Coppola said " Formality by which that courtship is arranged "... Formality is something that has to be done, that is a rule but is MEANINGLESS. When Vitelli ran jnto Cafe Fabricio goes after him. Fabricio comes out and starts panicking...." We gotta go, it's his daughter " At that moment Michael remembered how sensitive Sicilians are about sex before marriage...... so When Vitelli stood in front of him Michael " I didn't mean to insult you, I'm stranger in this country "... That is bc thunderbolt is an insult. Don Tomassino told Michael not to get in trouble.....so he knew what he had to do.....offer marriage. He told Vitteli " Your daughter will get a husband "..... meaning someone to DO HER bc Michael needs someone to do. He told Kay " I want you to marry me".... When he came into her house he was polite but he also didn't give a fuck. He was disheveled and with armed bodyguards, he didn't give a fuck that they all knew he was a criminal or that he threatened his father in front of her brothers to murder him if they told anyone about Michael hiding in Sicily. He came to convince her to marry him.........

Michael anc Kay are sitting at the table. Johnny Fontana walks in. He begins to sing--- I got but one heart ---- Michael takes Kay's hand and says " Listen to a song " Song continues--- You are the only dream I pray it comes true--- Michael turns around and looks at Kay Michael and Apollonia are sitting at the table. Michael is drinking, he does that when he needs sex He looked across the table and smiled bc he saw necklace around her neck She is first serious, than she TOUCHES the necklace around her neck and smiles back... And there you have it ....... Coppola capturing the book to a detail... " Wedding was set up in two weeks bc she thought he was rich "..... sentence from the book perfectly captured in a movie Michael:" What do you want for Christmas " Kay:" I don't want anything, I just want you ".... Apollonia, a goldigger who married a criminal for money blew up in a car...... the irony of life

Michael taking Kay to a same house where he had sex with Apollonia Michael " I spent so much time in this room thinking of you " Kay:" Than you got married " Michael:" I still thought about you " Apollonia died he came home and told Kay he loved her and cared about her Kay left he got diabetes, aged over night, stopped smoking drinking killing, never took the ring of his finger or touched another woman for the rest of his life... A woman he murdered his brother bc Movies ended without Fabricio being killed

What romance and wedding? Apollonia was a goldigger who married him for money Michael married her bc he had to......there is no sex before marriage in Sicily so to satisfy his desire he has to marry her Thunderbolt is not romantic feeling which is why her father ran into his Cafe when he realized that chick filled in all the right places was his daughter. Thunderbolt is eraction.... Or as Coppola while commenting godfather, moment when Michael spoke to old Vitteli " This is NOT the prince speaking...... business deal was made......".. We duh... He threatened to murder her father if he tells anyone about him hiding there He didn't give a fuck if she knew he was a criminal hiding from the police coming from the mafia family He came into her house disheveled and with armed bodyguards.....he didn't come to speak to her or get to know her, he didn't even say hello. He made her an offer and it worked. He purchased her for a necklace He never looked at her during wedding He did lean over to speak and smile at little girl walking by .... Mudic that was playing smile walking down the street from the church represents MELANCHOLY.......or sadness says Coppola. He never told his parents he met her, noone knew he got married He laughed at the idea that she wanted to be American wife After sex he wasn't even laying in bed next to her. He was sitting on a window. That scene exists but was deleted All Michael cared about was speaking to Don Tomassino because Don brings messages from US.... He never told her about mafia war or that she was in danger being attached to him at that moment. Right before he met her Don Tomassino had warned him " Your enemies know that you are in Sicily ..... they found him. Everybody knew he was in Sicily noone knew where. Village circus of their wedding during which Michael was completely detached is how they found him, how they located him He knew he was putting her in danger and he said nothing...... And than moved on as if she never existed... Here is Michael after Apollonia died " Pop, what about Sonny, what about Sicily. If we don't respond isn't family gonna be weak " ..... So what about Sicily? Barzini tried to kill him but he got away I wouldn't behave like that if a dog with flees died bc of me or instead of me The things that people are proud of, and are trying to cash out...... unbelievable