In all seriousness, as a Man, the thing which shocked the sense out of me most of all in watching this is just how *well* she knows The Godfather - because she *understood* it.
I am watching it again right now as a direct consequence — I understand that Michael is the only son prepared to journey into The Underworld (the echoey, cavernous hospital) to confront The Dragon (the hag-like nurse) and rescue his Dead Father by moving him to another room where the demons cannot find him or come claim him.
But it had never occurred to me that the moment that comes afterwards, where he enlists the aid of an innocent baker and well-wisher to *pretend* to be armed muscle guarding The Don that *that* was the moment when he became an evil man —
I could dispute that : because what is an innocent man doing venturing into The Underworld as a Fool...? Surely that Fool’s Faith should keep him safe.
The conventional wisdom is that Michael becomes an evil man when he decides to kill Sollozzo and the Police Captain (out of pure wrath) — but maybe that’s wrong.
The Baker volunteers to help (and says he is prepared to do anything), not knowing what that entails.
It’s not the narcissism of Michael that endangers The Baker, it’s the faith and love of Michael and the grace of The Fool which keeps all three of them safe, and alive.
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