Interdasting take. Mary was certainly Michael's weakest point.
Speculation from the article comments (not mine, and written by someone from Italy):
this movie is about michael and his try to find redemption for killing or somehow destroying family to preserve family…he is old and sick and looking for forgiveness. all families rise and fall without new lifeblood…the opera of our family dramas go on through the ages.
mary and her first cousin show that the family is too inbred and doesnt yet know its destructive existence. michael has a clue though and doesnt want his daughter to suffer like his wife has suffered……for marrying a man like he was.
michael doesnt escape his sins…theyre visited on the child..
this is a deep and beautiful movie and for mature persons.
it is not about pasta except as a familiar and defining culture moment when a couple who are doomed have a normal moment….they cook…sofia coppola isnt traditionally beautiful but there isnt much wrong with her acting…she shows vulnerablility
and struggling to get what she needs ..and she weeps when rejected with total credibility..
watch the movie again…it is like a greek drama or an opera…it is huge with the anguish of life as too strong for people who want to control it..
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I think our opera, starring the Clintons, is going to eventually contrast the amount of power/money they were controlling
Eventually take away all their power and all their money
I want to see them emotionally destroyed before it's all over, for what they've done.
We have no idea how many innocent people have died because of the Clintons.
Even greater is the number of innocent people who have suffered because of them.
Their punishment must be Biblical in scale.