Godfather 2 plot hole. Who left the drapes open in Michaels bedroom

This site makes the claim that it was Rocco. LINK

It particularly makes sense when you consider the fact that Michael sent Rocco to kill Roth which was essentially a suicide mission. There was no way he would have gotten out of there alive. The Roth hit was Michael's way of getting revenge on Rocco for leaving the drapes open.

Makes sense in explaining why it wasn't Fredo

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Fredo with all his plans? Would Roth put all his eggs in one basket? Could Fredo quickly and quietly kill two assassins? Would even someone as dumb as Fredo not realize that opening drapes in his brother's bedroom while Kay was asleep and Michael was away was a precursor to a hit? I think not. If Fredo did open the drapes he had to know it was a hit. And even if we think he was lying to Michael when he claimed ignorance of plans for Michael's murder, when he spoke angrily on the phone to Johnny Ola it's obvious that Fredo truly didn't know of Roth/Ola's plans. So whatever Fredo did he (a) didn't know that Michael's murder was imminent and (b) didn't open the drapes.

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It particularly makes sense when you consider the fact that Michael sent Rocco to kill Roth which was essentially a suicide mission. There was no way he would have gotten out of there alive. The Roth hit was Michael's way of getting revenge on Rocco for leaving the drapes open.

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That doesn't make sense. The only reason he didn't get out alive was the fall of the government and the military going to Roth's room. Roth had no remaining guards, the staff was celebrating the new year, and the hospital had a large, open floor-plan. Michael couldn't possibly have timed it so perfectly on purpose. And if he intended ROcco to fail, why would Michael use someone who was known to be working for him and accompanied him everywhere publicly?

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So you really think he could have slit the gunmen's throats when he couldn't even get a shot off to protect his father?

Nah,ain't buying it.

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No, actually, I think other people -- ones who didn't have access to the house -- did it. It's heavily implied, in fact, that there was a second set of killers. There's no suggestion whatsoever that Fredo killed them. They were fall guys, people Roth/Ola didn't mind risking in an up-close assault at the house and didn't mind killing afterwards.

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Huh?Rocco was sent to kill Roth at the airport...hes not the one in Cuba in the hospital.

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Ah. Mixed up the two. My bad. Haven't seen the movie in a few years. But my original point remains.

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Would have been pretty freaking difficult to get out of the compund...anyway,unless FFC wants to fess up not sure there will ever be clarity on the issue.

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You mean the compound the shooters got into in the first place and close enough to the house to recognize who was in the window and start shooting? Also, the one they managed to almost make it out of again. All the second set had to do was wait for the first ones to return to the rendezvous place, kill 'em, and leave. There's really no need to bring in a second traitor that was never alluded at.

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Sure I can and I'm not the only one who raised the question.

Fredo was way too incompetent to pull it off.

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He didn't "pull it off." He had a very specific role. I haven't argued that he did anything other than help the shooters gain access to the compoudn and -- a much, much easier task -- managed to open the drapes. Ola and Roth, on the other hand, are extremely competent and they did pull it off, at least to the extent that they scared the hell out of Michael, which, for what they were trying to accomplish, worked almost as well as managing to kill him. Fredo had no role after the initial circumstances.

I honestly don't care if other people have asked the question. It's a valid question, certainly, but that doesn't mean all answers make equal sense. Conspiracy theorists have been making untenable claims about movies since forever. Lots of people think Harry and Draco suffered from fervent homosexual tension between them. It's just how moviegoers roll.

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Kay, of course. She obviously hates Michael.

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Diane Keaton sucks the life out of all men in movies so it makes sense.

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He didn't "pull it off." He had a very specific role. I haven't argued that he did anything other than help the shooters gain access to the compoudn

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You argued a 2nd set of killers existed and escaped after the attempt.Ill still argue it would have been virtually impossible.

Whoever killed them had to be on the inside and Michael discusses it with Tom afterword

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TOM

If we catch these guys do you think we'll be able to find out who's backing them?

MICHAEL

That's not the catch -- unless I'm very wrong, they're dead already. They're killed by somebody close to us -- inside. Very, very scared they botched it.

TOM

What about your people ROCCO and NERI? You don't think that they had something to do with this.

MICHAEL

You see -- all our people are business men, their loyalty is based on that. Now, one thing that I learned from Pop was to try to think as people around you think. Now on that basis, anything's possible.

So Michael certainly suspects an inside man. Given that we later find out Fredo betrayed Michael, that most likely scenario does seem to be that Fredo himself killed the assassins.

To reiterate however, all of this is just speculation, as it is never confirmed in either the films or books.

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