In the movie The Godfather, there seems to be a recurring camera angle that is shot showing characters or a scene through a door way. A doorway can represent
inside or an enterance to a place of some sort. It can even symbolize a shield or a barrier because without one, anyone could have access to it. Since this angle was a very popular shot throughout the movie, it make's one ponder on its significance and asks many questions. Is this just one of Francois Ford Coppola's favorable camera angles?
Or is it something more.
Maybe it is just a strategy in order to lengthen or prolong the scenes throughout the movie. However, one thing that I noticed is that in the end of the movie, was that the
door closes behind Kay Adams, shielding her away from her husband, Don Corleone, and left as an
outsider.
I agree with the idea that are arguing, I also think that what happens behind closed doors is not known by Kay on purpose. I would push the idea of the doorways even further stating that they are used as a motif to represent how the knowledge of the Corleone family's business is not something that they involve the women of the family in. Would you agree or disagree with the idea of the doorways acting as motif rather than a symbol because of their reacquiring appearance and further meaning.
ReplyDeleteWould you consider Kay as an outsider? Or would you look at her more as someone that is shielded in a way from what is really happening for her own good? Kay is seen as an isolated character and when she is introduced into the movie she is seen as someone that does not fit into the family neither is Michael. But Michael changes as a character and he then jumps feet first into the family business when he was needed. Is it more that Kay was not told the truth due to her inability to tolerate the information that.