The eldest son of the old godfather in "The Godfather" Santino is not the protagonist, he is hormone-filled, sexually demanding, possessive, unabashedly brash, impulsive, and never learned to restrain his emotions.
Such a person, no matter in any gangster movie, can not play the protagonist. Such people either don't survive the second episode or the penultimate episode. In short, it will not end well.
In The Godfather, Sonny (Santino's nickname), designed by her brother-in-law and enemy Basini, is shot through a toll booth. This method of death is very gangster. Compared with the second generation of godfathers, the safety of his brother is indeed lamentable.
The old godfather's teachings to his eldest son, Sonny
American movie star James Caan is Jewish and was born on March 26, 1940.
After graduating from college, he began to perform in theaters in New York, and then participated in several TV series. Stepping onto the screen in 1963, he played an inconspicuous role in his screen debut,"Emma Girl."
However, it was not until 1972, when he played the fiery and fierce godfather's eldest son, Sonny Corleone, in Coppola's business card "The Godfather", that his value soared and he became an independent star.
The 1972 classic gangster film The Godfather won him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor
Sonny played by James Caan
1. Death will come, at this time or at a time
Sonny's fate seemed preordained, his death was inevitable, and he couldn't have lived long in gangster melee. Character determines fate, he is impulsive like an out-of-control lion, but lacks the cunning of a fox. Often walking by the river, where is the reason for not getting wet shoes?
He was very fond of his little sister Connie and did not allow her to suffer the slightest grievance. When he was in junior high school, Connie was still a toddler crawling all over the ground. Perhaps due to the age difference, as the eldest son, he has begun to share the responsibility of caring for his younger siblings for his parents.
At the wedding of her sister Connie, the reporters who came to harass her were expelled
Whether it is a movie or a book, Sonny only has an emotional contribution to the people around him, and is very devoted. Like Tom Hagen, from the age of 12, he was taken home by Sonny and took good care of him. What is more stubborn is the desire to protect his little sister Connie, from the time he heard that his sister was beaten by her husband, the grumpy temper that immediately ignited, and immediately rushed over to beat his brother-in-law Carlo, he knew that his desire to protect his little sister was so deep.
Violently beat up brother-in-law Carlo Ricci
His unscrupulous temper and unschemic travel were always a hidden danger. When he beat his brother-in-law violently, he just exhaled, he did not dare to think about letting his sister lose her husband. But after his brother-in-law was beaten up in the street, he was obviously very faceless. The terrible thing is that Carlo does not understand Sonny's temperament, Carlo as a cowardly and timid, simply a person who is afraid of death, he is afraid that Sonny will directly beat himself to death in public next time. So Carlo united with the foreign enemy and, as a stupid fox, executed the grumpy lion.
Carlo's cowardly and unscrupulous character, here in Michael, the second generation godfather, is completely inappropriate. Michael doesn't have Sonny's grumpiness, but he has Sonny's sinister determination, Michael is a true Sicilian, he has no extra nonsense to preach to Carlo, nor does he expect him to change his mind and be nice to his sister Connie. Michael kills The Betrayer Carlo.
"Don't worry, you won't see the sun tomorrow"
Back to Sonny as a man, he was too emotional, unrelenting, and unfit to be the successor of the Godfather. Moreover, if he is not killed by his brother-in-law Carlo, he will be killed by other "Carlo", which is an ironclad thing.
But he was indeed a manly and courageous man, and he was not as quiet and cowardly as the second brother Fredo, nor as ruthless as the third brother Michael.
Imagine if you were surrounded by people like Michael, you might feel like you were living under the abyss.
In fact, Sonny Corleone could have had a better fate. But at the age of six, he witnessed his father's gun killing of his enemy Fanuzzi, ruthless, cruel and decisive.
Witnessed my father gradually become a respected person as a result. His fate was completely changed. He began to know clearly that violence could solve many things.
This has to do with the old godfather's failed words and deeds. He originally wanted Sonny to be a lawyer, to use civilized means to achieve dirty ends, and the lawyer was dressed in the cloak of morality and collected high profits. And the way the old godfather achieved wealth, Sonny was eventually choked by fate.
Sonny is a man of temperament and exposed emotions
In "The Hidden Corner", the master corner Zhu Chaoyang is a child with a hidden heart, and his personality characteristics are more like Michael, so he successfully removed the crime of killing Zhu Jingjing, and borrowed a knife to kill people again and again, but was not punished by law.
Yan Liang is more like Sonny, who talks about credit and morality, and consistently protects and supports Pupu. He stepped forward and didn't play tricks, so he didn't live to the end.
But with such people around, you can really experience that the gray life can actually have light.
People who have love, in a chaotic world, usually do not live to the end. This seems to be an unsolvable problem.
Yan Liang could have had a better future, but his failed father, the failed original family, made him lose the spiritual source of having a stable life.
In the hidden corners, the children of stoicism
2. Gain more friendships with righteousness.
Sonny is somehow more like his father, Vito Corleone, the first godfather. Michael was more like his godfather, Thesio, taciturn and cold and dangerous.
Both Sonny and his father believe that friendship can be rewarded by giving it. When sonny was young, he brought home orphan Tom Hagen and helped him cure his eye disease. After Tom was kidnapped and released home by Solaso, he was the first to step forward for a warm hug. His friendship with Tom was an unrequited effort.
Tom goes to inform a meeting, and Sonny is in a room with a "personal affair"
Tom also has feelings for only two people, one is don Corleone, the godfather who is regarded as his father, and the other is his teenage playmate Sonny.
For Sonny's friendship, Tom is also desperately rewarded. He played the role of Wei Zheng, who risked Tang Taizong's death to advise him, and gave advice to his angry superiors, which was indeed not a comfortable choice.
However, Tom persevered regardless of personal gain or loss. Without Tom's thoughtful consideration, Sonny would have lived much shorter than expected.
Give the wise military division a close-up
Sonny is such a person that people love and hate.
In addition, Sonny's desire to protect his sister is the same as the relationship between his affectionate brother and sister that he sees now. Not every brother has enough patience and protection for his younger siblings.
Fredo has little intercourse or concern for Connie, and Michael has no feelings for all the other siblings.
So, the book describes the old godfather as not paying much attention to his younger son, Michael, at first.
One is that Michael disobeyed his father's orders and served the U.S. government, not the Corleone family.
The second is that Michael is clearly lacking in enthusiasm and is not as contagious and passionate as Sonny.
Third, Sonny is more like himself, knowing how to expand his territory in the name and strength of friendship. And he sets Michael's fate to follow the development of the United States and live a quiet and peaceful life, which is the opposite of his own gangster path.
Brotherhood
Speaking of Sonny, he believes that friendship is a rare treasure, and both Sonny and his father share this quality, and his younger brother Michael obviously does not believe in friendship very much. But if Sonny had half the calmness of his father or Michael, the family business could thrive.
In other words, the scene where Sonny beats Connie's husband Carlo, the crew took 4 days to shoot, using as many as 700 extras.
The scene where Sonny beats his brother-in-law in the street looks very real, but in fact, James Kane, who plays Sonny, breaks two ribs of the actor in the play.
Sonny how deep is this!
Beat Up Carlo
3. Uncontrollable materialism makes him controversial
Not only is Sonny's temper uncontrollable, but he also has no good restraint on sexual desire. Sonny's wife curses the woman who cheated on her husband to die early, and often goes to church to pray blatantly, which makes Sonny's lover Lucy very nervous. Even so, Sonny's affair with Lucy is still a dry firewood fire that cannot be extinguished.
At the wedding of her sister Connie and Carlo, Sonny blatantly cheated with Lucy at home, not worrying about being caught by his wife. This made the moviegoer really uncomfortable.
Such a blatant love betrayal is indeed not an object worthy of forgiveness.
However, sonny's charm lies in the fact that you can love his sexiness or hate his ruthlessness. But he could not be ignored.
Sonny and his wife
This annoyed the conservative old godfather, who, when he negotiated with Soraso, told his enemies his true thoughts without going through the cerebral cortex. The old godfather just broke out, are you TMD women and messing up your head?!
The film only shows Sonny's love for Connie's sister, respect for Tom's brotherhood, and concern for his brother Michael's going out to kill his rival Sorasso, in fact, Sonny also respects his lover Lucy.
Lucy had been insulted by her boyfriend for her privacy when she was in high school, but Sonny didn't mind and gave her confidence. Even after Sonny's violent death, Lucy still has a crush on Sonny.
Not only the remembrance of the indescribable physical contact they had had, but also the remembrance of Sonny's respect for himself from beginning to end.
Sonny handles "housework"
In the original book, Sonny's primitive impulses are described, which makes Sonny's wife very resentful. But Sonny's wife is also very afraid of Sonny's excessive hormones, which makes the couple's married life less friendly.
After Sonny's death, his wife's life seemed to return to unprecedented calm. She is not like Sonny's sister, who, because of the loss of her husband, yells and curses at Michael (the second generation godfather).
Sonny's wife may have become accustomed to the silence of the gangster world, or it could be interpreted as saying that Sonny's wife was at peace at the moment of her husband's death.
The author, Mario Puzo, gives a more detailed account of what happened after that in the book. Lucy later left Long Beach to settle in Las Vegas, often nostalgic for her time with Sonny. In the face of the crazy pursuit of the famous doctor Jules, at the beginning, he also behaved not salty.
These are certainly not positive depictions of Sonny, but from the side, Sonny is not limited to a violent bloodthirsty addict, he is also a person that women expect.
The one in the middle was the new director Coppola
Sonny was a tough guy from start to finish, with kinds, blood, and flesh. He does not have the aura of a protagonist, and it is impossible to be a protagonist in any era.
But even as a little firefly, he looked so dazzling and warm.