In the scene from The Godfather, Al Pacino's character shows disinterest in Solozzo through lack of eye contact and slouched body language as Solozzo talks. Solozzo sits forward with hands crossed, attentively waiting for Pacino's responses. Later, Pacino adjusts his jacket and combs his hair with his hands to portray his character's nervousness and innocence as he prepares to do something bad to protect his father.

1. How are microelements used in the restaurant scene in the godfather?
In the godfather performance is used to show the different
characteristics of the people on show in the scene. Al Pacino
shows disinterest in what solozzo is saying through his lack
of eye contact when sollozzo is talking to him. This portrays
that al Pacino’s character does not want to hear what
sollozzo has to say and also shows how he has other things
on his mind as well as having better tings to do rather than
sitting down next to sollozzo (especially since he realizes
that he is not able to guarantee his fathers safety). Al Pacino
also shows his disinterest compared to sollozzo through his
lack of body language as he lounges back in his chair while
giving slurred and slow answers to sollozzos enquires, while
sollozos is able to show how he is interested in al Pacino’s
responses by sitting foreword with his hands crossed as if
waiting in anticipation for al Pacino’s answer, whilst at ease
later on in the scene as he tries to create a pact with al
Pacino’s character.
Later on in the scene the performance of Al Pacino is used to
show the nervousness and innocence of his character, as it
shows how he has to contemplate and set himself for what
he is about to do. This is shown by him adjusting his jacket
and by combing his hair with his hands, exemplifying how
he realizes what he is doing is bad and naïve, but he feels he
needs to guarantee his fathers safety.