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| | New York State Writers Institute - The Godfather II Film Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | The result would be a grand montage of the young Vito’s transformation into a padrone, a don, a ruthless, oracular figure out of the Middle Ages, together with the descent of Michael into a passionate stillness of the soul. |
 | | If Vito’s face, whether played by Brando or De Niro, was impassive, even sphinxlike, then Coppola would use thick description of Vito’s physical milieu to write the truth of his character on the screen. |
 | | As Vito Corleone walks among his people on this block, first as a serf, then as a lord, we see him as he is, without apology. |
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