arnold Rostein very much. , Used to call himself Hymen Rosstein. At the time of his death, he was left with only 37,000 U.S. dollars, but the FBI believes that he had hidden more than 300 million U.S. dollars. Unfortunately, he has not found it yet.
The actor who plays Haimen Rose is named Lee Strasberg, a famous American drama teacher (a bit like Huang Lei), an advocate of "methodist" performance, and he has cultivated many great actors, including Al Pa Sinoe, James Dean, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, etc.
Li's main career is teaching and educating people, and he has not participated in many movies. He can play Haimen Rose or Al Pacino's highly recommended. Li is in poor health, and Coppola takes advantage of the situation to describe Hymen Rose as ill. After the film was released, the gang boss Meyer once called Li and complained: "Man, why can't you act me more humanely? How can I be a grandfather too."
The story of the role of Frank Pantanjuli originally belonged to Clemensar. According to Paramount, the actor who played Clemensal in "The Godfather" asked for too high a price, and the company could not accept it and had to change the script and write him. Died, but the wife of the actor who played Klemansa has a different opinion. She said that her husband’s heart has always been poor. The doctor suggested that his weight should be controlled within 200 pounds, but Coppola wanted a fatter gram. Lemansa asked him to gain another 50 pounds in "The Godfather 2". Her husband was unwilling to gain weight, so he was fired. I don't know which one is true or false, except that the actor who played Claymansha died of a heart attack when he was 55 years old.
In Mike's memory at the end of the credits, Sonny complained that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on his father's birthday, but this birthday was a bit tricky. The attack on Pearl Harbor was December 7. According to the tombstone of the godfather in "The Godfather One", his birthday is April 28.
Whether Mike should kill his second brother Fredo has always been a topic of controversy. There is no such plot in the novel. The original authors of the novel, Mario Puzo and Coppola, also disputed this plot. They finally reached a compromise and changed it to Mike's order to wait until his mother passed away.
Reference materials:
"The Godfather" You Don't Know (2)
http://i.mtime.com/1946651/blog/7738159/
Zhihu: What are the small but thought-provoking details in the movie "The Godfather"?
https://www.zhihu.com/question/2292
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