What's with the lady watching TV at the end?
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chrisschock — 11 years ago(July 28, 2014 07:55 AM)
I think people are reaching a bit too far on this one. I would say she is Leo's wife. Her non reaction is probably a mix of apathy and understanding. Understanding that Frank is not there to kill her and if she keeps quiet she will be ok.
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artdoag2-180-159078 — 9 years ago(May 25, 2016 09:46 PM)
I replied to the OP about three years ago.
Watching parts of this movie tonite, I wondered if the "Leo's Wife" scene could have gone a different way. We all agree that in her two seconds of screen time, Michael mann attempted to convey quite a few concepts, which we have pretty much covered on this board these last few years. She knew what was coming, that Leo's ways would lead to something like this. Her bland stare sells it all. She steals the scene.
Here's a different way it could have been done, in hindsight:
Frank sneaks in, whacks the guy at the fridge. He advances down the hallway, and runs into the wife, and holds his fire. She gasps in fear and freezes, and without any prompting from Frank, nods her head or gently points in the direction where Leo has ran to. Frank acknowledges and continues on down the hallway.
I think this could have even more effectively told her story as she basically expresses to Frank,
I knew someone like you would show up one day. Geez, about time. Go on, I won't say a word. -
Noir-It-All — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 12:42 PM)
In The Godfather novel, there is a brief scene where Tom Hagen watches Mama Corleone cook with the other women in the family when he knew that the Sonny Corleone vs Carlo Rizzi situation was about to come to a head. She acted as if nothing bad was happening.
He concluded that Senora Corleone chose "not to perceive" as a way of surviving the stress of being a don's wife and acting don's mother. Earlier in the story, remember when Sonny told her that "they shot Pop"? She was cooking peppers and just turned off the gas, took off her apron and said she would get read to go to the hospital.
And, she seemed to love the Don and Sonny.
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne