Under Neri, it states that he killed the prostitute that was with Senator Pat Geary. It is also confirmed by Coppola himself during the director's commentary track on the DVD.
Coppola had previously received much criticism for allegedly "glorifying the mafia". On the commentary, he mentions that the scene with the dead prostitute is to remind the audience that members of the Cosa Nostra are as ruthless as they are honorable.
It shows that they would not hesitate to have Neri kill an innocent girl just to put pressure on a senator. There are several possible reasons. Though not explicitly stated, it is implied that Roth wanted revenge for the death of Moe Greene Alex Rocco , a friend of his who was assassinated on Michael's orders in the previous film.
He is visibly angry with Michael when they are discussing Greene. A second reason might be that Michael is getting too much power and influence at the expense of other powerful mobsters, including Roth himself, so they try to kill him. When that fails, Roth tries to cripple Michael's business through Pentangeli's testimony at the senate hearing.
Lastly, Michael is reluctant to invest in Roth's Cuban business, whereas Fredo seems much more interested. Just as in the first film, killing the Don or otherwise removing him from his seat of power, will make his next in line Don—in this case, Fredo—who seems much more inclined to continue business with Roth and who can be easily controlled and manipulated.
Probably just to see if he could. Vito eventually turns out as the head of his own crime organization, because he is the one to realizes that power cannot only be based on violence alone; it depends as much on persuasion, gaining respect and loyalty. He knew that Fanucci's Gastone Moschin reign was primarily based on bluffs and intimidation, rather than a large, strong organisation backing him there was even a deleted scene showing Fanucci getting attacked and wounded by a group of street kids, which showed how weak Fanucci actually was.
Killing Fanucci would solve most of his problems, but it would be the easy way out. Vito wants to see if he can bargain with Fanucci, and persuade him to cut down on his demands.
In other words: he does not simply want to give in to Fanucci's intimidation tactics, but prove that he dares to stand up to him from a vulnerable position. The tactic works, as Fanucci respects Vito's candor and boldness. It also has the advantage of giving Fanucci a false sense of security, making it easier to catch the Don off guard for the assassination.
In case there would have been a police investigation, Vito could easily claim and the people present in the restaurant could be witnesses that he and Fanucci had a truce and, therefore, had no motive to kill him.
Since the murder was committed during the fireworks ceremony and Vito had properly disposed of the gun, there would be no way that he would have been caught. To act as a primitive suppressor silencer and to conceal it so he could take his time and aim, which is why Fanucci asks, "What have you got there?
Honor is the principle of this subject. Roth betrayed Michael and therefore must die by the hand of the Corleone family. Michael also seems to doubt that Roth is truly dying: as they plan the hit, he says "He's been dying of the same heart attack for 20 years. First, the code of "omerta". The code originated in Sicily, long invaded and ill-treated by foreign governments, and states that one should never, no matter how they or their families are harmed, go to the authorities.
Avenging the harm done was instead in the hands of the offended. Violation of this was considered the ultimate form of disgrace. This belief had much to do with the formation of the mafia and its ultimate growth and staying power. It showed to Frank that his testimony to the Committee would be heard by his brother and family, disgracing him and his family.
Thus, he changed his story, refusing not only to implicate Michael, but anyone. There are two theories as to why Frank did this. The first is that having Frank's brother show up at the hearing with Michael was a veiled threat that insinuated the brother would be killed as a result of the testimony. However, he realized too late that this betrayal was completely unmotivated.
Michael was born in , the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone. Vito would think that Michael would have needed to remarry, preferably to an Italian woman, but above all to someone who was old fashioned and could give Michael peace.
Don Corleone was inspired by real-life mob boss Frank Costello. How does he know? Does he assume it's Pentangeli until he talks to him, and then it dawns on him that it was Roth during their conversation? Roach, what the hell are you talking about? Perhaps though you mean that you were not aware that "Godfather: Part II" might have an intricate plot which merits discussion? Or maybe a mod changed the post and put the spoilers under the fold?
Seriously, I don't get the gripe here. Maybe next time the poster can use secret code that only people who have seen the movie can decipher! As far as Michael knowing it was Roth - could it be maybe that Michael didn't know who it was, but thought it could have been either one, so he tells both that he knows it was the other one.
Since Roth did it, he wants to take out Pentagelli so Pentagelli can't possibly defend himself to Michael. So Michael just deduces that it was Roth. Maybe there is some clear clue that I've missed, but when I watched it I think Michael was just inferring it was Roth from Roth's behavior and from his belief that Pentagelli was loyal and wouldn't attack him.
Response by poster: Yeah, I originally had the actual question above the fold, but really, this movie came out in It's one of the most popular and most-discussed movies of all time. There comes a point when you can no longer "spoil" something. Nick talks twice about a Fredo kiss throughout the episode. Being weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has little power or status within the Corleone crime family. Fredo had to die and it had to be Michael who killed him, because Coppola was ultimately telling a much larger story than Puzo did in the book.
Fredo was the second child of Vito and Carmela Corleone, born in In his youth he was a sickly child, contracting pneumonia as a baby. After the Godfather died, Tessio felt that Barzini and the other families would align away from the Corleones and support Barzini.
Tessio decided he had to betray Michael and join with Barzini to protect himself.
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