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See The Odessa Steps and Its Descendants on YouTube: The relevant scene shows part of the assassination of the heads of the five families, which occurs in the movie near the very end while Michael is at the baptism ceremony.Two relevant images are the steps themselves as a location for death, and the close-up of a ravaged eye (and a pair of shattered ...

For Don Corleone, there were certain red lines you don't cross, and poisoning the people of your neighborhood with drugs was one of those red lines. It also didn't help that Sonny spoke up at the meeting the way he did. Essentially, Don Corleone realized that he had no leverage left among the other dons - they knew not only what his position was, but also ...

Don Corleone's first priority was his family's safety especially Michaels. By signing peace treaty with others he ensured no one harmed Michael in any way and interfere with his homecoming. But he was never weak as at the same time he warned others that he would not leave anyone who would try to harm his family- "But I'm a superstitious man. And if some ...

I think this is made clearer in the book than in the movie. Vito Corleone is a very patient and calculating man. He is willing to wait and slowly manipulate things, unlike his angry and rash son Santino. At the time of Santino's (Sonny) death Vito realizes that an all out war is costing him too much (the death of his son). He decides to stop the killing by ...