Fellow hit man has my picture and then offers me a drink ... why not!
Sort of like '300' standing near the pit?
"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."
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It's pretty clear Bishop in his own way has a kind of death wish (I couldn't help saying it.). He knows quite a deal about the Organization's structure and history (perhaps not as much as he realises), but suffers from acute anxiety issues obviously related to his job, which he would like to transition from, but is clearly not sure on how to achieve this successfully. Prepared to dance with the devil to a degree, he takes Steve to Italy, putting his issues with him to the back burner. It's kind of open - ended regarding the wine IMO. May be he had an idea about it, may be he didn't. I think that is one of the positives of this rather atmospheric Bronson offering. 🐭
shareAgreed. If he didn't feel some type of real threat to his life, i.e. know that he himself could be killed at any time, he wouldn't have prepared Steve's welcome home party.
shareEnding would've been much more effective if we and Bronson didn't know that the kid was going to burn him. Message behind his death would've had more meaning to; "your weakness is you needed someone". The agency warned him that working with the kid was bad news, yet he needed to connect with someone. Kid burning him without him ever knowing would've not only brought meaning to this idea, but been a nice twist for viewers. Ending with the kid getting killed then would've been a good double twist, and would show that he did have a slight suspicion after all.
With him seeing the picture we and Bronson know the kid is going to try and burn him. He notes intention for going after the kid, and yet gets poisoned by a drink? His weakness then wasn't that he "needed"someone, it was stupidity.