I've always loved this scene. Sal accepts his death so gently. It's a testament to how well they created the moral universe of the movie, that we don't balk at Sal quietly walking off to his execution. The same thing was achieved with Pacino's last scene in Donnie Brasco, I think.

I agree. When Pacino takes off his watch and jewelry and puts it in the drawer for his wife to find after his death is brilliant. No need to say anything. He knows, and we know.

That ending with Pacino is incredible. It's visual, it uses physical objects to convey something symbolic, even emotional, and it uses no dialogue. Fantastic.