The Godfather Flashcards

1
Q

As we can see from the opening, the wedding, this film appears to be mostly a story about what?

A

Family and Business

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2
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More specifically, it seems to be about what?

A

Power

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3
Q

The professor indicated that the film is also about….

A

Legacy

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4
Q

Frances Ford Coppola said this film is about what?

A

American Capitalism

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5
Q

The professor compared this film to what other academy award-winning film?

A

Not sure

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6
Q

Which character changes the most in the film?

A

Michael Corleone

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7
Q

In the hospital after Vito is shot, Michael whispers what to him?

A

“Just lie here papa, I’ll take care of you now, I’m with you… I’m with you”

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8
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What`s the undertaker so upset about, at the beginning of the film?

A

Because the person who raped his daughter will not be killed

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9
Q

Many of these people are murderers, but what does the film engender in us?

A

Fear in the power that others have

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10
Q

Who is an example of this?

A

Not Sure

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11
Q

Who winds up in the film director’s bed?

A

A horse’s head

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12
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What did Vito want Michael to be?

A

A Politian

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13
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At the christening of Connie’s baby, when Michael is renouncing Satan, what is happening?

A

Michael’s enemies are being killed

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14
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What’s apparent in the strategy meeting, near the end, between Vito and Michael?

A

That Michael, as a character, has changed and has now become the godfather

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15
Q

Where does Vito Corleone die?

A

In the orange garden, playing with his grandson

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16
Q

What does this symbolize?

A

That he died in his home, as oranges symbolize Sicily

17
Q

What does Michael tell Kay at his sister Connie’s wedding?

A

That he will never be like his father