Tony's mother hated him and told Gena to stay away from him. Then why did she go to his house and tell him to go get Gena, giving him her address? And in case the viewer thought, maybe I misheard that, she shouted it out twice. Makes no sense; I guess Stone just got lazy and figured it was a way to get Tony to the next scene, he didn't care about continuity, consistency. Thoughts?
shareShe was desperate to get Gina back. And Tony was her only hope on this.
shareBecause she had no idea why she was there or who she was with? As a mother she would jump to the worst conclusions. She sees it's a wealthy place and that she has been tangled up with men who are like Tony, AKA dangerous and bad men. Tony would be the only person who could get her out of a dangerous situation.
shareGood rationalization. If she was so concerned why didn't she go herself? Also it wouldn't make sense for them to get married without letting Tony know. They were going to "surprise him". Rationalize all you want, nothing about it makes any sense to me!
shareI agree that their marriage surprise plan was stupid, no idea why they thought that would go over well with Tony.
That has nothing to do with their mom though? Which is what this thread is about? Her mom was scared of who was there at the house. If they were criminal men holding her daughter, she would probably just get killed for trying to come herself. She knew her son was a criminal, a powerful one, so she asked him to go, thinking he wouldn't get assaulted and was powerful enough to stop whoever was holding her daughter. It's pretty simple.
You thought it out more than the scriptwriter Oliver Stone. So why didn't he add that to the script? By the way this was all based on the 1929 novel which was about Al Capone.
shareI think you're overthinking it or it's been a long time since you've seen it.
She says in full,
"She got a place of her own. She don't tell me where. One night I follow her in a taxi and she goes to this fancy house in Coconut Grove. ... (I don't know) if there is a man there ... There was this car in the driveway. I know if I go in there, she kill me. She's like you. You better talk to her Tony, she don't listen to me ... she says to me, mira, shut up, mind your own business, exactly like you ... why do you have to hurt everything you touch? Why do you have to destroy everything that comes your way?"
Like what else do you need to know? Pretty concise reasoning spelled out completely in the dialogue. She is scared, frantic, does not know what her daughter has gotten herself into.
Yup, clear as mud.
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