"You have to answer for Santino, Carlo" (spoilers for Godfather movie)
05-30-04, 09:54 AM
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"You have to answer for Santino, Carlo" (spoilers for Godfather movie)
This I never quite understood. Just how did Carlo Rizzi set up Santino Corleone in The Godfather? The fight Carlo had with his wife Connie was spontaneous, and Santino racing to their apartment was also unplanned - Santino gets gunned down at the causeway (a setup, it seems) and for ever after, Carlo is blamed for Santino's death.
So finally Don Corleone dies, and Michael makes his move to wipe out the heads of the Five Families, and to settle old debts - including his brother-in-law, Carlo Rizzi. But before Michael orders the execution of Carlo, he wants to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Carlo was approached. He puts Carlo at ease by saying he won't hurt him because he wouldn't want to leave his sister a widow, but adds that Carlo shouldn't insult his intelligence - "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" So he asks, "Who approached you? Was it Tatagglia or Barzini?" Finally Carlo admits, "It was Barzini." That's all Michael needs to know he is 100% correct in Carlo's guilt, and the rest is cinema history.
But nowhere in the movie, or in the novel for that matter, is there any mention of Carlo setting up Santino or being approached by Barzini. And the comment Michael made about "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" - did he mean by the marriage, or what?
So finally Don Corleone dies, and Michael makes his move to wipe out the heads of the Five Families, and to settle old debts - including his brother-in-law, Carlo Rizzi. But before Michael orders the execution of Carlo, he wants to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Carlo was approached. He puts Carlo at ease by saying he won't hurt him because he wouldn't want to leave his sister a widow, but adds that Carlo shouldn't insult his intelligence - "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" So he asks, "Who approached you? Was it Tatagglia or Barzini?" Finally Carlo admits, "It was Barzini." That's all Michael needs to know he is 100% correct in Carlo's guilt, and the rest is cinema history.
But nowhere in the movie, or in the novel for that matter, is there any mention of Carlo setting up Santino or being approached by Barzini. And the comment Michael made about "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" - did he mean by the marriage, or what?
05-30-04, 10:15 AM
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My guess
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
05-30-04, 11:43 AM
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Re: "You have to answer for Santino, Carlo" (spoilers for Godfather movie)
Originally posted by Buttmunker
The fight Carlo had with his wife Connie was spontaneous, and Santino racing to their apartment was also unplanned - Santino gets gunned down at the causeway (a setup, it seems) and for ever after, Carlo is blamed for Santino's death.
...And the comment Michael made about "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" - did he mean by the marriage, or what?
The fight Carlo had with his wife Connie was spontaneous, and Santino racing to their apartment was also unplanned - Santino gets gunned down at the causeway (a setup, it seems) and for ever after, Carlo is blamed for Santino's death.
...And the comment Michael made about "that farce you played with my sister, did you think you could pull the eyes over a Corleone?" - did he mean by the marriage, or what?
05-30-04, 02:33 PM
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Originally posted by MrX
My guess
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
My guess
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
05-30-04, 06:24 PM
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Re: Re: "You have to answer for Santino, Carlo" (spoilers for Godfather movie)
Originally posted by Hiro11
No, the fight was staged by Carlo to get Sonny to come. Michael realized that and that is what he's refering to.
No, the fight was staged by Carlo to get Sonny to come. Michael realized that and that is what he's refering to.
100% right
05-31-04, 09:25 AM
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Originally posted by MrX
My guess
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
My guess
Sonny had a short fuse and they knew from before, Sonny's beatdown of Carlo in the street, if Connie called becasue Carlo did something to her Sonny would race over there.
The fight with Connie was the setup
So Connie makes the meal for him, but then Carlo decides he going out anyway and ba-fong-go. Now we get to it: if Connie had allowed her husband to just go, he would not have beat her up, and Sonny would not have been called.
But, it is a calculated guess that Connie would have started her shite and Carlo knew that he would have beat the piss out of her.
So I guess it was a setup, at that. Sooner or later, Carlo knew he'd have a fight with that ginnea bitch.
