Table of Contents
- 1 Why did Michael Corleone remove Tom Hagen as consigliere?
- 2 Why is it called the kiss of death?
- 3 What does Vito Corleone say to baby Michael?
- 4 Why was there such a big gap between Godfather 2 and 3?
- 5 What happens at the end of the Godfather Part 2?
- 6 What is it like to be a consigliere in Godfather 2?
Why did Michael Corleone remove Tom Hagen as consigliere?
Michael removes Hagen as consigliere in favor of having Vito fill the position, restricting Tom to handling the family’s legal business in Nevada, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Michael and Vito explain that the Corleones risk inciting a fight with the planned move to Nevada, and they need a “wartime consigliere”.
Why is it called the kiss of death?
A kiss of death is something that occurs that guarantees the failure of an enterprise. Some believe that the phrase kiss of death refers to a practice among the American Mafia of bestowing a kiss on someone who has betrayed the Mafia don and is therefore marked for death.
What was Mama Corleone’s first name?
Carmela Corleone
Carmela Corleone (1897–1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel The Godfather.
What does Vito Corleone say to baby Michael?
He intercepts and shoots Fanucci in a darkened stairway; deed done, he returns home, takes his infant son Michael’s hand into his own, and says in Italian, “Your father loves you very much.”
Why was there such a big gap between Godfather 2 and 3?
Why the long layoff between the second and third installments? Coppola has said he originally thought of the first two Godfather movies as telling a more or less complete story, but he later decided that a third chapter that illustrated Michael’s downfall would really cap things off nicely.
What does Michael tell Tom Hagen in Godfather 2?
Michael: You’re out, Tom. Here, Don gives us a small hint of the fact that there are bigger designs in the making, and for the family’s safety, Tom Hagen should have no part in it. In Godfather Part 2 we find: Michael telling Tom, just after the assassination attempt, that he is the only one he can trust with his family.
What happens at the end of the Godfather Part 2?
In this movie, we do see Michael firing Tom as the consigliere. What happens at the end of The Godfather makes sense when Michael is targeted for an assassination attempt in his own home in The Godfather Part 2. Firstly we need to keep in mind the meaning of the word “Consigliere”.
What is it like to be a consigliere in Godfather 2?
While Tom is skilled with legal maneuvers, basic intelligence gathering and diplomacy, a wartime consigliere needs also to be ruthlessly skilled at things like espionage and counter-espionage. Much of “Godfather 2” is Michael’s struggle with deception and routing out duplicitous agency. Actually what was the motive to fire him?
Why was Tom Hagen demoted from consigliere?
Tom being demoted from consigliere was for 2 reasons, neither of which had much to do with Hagen’s inability. Don Corleone was the best consigliere Mike would ever have. They were planning to go legit and didn’t need Tom, a brilliant attorney, unable to represent the family due to being tied into illegal activity himself.