The Godfather - Hospital Scene

The Godfather: “Hospital” Scene Analysis I was particulary interested in the scene where Vito Corleone has recently been severely shot and hospitalized and is at a local hospital for recuperation. The scene caught my eyes in several different ways including: the lighting, music, use of set, point of view of camera, low angle shots, and extreme angle shots. The scene starts out with Michael Corleone getting out of a taxi at the hospital steps. The …

…it. Michael reaches for the lighter and his steady hand lights it…and pauses for a moment and then clicks it down hard. This might be a metaphor for the “closing” of the scene. The ominous music stops and its like the threat is over, Michael has stopped it. This to me is where the scene ends. Michael has come into his own and we see how his fate is now in full force now.