In many ways, it’s this journey that defines Al Pacino’s character more than anything else.
After watching this scene, one might naturally assume that Michael seeks legitimacy for Kay’s sake.
Not until the second half ofThe Godfather Part IIIdoes Michael actually acknowledge his sins.
Everything comes back toThe Godfather’s iconic wedding scene.
Peter Clemenza is one of the scariest characters in Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy.
So how was he killed off before the second movie?
Kay and the children leave Michael during Francis Ford Coppola’s sequel.
Instead, Michael keeps the Corleone ship sailing toward the island of professional respectability.
Even he knows that."
The Godfather chronicles the Italian-American Corleone crime family from 1945 to 1955. Following an assassination attempt on family patriarch Vito Corleone, his youngest son Michael emerges to orchestrate a brutal campaign of retribution, cementing his role in the family’s illicit empire.
Going legitimate plays a major part in making this possible.
Such prosperity is only possible because Michael drags his family’s assets into a place of authority and credibility.
Michael uses his intention to go legitimate as an emotional crutch.
The original Godfather’s ambitions are larger than the mafia system can accommodate.
He has designs on the strings of power holding up the entire United States and beyond.
This is why Michael feels the weight of his actions so heavily upon confessing inThe Godfather Part III.
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