Sep 3, 2007

Godfather

There is so much to a movie than what we see during those 120 minutes in front of big screen.
I was reading about Godfather and here is an interesting excerpt from the same:
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather
Film scholars and fans of the Godfather movies note what they believe is the symbolic significance of oranges in the films, suggesting that after the appearance of an orange in the film an important "death scene" follows. In the first film, Tom Hagen and Woltz negotiate Johnny's movie status at a dinner table with a plate of oranges on it, and Woltz soon discovers his dead horse's head; Don Vito Corleone is buying oranges from a fruit seller when he is attacked; Sonny drives past a billboard promoting Florida Oranges before he is attacked at the toll booth; oranges are placed on the table at the meeting of the Mafia bosses (and specifically in front of the ones who will be assassinated at the film's climax); and Don Vito Corleone dies while eating an orange, as he plays with his young grandson. Tessio is also seen peeling an orange at Connie's wedding. Carlo, who is responsible for Sonny's death, is wearing an orange suit when Sonny beats him up.
Here is one more links for the same. http://jgeoff.com/godfather/oranges.html

1 comment:

satyajit said...

wow! there are film enthusiasts galore who come up with such fine points that it makes you wonder if they were a part of the crews... there are allegories in so many movies i guess and by paying attention, what you get is more than just a 2/3 hr experience..you get to understand a lot more