Was Fredo Corleone autistic?
- Ashfaan
- February 21, 2024
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What illness did Fredo Corleone have?
There's a scene in "Godfather II" where Vito Corleone is in his dimly lit apartment worried about his son Fredo. Fredo has pneumonia and is being tended to by his mother and a nursemaid using a glass tumbler with a flame underneath. The thought was it would suck the illness out of his tiny body.What did they do to baby Fredo?
Cupping, the application of suction to the body, as a healing technique has been used in many healing traditions: ancient Greek and Egyptian, Chinese, and Eastern European, to name a few, for many centuries. There's even a scene in “The Godfather II” when baby Fredo gets cupped because he has pneumonia.What illness does Michael Corleone have?
He was dark triad. He was a covert narcissist with sociopathic tendencies. He was Machiavellian in his dealings with other mobsters. He was narcissistic in his control and manipulation of his family, of his friends, and of others.Did Michael ever regret killing Fredo?
In The Godfather's RevengeIn Winegardner's 2006 sequel, The Godfather's Revenge, Fredo appears in one of Michael's dreams. In the dream, Fredo warns Michael about an unspecified threat, and asks him why he had his own brother killed. Much of the novel portrays Michael dealing with his guilt over Fredo's murder.
Why Vito Corleone Didn't Give Fredo Corleone His Own Regime?
Why didn t Michael spare Fredo?
Michael did forgive Fredo, and put off killing him while their mother was alive, but he knew he had to take him out to protect himself and the rest of the family. By himself, Fredo was not a threat. As Michael told Tom, he was weak and stupid. For the longest time, Michael had given Fredo a pass out of brotherly love.Is Michael Corleone a psychopath or sociopath?
The Godfather's Michael Corleone is the textbook example of a psychopath. Twenty-year FBI vet Candice Delong explains why. Watch "Vanity Fair Confidential" on Investigation Discovery, Mondays 9/8c. example of a psychopath.Why does Vito Corleone have puffy cheeks?
Marlon Brando wanted Vito Corleone to look like a bulldog so he stuffed his cheeks with cotton during rehearsal, however in the actual movie he wore special dentures.What does Don Corleone have in his mouth when he dies?
Right before Vito's death near the end of The Godfather, he's peeling an orange and making faces with the rind in his mouth to amuse his grandson.What happened to Fredo's body?
Death and AftermathAfter the boy left, Fredo and Neri went out alone on the lake. While they were on the boat, Neri shot Fredo in the back of the head, killing him. Neri then dumped the body overboard. Michael had been watching to ensure the deed was done.
Why did Fredo try to have Michael killed?
Fredo's decision is most likely a result of resentment toward Michael, by whom he felt he had been passed over. Michael was Fredo's "kid brother," and the fact that their father chose for Michael to take over the "family business" came as a great insult to Fredo, who was neither as intelligent nor as strong.How does Michael Corleone know it was Hyman Roth?
Michael Corleone figures out that Hyman Roth is plotting against him when Roth accidentally exposes his true motives, and Roth got his new name from Vito Corleone after admiring Arnold Rothstein.Why did Hyman Roth want Michael dead?
Roth secretly plans to assassinate Michael, partly to avenge Moe Greene's murder (as depicted in The Godfather).Why was Moe Greene killed?
At the end of the film, Michael has Greene killed as part of his slaughter of the Corleone family's enemies. Neri surprises Greene while he is getting a massage and shoots him through the eye. This allows Greene's casinos to become property of the Corleone family.Why was Don Corleone mouth like that?
When Marlon was in make up, joking with his stylist, he put two pieces of cotton-wool in his mouth so that his jaws looked larger and he would get more of a bulldog-look. The staff was convinced and it became the signature look of Don Vito.Why did Brando put cotton in his mouth?
The longstanding belief that Brando stuffed cotton balls in his mouth while filming is a myth. While Brando stuffed his mouth with Kleenex for his screen test, he didn't use this technique while filming. A dentist created a custom mouthpiece for the actor that helped give the same effect of protruding cheek jowls.What is the meaning of the oranges in The Godfather?
In Coppola's American Realism, the oranges that spill onto the street speak to the life being drained from Vito as he is shot in the street—a metaphor for the blood being spilled—and stand for the disarray of the family as well.Who turned down Michael Corleone role?
Jack Nicholson turned down the role of Michael Corleone because he believed that actors should stick to playing characters of their own ethnicity. While it is fun to imagine Jack Nicholson in the role, it is impossible to improve upon Al Pacino's perfect performance as Michael Corleone.Was Robert De Niro supposed to be Michael Corleone?
He auditioned for the part of Paulie Gatto, the character who works under Corleone caporegime Clemenza (Richard Castellano) and famously meets his end at the wheel of a car. According to Peter Biskind, De Niro was also considered for a number of other roles after his auditions, including Michael Corleone.Who is the smartest Corleone?
Michael Corleone was not just Tom Hagen's intellectual equal. Michael was also much more strategically intelligent. And Michael was much more worldly than Tom was.What personality type is Fredo Corleone?
MBTI Type: ESFPInsecure and jealous of his brother's power in the family, Fredo gives his enemies information that allows them to make a failed assassination attempt against Michael.