Timeline for Why does Michael Corleone need a bodyguard to translate for him when he first met Apollonia's father?
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| Sep 11, 2023 at 7:59 | comment | added | TonyM | @releseabe, actually, in saying, "What guarantees can I give? I'm the hunted one.", Sollozzo is emphasising that he has no position of strength to bargain from. He's trying to appeal to the reasonable Mike with the opposite of macho posturing, same as he does with, "You think too much of me, kid. I'm not that clever." So from Sollozzo's pov, those words don't have any bearing on the agreement he's there to reach, he's just setting his stall out. There's nothing to suggest they wanted Mike dead. And, for the sake of argument, if they did, there are simpler and lower-risk ways of killing him. | |
| Nov 13, 2019 at 19:55 | comment | added | releseabe | That point about Mike wanting McK. to understand is interesting. But given that Mike intended to kill them both, not sure what Mike had in mind other than playing along. Also, the entire conversation did not make much sense to me -- Sollozo saying, "what guarantees can I give -- I'm the hunted one" -- what was the point of the meeting at all if the Turk could not "guarantee" anything? Just thinking: maybe they were considering killing Mike also? | |
| Nov 13, 2019 at 18:49 | history | edited | Jenayah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2019 at 18:45 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Nov 13, 2019 at 18:27 | history | answered | RJ Makiu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |