The Dark Knight Gordon's "Death"

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That's basically how I see it too. Movies like these expect their audience to be fully engaged and paying attention, mulling over the details as the story progresses. This is different to most spoon-fed plots in movies today, but a lot of the older movies that we hail as classics forced the audience to do the same. Godfather II springs to mind in the whole Fredo plot.

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For example, it's never said that Fredo was the one who opened the shades in Michael's window right before his attempted hit, but as the details emerge, it can be deduced that this is the logical conclusion.

Nice catch. You're not the first I've seen spot that about GII.