Maybe I think the wedding is a bit huge and noisy, and there are countless large and small groups of men and women performing. There are also Italian-style wedding decorations, costumes, music, Italian homemade food and homemade red wine, all of which have a strong rural flavor. Moreover, many flash shots make it difficult to concentrate on thinking and association.
In fact, the most important thing is that this thick atmosphere of joy is completely out of line with the tone of the godfather film.
If, like me, you didn't feel anything about this wedding before, you must have missed a lot of shots. Because every part of The Godfather is wonderful, related to the theme and inseparable.
If you don't understand this wedding, even if you open your eyes and see it clearly, there will be something you don't understand.
So I hope you can watch this 27-minute wedding again from the beginning. I guarantee that you will exclaim deja vu again, and feel the great work "The Godfather" in film history for the nth time.
Roll call or credits?
On the surface, it is similar to the introduction of characters on the roster, but in fact it is to highlight the reasonable arrangement of characters.
Careful viewers will surely find that all the people who appear at the wedding will appear repeatedly in every activity after the wedding.
The old godfather is highly respected and powerful, and he is busy meeting the guests on the list at his daughter's wedding to solve their troubles. His favorite son is Mike. He said I wouldn't take pictures without Mike. Tom is a right-hand man, always staying with the godfather, and he arranges all the important things, so he will become Sonny's strategist in the future, although Mike refused later.
Sonny is reckless and irritable, playing with women, hitting reporters, scolding policemen and fooling around with his sister's bridesmaids. Mike was late with his girlfriend and introduced everything at home to her, alienating the relationship. Fredo is not taken seriously, and the old godfather doesn't take him when he receives important guests and meets others. Connie, the only daughter of the old godfather, received tens of thousands of dollars in gifts. Connie's husband Carol smiled helplessly and awkwardly at her visiting friends.
Paulie, the bodyguard, greedily looked at Connie's wallet and imagined how wonderful it would be if it was his own wedding, which showed that he was greedy for money and loved to be clever. On the surface, Clemenza is a heartless fat man, who drinks and dances happily, but he is a cold man who kills people without blinking an eye. Tessio is wily, calmly and anxiously playing with an orange in his hand. In the end, he can't escape the fate of being killed, because oranges have always been the murder code in godfather movies. The godfather's wife is amiable and happily mingles with the guests. Luca's horrible face blends with his awe of the godfather. In order to meet the godfather, he practiced his lines repeatedly at the door.
The godfather's godson Johnny flew from California to attend the wedding, but in fact he was in trouble and needed the godfather's help. At first, Bonasera didn't respect the godfather very much. In the end, she obeyed and respected the godfather very much. Cake maker Anso and his future father-in-law came to the godfather to solve their troubles and deliver the best cake for the wedding. When Brazil Niobium attended the wedding, he found himself photographed, and immediately sent his men to grab the camera and destroy the documents, which showed that he was at odds with the Corleone family.
As soon as the wedding was over, Tom flew directly from new york to Hollywood that night, giving the audience the impression that the director was saying: The actors have just been introduced, and now the performance will begin immediately.
Then Sollozzo appeared, and the godfather was shot in the street because of Paulie's rebellion. Fredo, who was not reused, was useless when the godfather was shot. Clemenza killed the traitor Paulie, Connie was abused by Carlo, and Sonny was killed for reckless experience. Anso, the cake maker, covers The Godfather with Mike in the hospital. To show his gratitude, Bonasera had a good plastic surgery on Sonny's body, Johnny got a role in a new Hollywood movie, Sollozzo was killed by Mike, and Mike was forced to take over the family, Brazil.
When I didn't watch the wedding scene of The Godfather carefully at first, I didn't notice Paulie passing by. Later, Fredo said that Paulie was ill and he didn't mind driving by himself. I suspected Paulie was a traitor, but I couldn't remember who Paulie was at all.
After carefully watching the previous wedding, I realized that Paulie was a traitor who was lured and used by outsiders, because she was a greedy little person who needed money and longed for power.
In fact, not only Paulie, but also every character mentioned in the opening wedding of the godfather film, his personality, advantages and disadvantages are very accurate.
After the wedding, some people kept their promises and defended them all the time. Some people were caught by the handle and became an absolute factor in the future counterattack. Some people violated their inner principles and became another person.
Annual meeting, new product launch and other big company scenes, the more festive the occasion, the easier it is for people to relax because of details and inadvertently reveal their nature.
Everyone in the workplace should learn to be cautious on this important occasion, and don't let their personality and weaknesses be easily captured. Because when you are having fun, laughing and cursing, there may be many pairs of eyes watching your performance.
What's the point of an idyllic Italian wedding?
Anyone who has seen The Godfather must know that the director and screenwriter who made this film are descendants of Italian immigrants, and they want to spread Italian culture to the whole world through movies.
The godfather's Italian wedding, the guests present are all Italians, and they are all good friends of each other. Even the bridesmaids and grooms are the friendliest friends to attend.
In a sense, the Italian wedding reveals the simple and solid friendship between their Italian compatriots, and highlights the development, gestation, infiltration and ambitious spread of Italian immigrant culture in the United States.
What about the wedding? You have to work!
On the wedding day of my daughter Connie, the godfather Tom, the leader and backbone of the Sonny family were not idle at all, except for work.
At the beginning of the film, Sonny, Tom and Godfather are in Tom's office, listening to Bonasera, the owner of the funeral home, pour out their difficulties. On the wedding day, all the people Tom arranged to meet the godfather were on the list, except for his godson Johnny who suddenly appeared. Luca, who was not on the meeting list, was invited to the wedding and strongly demanded to meet the godfather.
All this shows that the godfather is also very careful and planned in the work arrangement of his daughter's wedding. Not only do people who don't have a list disappear, but people who don't matter will not meet.
On the one hand, it shows that he is the core of the family and the weight of the wedding. With him at the wedding, he won't cause any moths, and the presence of a heavyweight like godfather will attract the same heavyweight. This is a scene that brings together many masters and struggles.
On the other hand, it also proves to people that the leadership is always responsible and always the most dedicated. They not only have to work and solve problems at their daughter's wedding, but also take time off to meet guests and dance with their daughter and wife at the ball.
According to my observation for many years, the top leaders of the company always take the task to attend weddings, annual meetings or company development training. Making speeches, worrying, meeting people and solving problems are not fun at all. If you are a senior leader, check if you have done it. If you are not a senior leader, see if you have potential in this field.
When the godfather met people, Tom and Sonny were with him, which showed that the godfather trusted them. They know everything about the godfather, have absolute loyalty and respect for him, and need to learn from him very much.
Tom said to his wife at the wedding, I'm going to work. His wife showed a very unhappy expression. This is a wedding. Why are you working?
Tom said: No sicilian will refuse other people's demands on his daughter's wedding day.
Because of this, many people who want to see the godfather choose this day to see him. If we can arrange a meeting, it means helping them at all costs. If they don't want to meet, like Sollozzo, it means the godfather won't agree. This was also confirmed in subsequent events.
Interestingly, Tom himself is not sicilian. Although this sentence was said by him as the godfather, it fully showed his absolute loyalty to the Corleone family and his desire to be a sicilian.
The same is true in real life. If you want to find someone to do things, you must be able to pick a date. You may visit a customer who hasn't made a deal for a long time, talk at his family's wedding or company celebration, or learn other things about this customer without talking about related things, and maybe you can turn around.
A rare wonderful scene
Compare the grand and lively wedding at the beginning of The Godfather, and then look at those bloody cases with strong contrast. At the beginning of the wedding, those shining people, such as godfather, Sonny, Luca, Tessio, Poly, Brazil niobium, Carlo and so on. At the end of the first film of The Godfather, it no longer exists.
The opening of the second film "The Godfather" is that the Corleone family moved from new york to Nevada. On that day, the band played American music instead of Italian mandolin.
It has been more than 20 years since the third film of The Godfather started shooting. Many people have left, but Carol, Johnny, Anceaux, Connie and Mike's bodyguard in Sicily, is still there, which shows that they are loyal and kind and willing to be with old Mike.
Compared with the opening ceremony of The Godfather, Connie and Carol's wedding was really a party that we never had a chance to attend after this party.
Shakespeare wrote in The Merchant of Venice: Many things in the world are always more interested in pursuing time than in using it. There are many wonderful scenes in The Godfather, but all the people, events and scenes in this wedding, although not as outstanding and gorgeous as at that time, should definitely be a part of the highlights in The Godfather!