Pacino has to pull off a very difficult feat here-he must convey to the audience his nervousness and doubt while simultaneously conveying to the characters in the scene that nothing is out of the ordinary.
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Because the dialogue is in a foreign language and therefore “unimportant,” we can focus our full attention on Pacino’s amazing performance. What’s important is Michael’s emotional and psychological state. The audience also already knows what this meeting is about-Michael and Sollozzo are trying to reach a truce. It doesn't really matter what Sollozo says, Michael is bound and determined to kill him (and McCluskey).it all plays out in Pacino's expression and eyes.so, ultimately, the dialogue isn't relevant. This is the pivotal point where Michael makes his bones and sets off on the path of becoming the Godfather. The whole restaurant scene has very little to do the the negotiations but rather the killing of Sollozzo and McCluskey. Secondly, although the scene is important, what Sollozzo is saying actually isn't. You’re listening to the sound of the language, not the meaning.” As a result you’re paying much more attention to how things are said and the body language being used, and you’re perceiving things in a very different way. “It is very bold, even today, to have an extended scene between two main characters in an English-language film speaking another language with no translation. Walter Murch (Film & Sound Editor on The Godfather) explained why Coppola made this choice. Is there an explanation from filmmakers on why there were no English subtitles provided for this particular scene?įirstly, Coppola states somewhere in the DVD commentary that the actors spoke too quickly for the subtitles to be read properly and that was a distraction for the audience, so he let the scene play out visually instead. This scene appeared to be an important plot to the film.
My question is, Why wasn't there English subtitles provided for this scene? The film is an American film with English dialogue. This answer provides the English translation for the conversation between Sollozzo and Michael. (Perhaps there is some non-English dialogue while Michael courts Apollonia, but I cannot remember) The Godfather is an American film and the dialogue is in English with the exception of this dialogue between Sollozzo and Michael.
Then MICHAEL, havingĭifficulty expressing himself in Italian, accidentally lapses into The WAITER occasionally brings food and they MICHAEL listening carefullyĪnd nodding every so often. There is dialogue spoken in Sicilian (according to the script) that does not have English subtitles. In The Godfather, there is an important scene in an Italian Restaurant with dialogue between Michael Corleone and Virgil Sollozzo.
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