Barzini will move against you first.The Godfather · 1972 — 第 9 / 9 章 · 3'32" · B2
Vito Warns Michael, Explained：hold the strings
An aging father keeps returning to a rival's plan: a trusted man, a safe meeting, an assassination. Between sips of wine the talk touches a child and a checked phone line. The real point lands last. "Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that."
あらすじ
A father talks with his son Michael. He warns that Barzini will move first: a trusted man will guarantee safety, and the meeting will be an assassination. Talk turns to wine, a happy home, a boy of three who reads the funny papers, and a phone check already handled. He never wanted this life for Michael, hoped the son would hold the strings, and ends by naming the traitor.
注目の表現
move againstbig shotshold the stringswhat's bothering you
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このシーンの表現
hold the strings
to be the one in control
教父本以为自己退下来后，迈克尔会成为牵动那些线的人。
In that office, the assistant quietly holds the strings.
このシーンの他の表現
- move against
to take hostile action against someone
- big shots
important or powerful people, often said with a sneer
- what's bothering you
what is troubling you
このシーンのメモ一覧
36 行のセリフに 35 件のメモ
liaison
Barzini will move against you first.He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.reduced relative clause
He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.Guaranteeing your safety.And at that meeting you'll be assassinated.I like to drink wine more than I used to.-Anyway, I'm drinking more. -It's good for you, Pop.Are you happy with your wife and children?I hope you don't mind the way I keep going over this Barzini business.-No, not at all. -It's an old habit.-No, not at all. -It's an old habit.I spend my life trying not to be careless.Women and children can be careless, but not men.can be for possibility
Women and children can be careless, but not men.He looks more like you every day.He's smarter than I am. He's three and can read the funny papers.I want you to arrange for a telephone man to check all in- and out-going calls.liaison
I want you to arrange for a telephone man to check all in- and out-going calls.-I did it already. I took care of that, Pop. -That's right. I forgot.what is troubling you
What's bothering you?I'll handle it. I told you I can handle it, so I'll handle it.I worked my whole life. I don't apologize for taking care of my family.And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.important or powerful people, often said with a sneer
And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.participle phrase
And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.to be the one in control
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.would in reported expectation
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.Another pezzonovante.Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.elision
Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.We'll get there, Pop. We'll get there.Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.「Vito Warns Michael」を読み解く
What's really going on
Barzini will not come in person. Trust is the weapon: "He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust. Guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting you'll be assassinated." Safety is the bait. The chatter afterward is the same habit. Wine, a boy of three who reads the funny papers, a phone man sent to check every call. He forgets he gave that order. "I spend my life trying not to be careless." In this talk, careless means dead. Santino had to go through it. Fredo trails off. "But I never wanted this for you." He will not apologize for taking care of his family, and he will not be "dancing on a string held by all those big shots." The hope was the opposite: "you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Corleone. Governor Corleone." There was not enough time. The reply promises they will get there. The last line cancels the comfort: whoever comes with the Barzini meeting is the traitor.
Theme
BetrayalWhoever brings the Barzini meeting is the traitor, because that trust is how the assassination gets close.
PowerHe refused to dance on a string held by big shots and wanted his son to hold the strings as senator or governor.
このチャプターで学べること
- A trusted meeting can be the hit itself
- Repeating handle it asks the elder to step aside
- Family care can defend a hard life
- The traitor is whoever proposes the Barzini meeting
発音のポイント
- move against you — liaison
- arrange for — liaison
- enough time — elision
Women and children can be careless, but not men.Here, careless is fatal. He has just laid out an assassination that works only if suspicion slips, so men get no slack and women and children do.
Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.The public future, senator or governor, never arrived. Said to Michael, it means the clock ran out before that other life could start.
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.It means running things, not being pulled. He wanted that control for this son, as Senator Corleone or Governor Corleone, instead of a life spent dancing for big shots.
But I never wanted this for you.Santino, he says, had to go through this, and Fredo he cannot finish. This path was never the plan for the person listening.
このシーンについての質問
Why is the person who brings the Barzini meeting the traitor?
Barzini does not come himself. Someone absolutely trusted sets up the meeting and guarantees safety, and the assassination happens there. The trusted messenger is the way in, so whoever comes with that meeting is the traitor. The last line says not to forget it.
What kind of life did he want for Michael?
Not this one. He wanted him to hold the strings: Senator Corleone, Governor Corleone, another pezzonovante. He says there was not enough time, and that he never wanted this for him.
What does pezzonovante mean here?
The line is given as another big shot. It sits right after Senator Corleone and Governor Corleone, so it names the public power he wanted, then lets the wish drop.
Why does he keep going over the Barzini business?
He calls it an old habit. He has spent his life trying not to be careless, and he says women and children can be careless but men cannot. Going over it again is how he tries to keep the other man from walking into the meeting.
Does he apologize for the life he lived?
No. He says he does not apologize for taking care of his family, then "I don't apologize. That's my life." What he regrets is narrower: he never wanted this for the son with him, and there was not enough time for the other future.
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第 5 章business, not personalMichael Plans the Restaurant Hit
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第 7 章no different thanMichael Proposes to Kay
第 8 章an offer he can't refuseMichael Warns Fredo
再生中 · 第 9 章hold the stringsVito Warns Michaelこの作品の 9 章はここまでです