One of the most significant scenes of "The Godfather" is one that Coppola deleted from the final cut: the Italian Communist Party in Sicily marching to its doom to Portella della Ginestra, where it would be massacred by the Mafia on May 1, 1947.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HjHWYbyEQ …
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It's the counterpoint to the boardroom scene where Don Barzini says, to laughs, "after all, we are not Communists."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7C_JHwJm1U …
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The deleted scene makes absolutely clear -- in a restrained way -- that the Mafia is fundamentally a reactionary force, and cements the film's broader critique of capitalism.
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Jameson's great essay "Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture" is very good on this aspect of The Godfather movies.
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