Briefly before this, he actually survived getting his throat slit by a couple of boys in a street fight. There's actually a scene for it, but they left it out of the original movie. The scene is quite confusing.
Vito was a better Don than anyone else because he grew up in suffering and poverty. It built his character and understanding. He earned his power, not like his children.
It's called the 3 generation problem. The first generation of immigrants work hard, save money and some manage to establish a thriving business. The second generation continue it but under the guidance of the first. the third generation have only know luxury and waste it all on easy living.
Because his reasoning for the killing was that he wanted to keep his family safe and happy. He wants to be with them, and sees them as the providers of his joy and purpose in life. It obviously gets out if hand, but that’s where his ultimate interest starts.
The Godfather shows Vito Corleone as a full-fledged don and tells the story of how Michael became a don. The Godfather 2 is the reverse. It shows Michael as a full-fledged don and tells the story of how Vito became a don.
Vito so smart. He uses a towel as a silencer.... and for the final shot in the mouth the fireworks provide the muffle. Brilliant filmmaking. Also the step climbing leading to the hit is an echo to the step climbing at the hospital in part 1. This never gets old....
De Niro really killed Gastone that day. That's why Fanucci took too long to die, because he thought to himself "Wait a second, this isn't in the script."
"Keep your friends close, but your enemy closer". Vito adopted this sly mindset since the beginning of his career. He had the option to kill Fanucci when meeting him, but instead got close to him first. Till his last moment, Fanucci still believed that he did Vito a favor because he took Vito under his wing. He died without knowing why. This scene showed the cold-blood and scary side of Vito, in contrast to his warm aura through out the movie.
+Diego Augusto Yes! That's one of the standing references in the Godfather- oranges mean death. If you look closely, you can see many more examples. Vito ate an orange before dying, Woltz had oranges on the table at dinner before the horse's head scene.
Francis Ford Coppola has always felt that this made Vito look like a cold blooded killer, so for the trilogy's 50th anniversary, he will release a special edition where Fanucci shoots first, he somehow dodges the bullet and shoots him as self defense.
I love how Fanucci gets shot in the face and he's just standing there thinking "I can take it, I can take it....nope" and then he drops like a sack of bricks.
+jc troncoso watch the italian serie Gomarra ...you'll probably love it ...some european movies got the realistic touch when comes to murder and shootings , they have this old raw feel of impact your looking for jc , eh eh eh 3:>
Actually, I think that one of the reasons that the Godfather is so successful is the fact that they look at the violence of the underworld in such a bare and gritty fashion.
The Tin Memesman you know what i believe is that certain movie ages well and some other's not ... the godfather 1-2 remains masterpieces and are timeless !
The nostalgia of this scene is crazy for me. Yes. A 14 year old. Back in lockdown, my dad and i binged the godfather series, and i have great memories from these movies because i started to understand the dangers and seriousness of the real world and got interested in business
Sounds like a great time to bond with your dad. I never had a father ( my dad was a loser and a addict). Don`t forget these little moments in your life, when you grow older you will see that moments like that is what life is about. The real hero's in life are people like your dad, that took the time to see great art like this with his son. The film is a great warning against the toxic people of this world. never do business with criminals. And stay away from people with anti-social personality issues ( psychopathy, machiavellism, narcissism). that is they are the danger of this world.
Someone earlier in these replies asked why Fanucci's henchmen didn't go looking for whoever killed him. It's simply because it was revealed that he wasn't as powerful as the neighborhood thought he was. He wouldn't be missed by anybody if he was taken out. There's a deleted scene from earlier in the film where Vito witnessed Fanucci getting jumped by three teens in a back alley and they cut his throat. This explains the scar you see on his neck.
Correct, the book details that Fanucci works completely alone, he has no muscle working for him. Hence, he is alone in this scene. He is basically a fraud Don.
@@ANTHONY0808able Right, Vito figures out he gets by on both his reputation and his imposing physical nature to successfully shake people down. But he also knows of at least one card game that refuse to pay Fanucci's tribute and noting every happened to the guy who ran it. So Vito figured Fanucci was working alone aside from some hired guns he'd bring on for a specific job.
I'm very impressed.... the actor playing Fanucci, Gastone Moschin, is from Venice.... and it's hard speaking sicilian if you are from Venice! Very different dialects, entirely different phonetics....
So it appears that Don Fanucci is a feared mob boss who: Lives in a slum apartment Has no security detail Has no second in command Had no one to avenge his killing In other words, it took Vito Corleone 2 minutes and 3 bullets to become the new mob boss.
Slum apartment? Just look in the background, for the crowded and noisy little Hells Kitchen that was a LUXURY apartment. I don't think the Don would want to live all the way in Staten Island or some shit, not even Brooklyn. He lived in Hells Kitchen most likely so he can keep watch on the people he bullies quite easily. Security detail? NOBODY has the balls to kill the padrone in broad daylight, period. He was in fact a second in command to Maranzalla, the actual leader of the Black Hand. Once you get whacked your whacked. If you kill the Padrone, your the padrone. That was rule. The assassination took 2 minutes and 3 bullets, sure. but it must have taken months to plan it.
He was not a real don. There is a deleted scene that show him getting beat and slashed by three boys. Vito saw it and understood that he is not a real made man.
He wasn't a Don. He had connections with powerful people and basically extorted the neighbourhood for money using fear tactics. He was actually a nobody, and Vito saw straight through him. Hence why having Fanucci murdered had no real consequences. Killing him is not what made Vito a Don.
Vito worked out that Fanucci was just a petty thug pretending to be a gangster after he got him to accept less money than he'd asked for from Vito, Clemenza and Tessio. He knew that no matter how much they were paid a real mob boss wouldn't let someone who tried to kill them live or use the police as a threat and that he'd have killed the boys who cut his throat if he'd been an actual gangster.
This scene is so powerful. If this hadn’t of happened, Vito Corleone probably wouldn’t have ended up becoming The Godfather. This is when he starts to become a man of respect. So good.
A bully gets taken out, De Niro's character who has that touch more humanity replaces him. Epic scene, pity it doesn't begin from the roof top. Always loved the way this character is portrayed with depth and ability to absord life's issues with grace and strength, one of the great cinematic performances.
It`s a film. In reality they are all narcissists and scumbags. The myth of " Robin Hood", can brainwash entire nations to think that these criminals are a " anti-hero".
The book explains Sonny's brutality by revealing he snuck out and followed his father across the roof on this fateful day and watched him murder Fanucci.
Wow, really? I have not read the book, but if this is really in there, then it's one hell of an experience for a young boy. That is the reason why Sonny began so interested in boxing afterwards? And did he admire his father for doing that or did he fear him after that?
In both Godfather films (that Vito's character was in), Vito Corleone comes across somehow like a heroic figure, while his son Michael translates as almost the devil himself. Amazing cinema!
From the Godfather saga, the scenes of young Vito are by far my favorites. Little Italy, 1920's, those were the days where you could make a name for yourself out in the streets without ending up in jail the next day because of fingerprints, DNA evidence, cameras on every corner, etc. The "golden age" of the mafia has been over or a while now... it can only go downhill from here.
I wouldn't exactly say so... an intrusive government that doesn't give a shit about privacy and spies on its own people is the reasons we got cameras on every corner. But that aside, yeah I get what you mean.
ChemicallyImbalanced I completely agree and you definitely got what I meant. The government that was around during the Mafia Golden Age was fairly generous. I remember my grandfather telling me that the Government wasn't all in your face in those times and the Mafias took advantage of that. In our time however, you perfectly described our Government in the beginning of your reply. Our government has our people duped into thinking Facebook and Instagram are the best things ever. Lmao, just the thought that we as people are voluntarily documenting our lives for them makes me laugh at the stupidity.
Of course it was more lenient back then, more gullible. Even in trials, etc. it was much easier to fool the judges and jury. I know, it's ridiculous how comfortable we are with our own stupid routines. Nowadays even jokes and fake crime confessions in sites like 4chan and reddit can get the FBI to your door and get you landed in jail.. it's ridiculous. And then the whole SOPA bullshit, Jesus. I'm glad I don't live in the US sometimes, but it really doesn't make a difference since most popular sites are based there. And with the smartphones which are essentially portable computers, now everyone is easily trackable... I just wish more people would start taking action against this, oh well. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the human laziness.
ChemicallyImbalanced Ha, good talk man. It's refreshing to know there aren't as many "blind" people out there. Smartphones are basically personal GPS for them to know our locations. It's both depressing and hilarious that the majority don't realize this.
the sad tale in the godfather story is how vito had a good life in the end. dispite the loses. he comes to the states alone as a sick weak child without a penny in his pocket. finds work makes friends with good people. fights agaist the opressors and wins. marriys a good woman, has lots of kids who never reject him. rises up and becomes wealthy and respected. wins the war agaist his rivals, never gets put in jail and avoides ever being killed by his enemies. plays the game and wins. even his death is a good one, retired and at piece playing with his toddler grandson amoung the sun kissed tomato plants. micheals life is totaly the opposite. surounded by bad people he cant trust is betrayed by almost all of them, a son that rejects him for his life, a broken marriage. loses his daughter and his hole famly by the end. wins agaist his enimies yes, but loses everything he loved. dies looking very sad and alone. vitos life is about starting from tradgity leading to success, micheals life is starting in sucess and ending in tradgity.
Notice how the music outside matches the scene in a way. It's all dramatic when Vito enters the apartment, then when he shoots the bad guy it turns all joyous.
I remember I first saw this film on when TV when I was 11 years, and I saw this entire scene of Robert De Niro as Vito, stalking Don Fanucci, I had no idea what was going on, or what I was watching, but I fell in-love with this scene. Fantastically directed and acted. This film is fantastic.
The way the fireworks in the background go off and there's no need for a voice-over from De Niro to explain that this is the time to shoot. It's so well-executed.
One thing I liked was he finished him off by shooting him in the face. For those that don't know, when someone pulls a hit and goes for the face, it means that their target is hated so badly that he doesn't even deserve an open casket.
And with that 3rd gunshot.....DON Vito was born! I wish Coppola had included a scene in which the friendship with Young Don Vito and Luca Brasi originated too.
One detail I always loved about the Godfather movies was how they showed people getting shot in more than just the chest. In every other movie it's only ever people getting shot in the chest or back. It's easier to set-up the squibs and it's less graphic. In the Godfather movies, like real life, people get shot in the face, hands, etc. In fact hand wounds are common since people instinctively put up their hands to defend themselves.
I really like the part when he remains hidden in the dark waiting for Fanucci is like we are about to see a part of Vito we never saw until this very moment.
Gaston is such a great actor with props and mannerisms. He has these little things he uses for his characters, as he does this with Fanucci; the way he stirs his coffee, pinches De Niros cheek, wipes the sole of his shoe, puts on his coat over his shoulders - the little detailed gestures wich raises his performance. A master class in acting.
Gastone was highly overrated. Always overacting... like the death scene. He was always starved for attention. No limits to his overly dramatic and over acted performances. He would be a cinch for a Razzie for his performance as Fanucci.
@@MrBooBeeDoo Just coming back to these comments - don't have the dvd, and I know Gaston from his Italian films, and it's pretty evident he does these little things... it's not genius, it's just there on the screen. Thanks for your flippant comment though.
@@claudeclaudius7971 no, this is life and death. that's what they call 'being sure'. If by some miracle he survived the others, there's no chance he survives that. "Fredo's got a good heart, but he's weak, and he's stupid, and this is life and death." This is life and death, you don't get a second chance.
Fanucci's eyes blinking before Vito fires the second shot! The old Don trying to deny the realization that the punk he belittled was truly capable of toppling him from his throne.
the surprising thing is that at first its vito hiding in the dark with a crude-form of silencing his gun and it looks like an ordinary runn-off the mill assassination attempt, but then the fireworks go off as vito shoots. you get the sense that vito really planned this out instead of just improvising an on the go hit. points for organization.
It would've been so funny if Don Fanucci turned around and asked "Vito what do you have, there?" and Vito responded "My favorite pistol" and Fanucci starts laughing thinking its a joke and then gets shot lol. Either that or Vito just shoots Fanucci before he can even finish his sentence haha. Epic scene regardless though.
Classic scene but it really needs the rooftop stalking and colorful parade and crowd scenes for maximum impact. I like how the towel and flickering lightbulb are the distinctive touches that make this scene unique and stick in the memory.
He still slightly hesitates on just getting it over with. He observes. He pauses and lets him feel it. He wants him dead. Has more reason. Its not what he wants overall but its needed. Michael was just told to do so and pressured into it all. Consequences of not doing either would of been catastrophic aswell.
It's almost like Don Fanucci didn't know how to die.
+cHriiSzbEe Does one ever know how to die exactly?
One does not simply die- (plonk) welp, my bad.
LOL
cHriiSzbEe lol he stands there for timee
Briefly before this, he actually survived getting his throat slit by a couple of boys in a street fight. There's actually a scene for it, but they left it out of the original movie. The scene is quite confusing.
The real serious part is when he has to go back home and explain the missing towel to his Italian wife
Il neighbourino stolonnatto la towelltina e fa wipeatto il suo assato...
Lmao
@@solountipomas8616 😂
😅sono Italiano...e' vero , con le mogli si rischia questo
@@solountipomas8616 uhh... habla espaniol?
Vito was a better Don than anyone else because he grew up in suffering and poverty. It built his character and understanding. He earned his power, not like his children.
There ya go!
It's called the 3 generation problem. The first generation of immigrants work hard, save money and some manage to establish a thriving business. The second generation continue it but under the guidance of the first. the third generation have only know luxury and waste it all on easy living.
Make Way I understand that. The self-made man is always better than rich nouveau, but it's ironically he end up become next heir
@@jakedee4117 Have you read that they wanted to do that in Godfather 4?
@@jakedee4117 amen amen, I wish I could like your comment many times
Vito passed his GTA mission. $5000 reward.
then should play music of main theme of parla piu piano lol
Potomac Studios who was give him a mission?
David Platt Genco.
*+respect*
Nah, he only got $715,00 Dollars for that
The only 2 times Vito ever personally killed someone, he went immediately to spend time with his family afterwards.
It's guilt. He knows it's wrong to kill sm1 n finds comfort. Even though he became a hero after
@@jiyefuuuDon Corleone is a reasonable man he always acts for reason. different from women who act on emotion and without honor.
It's called 'an alibi', my man@@jiyefuuu
Because his reasoning for the killing was that he wanted to keep his family safe and happy. He wants to be with them, and sees them as the providers of his joy and purpose in life. It obviously gets out if hand, but that’s where his ultimate interest starts.
In the cut scenes, Vito went nuts killing people in Sicily.
Fannucci gets shot
First reaction: "Mama mia, did I really get shot? *rips open clothes* Apparently yes!"
I appreciate this comment
"Oh no. That means I should fall to the floor, shouldn't it. LETZA GOOOO"
And then he dies.
That's because he trying to reach for his gun but couldn't. It says so in the book.
Vito Corleone thank you I never read the book
The Godfather shows Vito Corleone as a full-fledged don and tells the story of how Michael became a don.
The Godfather 2 is the reverse. It shows Michael as a full-fledged don and tells the story of how Vito became a don.
I like that.
Sounds like they were running out of ideas.
And both happened during some religious event
Treasure Hunter UK still a good idea for a sequel. Especially at the time
@@treasurehunteruk2047 Every artist should run out of ideas like this.
Vito so smart. He uses a towel as a silencer.... and for the final shot in the mouth the fireworks provide the muffle. Brilliant filmmaking. Also the step climbing leading to the hit is an echo to the step climbing at the hospital in part 1. This never gets old....
In the book he actually doesn’t use the towel
@@ZAsymAnd who cares about books, wtf get out of here you fop.
@@ZAsym don't spoil the book for people, if they don't read it they don't read it but it will always sit on my shelf at the top
@@MoejiiOsmanTV
That isn't spoiling the book
Mix and match! 🫡
I love the detail of the cloth setting on fire.
Real gun too
Pure de Niro si stupì dell asciugamani che prese fuoco
I think they lose a spot here, if Fanucci didn't light up the place he would see Vito trough that fire..
@@sabrinaaurora8355 ricordami dell Taxi Driver film.
De Niro really killed Gastone that day.
That's why Fanucci took too long to die, because he thought to himself "Wait a second, this isn't in the script."
"Keep your friends close, but your enemy closer". Vito adopted this sly mindset since the beginning of his career. He had the option to kill Fanucci when meeting him, but instead got close to him first. Till his last moment, Fanucci still believed that he did Vito a favor because he took Vito under his wing. He died without knowing why. This scene showed the cold-blood and scary side of Vito, in contrast to his warm aura through out the movie.
When the Don fixes the lightbulb... guess what colour it is: ORANGE
Adam Austin I think he also had an orange earlier walking down the street
+Diego Augusto Yes! That's one of the standing references in the Godfather- oranges mean death. If you look closely, you can see many more examples. Vito ate an orange before dying, Woltz had oranges on the table at dinner before the horse's head scene.
@@jaccuse4086 Francis Ford Coppolla refutes this saying the oranges were a coincidence. He added them to scenes for color - or so he says.
Good timing to shoot someone. During firecrackers.
WHOA! I never noticed that!!
Looks like Vito took Tuco’s advice, “When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.”
Well...Tuco WAS in the third film.
Hahaha, yes!
Francis Ford Coppola has always felt that this made Vito look like a cold blooded killer, so for the trilogy's 50th anniversary, he will release a special edition where Fanucci shoots first, he somehow dodges the bullet and shoots him as self defense.
lol
So this is how bullshit Internet rumors start. Well done!
@@erichodge567 It's a Star Wars reference.
Han Vito
You're confusing "Guido" with "Greedo"
De Niro is so subtle yet manages to be so badass at the same time
I love how Fanucci gets shot in the face and he's just standing there thinking "I can take it, I can take it....nope" and then he drops like a sack of bricks.
Movies today dont have even the same impact as the god father movies when someone gets shot.
+jc troncoso watch the italian serie Gomarra ...you'll probably love it ...some european movies got the realistic touch when comes to murder and shootings , they have this old raw feel of impact your looking for jc , eh eh eh 3:>
Actually, I think that one of the reasons that the Godfather is so successful is the fact that they look at the violence of the underworld in such a bare and gritty fashion.
So true.. Haven't gone to the cinema in over ten yrs
+Rutherne NIGGA THAT
The Tin Memesman you know what i believe is that certain movie ages well and some other's not ... the godfather 1-2 remains masterpieces and are timeless !
1:42-1:49
"Hold it, hold it, HOLD IT...ok I'm good."
He took a huge shit!!
Lol
😂
The nostalgia of this scene is crazy for me. Yes. A 14 year old. Back in lockdown, my dad and i binged the godfather series, and i have great memories from these movies because i started to understand the dangers and seriousness of the real world and got interested in business
Sounds like a great time to bond with your dad. I never had a father ( my dad was a loser and a addict). Don`t forget these little moments in your life, when you grow older you will see that moments like that is what life is about. The real hero's in life are people like your dad, that took the time to see great art like this with his son. The film is a great warning against the toxic people of this world. never do business with criminals. And stay away from people with anti-social personality issues ( psychopathy, machiavellism, narcissism). that is they are the danger of this world.
@@Ikaros23 thank you man, appreciate it
Who cares lol lockdown cucks
Someone earlier in these replies asked why Fanucci's henchmen didn't go looking for whoever killed him. It's simply because it was revealed that he wasn't as powerful as the neighborhood thought he was. He wouldn't be missed by anybody if he was taken out. There's a deleted scene from earlier in the film where Vito witnessed Fanucci getting jumped by three teens in a back alley and they cut his throat. This explains the scar you see on his neck.
Correct, the book details that Fanucci works completely alone, he has no muscle working for him. Hence, he is alone in this scene. He is basically a fraud Don.
@@ANTHONY0808able Right, Vito figures out he gets by on both his reputation and his imposing physical nature to successfully shake people down. But he also knows of at least one card game that refuse to pay Fanucci's tribute and noting every happened to the guy who ran it. So Vito figured Fanucci was working alone aside from some hired guns he'd bring on for a specific job.
I'm very impressed.... the actor playing Fanucci, Gastone Moschin, is from Venice.... and it's hard speaking sicilian if you are from Venice! Very different dialects, entirely different phonetics....
Enrico Cassini he's passed away few months ago
Yeah all that Black DNA running through their veins due to Hannibal 😎
@@harimabiff7 Hannibal was not black.
@@harimabiff7 1/10 troll
Not Venice.. San Giovanni Lupatoto Verona.. I live there..
So it appears that Don Fanucci is a feared mob boss who:
Lives in a slum apartment
Has no security detail
Has no second in command
Had no one to avenge his killing
In other words, it took Vito Corleone 2 minutes and 3 bullets to become the new mob boss.
Slum apartment? Just look in the background, for the crowded and noisy little Hells Kitchen that was a LUXURY apartment. I don't think the Don would want to live all the way in Staten Island or some shit, not even Brooklyn. He lived in Hells Kitchen most likely so he can keep watch on the people he bullies quite easily.
Security detail? NOBODY has the balls to kill the padrone in broad daylight, period.
He was in fact a second in command to Maranzalla, the actual leader of the Black Hand.
Once you get whacked your whacked. If you kill the Padrone, your the padrone. That was rule.
The assassination took 2 minutes and 3 bullets, sure. but it must have taken months to plan it.
He was not a real don. There is a deleted scene that show him getting beat and slashed by three boys. Vito saw it and understood that he is not a real made man.
He was just pretending to be a Don. He was really just a neighborhood bully. Vito found out he was full of shit.
He wasn't a Don. He had connections with powerful people and basically extorted the neighbourhood for money using fear tactics. He was actually a nobody, and Vito saw straight through him. Hence why having Fanucci murdered had no real consequences. Killing him is not what made Vito a Don.
Vito worked out that Fanucci was just a petty thug pretending to be a gangster after he got him to accept less money than he'd asked for from Vito, Clemenza and Tessio. He knew that no matter how much they were paid a real mob boss wouldn't let someone who tried to kill them live or use the police as a threat and that he'd have killed the boys who cut his throat if he'd been an actual gangster.
Guy was so self absorbed he couldn’t believe he was actually getting whacked lol
Hahahah
Like when prophet MADhaMAd was poisoned to death
Moe Green made his bones when Michael was going out with cheerleaders. Vito made his bones well before Moe was even born.
Moe Greene was alive when Vito rose to power
Fredo was boning the waitresses two at a time.
Moe Greene had an eye for business.
This scene is so powerful. If this hadn’t of happened, Vito Corleone probably wouldn’t have ended up becoming The Godfather. This is when he starts to become a man of respect. So good.
@Stimulator7 you mean government officials?
Learn the lesson next time you fire someone to make them hire your lazy nefhew to stole and control the bissniss.
It was the easiest exchange of power in the history of cinema
After That Incident Fireworks Banned in NY : )
what you got there ? A Calzone : )
-- The Comedian Assassin
A bully gets taken out, De Niro's character who has that touch more humanity replaces him. Epic scene, pity it doesn't begin from the roof top. Always loved the way this character is portrayed with depth and ability to absord life's issues with grace and strength, one of the great cinematic performances.
It`s a film. In reality they are all narcissists and scumbags. The myth of " Robin Hood", can brainwash entire nations to think that these criminals are a " anti-hero".
Grace, Strength and a small modicum of murder.
That's one way to clear a throat...
Better than a Ricola
+Tony Cevallos Ricccooollllaaaa!
XD LOL!! Yea Ikr.. lol
lmao
Nah, that’s how you clear a head
"If he's Italian, why does he bother other Italians?
I'm Black. Welcome to my world.
Capcoor you mean african
+Ayernez Ifriqi II The Berbers, Phoenicians, Garamantians, and Libyans only inhabited the area north and west of the Sahara.
+RebirthWoWGuild Nazi references for days.
+Capcoor Sad ain it bruh
What does the Jesus covered in money symbolize?
2:01 My God Vito is Ruthless
you gotta make sure...
True but if Fannuci survived it would have been the end for vito
Never forget the double tap
When you have a job to do you have to make sure it is done right.
Also Vito sees him blinking at t 2:01 and 2:02 so he shoots him one more time killing him.
I loved this scene and not just the shooting, but how Vito tracks Fanucci on the rooftops. Excellent camera and visual selections.
The book explains Sonny's brutality by revealing he snuck out and followed his father across the roof on this fateful day and watched him murder Fanucci.
Wow, really? I have not read the book, but if this is really in there, then it's one hell of an experience for a young boy. That is the reason why Sonny began so interested in boxing afterwards?
And did he admire his father for doing that or did he fear him after that?
@@donkovi6303 For sure he admired. Or else how would he be so close to his dad and still be silly with his anger issues
Fanucci: What have you got there
Vito: You talkin' to me?
You insulted him a little.
1:29 "A guy letting me back to school say what."
In both Godfather films (that Vito's character was in), Vito Corleone comes across somehow like a heroic figure, while his son Michael translates as almost the devil himself. Amazing cinema!
From the Godfather saga, the scenes of young Vito are by far my favorites. Little Italy, 1920's, those were the days where you could make a name for yourself out in the streets without ending up in jail the next day because of fingerprints, DNA evidence, cameras on every corner, etc. The "golden age" of the mafia has been over or a while now... it can only go downhill from here.
Then again, you could say the "Golden Age" of The Mafia are the reasons why we have fingerprints, DNA evidence, and cameras on every corner...
I wouldn't exactly say so... an intrusive government that doesn't give a shit about privacy and spies on its own people is the reasons we got cameras on every corner.
But that aside, yeah I get what you mean.
ChemicallyImbalanced I completely agree and you definitely got what I meant.
The government that was around during the Mafia Golden Age was fairly generous. I remember my grandfather telling me that the Government wasn't all in your face in those times and the Mafias took advantage of that.
In our time however, you perfectly described our Government in the beginning of your reply. Our government has our people duped into thinking Facebook and Instagram are the best things ever.
Lmao, just the thought that we as people are voluntarily documenting our lives for them makes me laugh at the stupidity.
Of course it was more lenient back then, more gullible. Even in trials, etc. it was much easier to fool the judges and jury.
I know, it's ridiculous how comfortable we are with our own stupid routines. Nowadays even jokes and fake crime confessions in sites like 4chan and reddit can get the FBI to your door and get you landed in jail.. it's ridiculous. And then the whole SOPA bullshit, Jesus. I'm glad I don't live in the US sometimes, but it really doesn't make a difference since most popular sites are based there.
And with the smartphones which are essentially portable computers, now everyone is easily trackable... I just wish more people would start taking action against this, oh well. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the human laziness.
ChemicallyImbalanced Ha, good talk man. It's refreshing to know there aren't as many "blind" people out there. Smartphones are basically personal GPS for them to know our locations. It's both depressing and hilarious that the majority don't realize this.
the sad tale in the godfather story is how vito had a good life in the end. dispite the loses. he comes to the states alone as a sick weak child without a penny in his pocket. finds work makes friends with good people. fights agaist the opressors and wins. marriys a good woman, has lots of kids who never reject him. rises up and becomes wealthy and respected. wins the war agaist his rivals, never gets put in jail and avoides ever being killed by his enemies. plays the game and wins. even his death is a good one, retired and at piece playing with his toddler grandson amoung the sun kissed tomato plants. micheals life is totaly the opposite. surounded by bad people he cant trust is betrayed by almost all of them, a son that rejects him for his life, a broken marriage. loses his daughter and his hole famly by the end. wins agaist his enimies yes, but loses everything he loved. dies looking very sad and alone. vitos life is about starting from tradgity leading to success, micheals life is starting in sucess and ending in tradgity.
He should have gone legit and got out of the business
@@ithom8048 In Michael's defense, everytime he tries to get out, they pull him back in.
"I refused to be a fool, held on strings by all those big shots"
This murder scène is hard to watch because of its total lack of pity. The actors are sublime. Thanks.
Notice how the music outside matches the scene in a way. It's all dramatic when Vito enters the apartment, then when he shoots the bad guy it turns all joyous.
Good call
I remember I first saw this film on when TV when I was 11 years, and I saw this entire scene of Robert De Niro as Vito, stalking Don Fanucci, I had no idea what was going on, or what I was watching, but I fell in-love with this scene. Fantastically directed and acted.
This film is fantastic.
11😟
After That Incident Fireworks Banned in NY : )
what you got there ? A Calzone : )
-- The Comedian Assassin
The way the fireworks in the background go off and there's no need for a voice-over from De Niro to explain that this is the time to shoot. It's so well-executed.
One of the most badass scenes in the trilogy
One thing I liked was he finished him off by shooting him in the face. For those that don't know, when someone pulls a hit and goes for the face, it means that their target is hated so badly that he doesn't even deserve an open casket.
That was the day that Vito Andolini Corleone died, and Don Vito Corleone founder and head of the most powerfull mafia family in New York was born.
You cut it a few seconds too short where he kicks Fanucci over with his foot in disgust, I love that part.
Gotta love how the fireworks went off as he did the kill, almost as if the good fortune was doing him a favor
I love how Coppola juxtapositions the cheering crowds with Fanucci's death. It's like the death of a dictator.
That shot in the mouth was personal af 😂
And with that 3rd gunshot.....DON Vito was born! I wish Coppola had included a scene in which the friendship with Young Don Vito and Luca Brasi originated too.
when you shoot an enemy but the games lagging and it takes forever for them to die
A guy letting me back into school says what.
They got this Luigi Mangione movie out pretty quick.
Sucks they changed the names to avoid paying royalties :/
"What have you got there?" Death.
Aguywholetsmebackintoschoolsayswhat
The dismissive way that Vito kicks him after he is dead shows his utter contempt for fanucci
1:41 is just one of the reasons why the Godfather took so long
to end.
+Ares Vice rigor mortis?
+Ares Vice That 70's movies for you. Terrible editing.
+Fnation rogor mottos wouldn't happen at that point
@@MDkid1 lol what
Lol, Like whats he talkin' about?
One detail I always loved about the Godfather movies was how they showed people getting shot in more than just the chest. In every other movie it's only ever people getting shot in the chest or back. It's easier to set-up the squibs and it's less graphic.
In the Godfather movies, like real life, people get shot in the face, hands, etc. In fact hand wounds are common since people instinctively put up their hands to defend themselves.
I own a Funko pop of Vito with the gun in the towel 😂
I really like the part when he remains hidden in the dark waiting for Fanucci is like we are about to see a part of Vito we never saw until this very moment.
When Fanucci sticks his tongue out, he’s just “a wetting his beak. “
Don Fanucci the symbol of bullying.
It's the symbol of what should happen to all them also.
Elbrusbase whoa stop it there, dylan keblold
So Vito is the symbol of a school shooter?
the symbol of taxes
1:30 WOW that kill was dramatic! The shock on his face as the life was slipping from him!! Then the "swallow the bullet" finish! WOW.
The irony of seeing Vito perform his first dark moment then goes to hold Michael right after.
1:49 The iconic cloth on fire 🔥 is referenced in the Narcos season 3 hair salon massacre scene with Chepe Santacruz. Pretty cool
What an ageless masterpiece
Gaston is such a great actor with props and mannerisms. He has these little things he uses for his characters, as he does this with Fanucci; the way he stirs his coffee, pinches De Niros cheek, wipes the sole of his shoe, puts on his coat over his shoulders - the little detailed gestures wich raises his performance. A master class in acting.
Nately22 Thanks for reiterating Francis Ford Copollas DVD commentary. But hey let's pretend you're a genius who can spot talent
Agreed
@@MrBooBeeDoo Thank you for YOUR genius in pointing out that FFC said that. We couldn't have lived thinking Nately made that up himself.
Gastone was highly overrated. Always overacting... like the death scene. He was always starved for attention. No limits to his overly dramatic and over acted performances. He would be a cinch for a Razzie for his performance as Fanucci.
@@MrBooBeeDoo Just coming back to these comments - don't have the dvd, and I know Gaston from his Italian films, and it's pretty evident he does these little things... it's not genius, it's just there on the screen. Thanks for your flippant comment though.
Anyone notice how this scene parallels the scene where all the other family leaders die in part 1? With the religious ceremony intercut with killing?
I have a porch light with a finicky connection. Every time I tap the bulb I think I am about to get shot in the face.
2:02 he's blinking throughout!
That's why he shoots him through the mouth, to finish him off.
That last gun shot in Fanucci's mouth is brutal.
Too much so. Unnecessary.
He definitely got a mouthful
@@claudeclaudius7971 🤡
@@claudeclaudius7971 no, this is life and death. that's what they call 'being sure'. If by some miracle he survived the others, there's no chance he survives that. "Fredo's got a good heart, but he's weak, and he's stupid, and this is life and death." This is life and death, you don't get a second chance.
@@claudeclaudius7971completely unnecessary.
Fanucci's eyes blinking before Vito fires the second shot! The old Don trying to deny the realization that the punk he belittled was truly capable of toppling him from his throne.
A loan shark's merciless death by a Webley revolver.
the surprising thing is that at first its vito hiding in the dark with a crude-form of silencing his gun and it looks like an ordinary runn-off the mill assassination attempt, but then the fireworks go off as vito shoots. you get the sense that vito really planned this out instead of just improvising an on the go hit. points for organization.
IMO, the best scene out of the 3 films, this is where it all began, the rise to power.
*Don Fanucci gets shot*
Fanucci: hold up one sec *rips open shirt* yep ok continue
Thats-a nice-a donut
+Michael Nite lol - I always think of that Simpsons scene as well.
Fanucci set the world record for longest standing man after being shot in the head
Pacino and DeNiro! Gangster movies would not be gangster movies without these two!
Fanucci's tactic of extortion (black hand) was the very nail in his own coffin😁. Bye, Fanucci.
As much as I love the Godfather movies, I always found the way Fanucci falls, after being shot, rather silly
1:42 bro's on 5k ping
It would've been so funny if Don Fanucci turned around and asked "Vito what do you have, there?" and Vito responded "My favorite pistol" and Fanucci starts laughing thinking its a joke and then gets shot lol. Either that or Vito just shoots Fanucci before he can even finish his sentence haha. Epic scene regardless though.
imagine don Fanucci saying "You are awful Murray"'
Classic scene but it really needs the rooftop stalking and colorful parade and crowd scenes for maximum impact. I like how the towel and flickering lightbulb are the distinctive touches that make this scene unique and stick in the memory.
- What have you got there?
- A GUN!
- NOOOOO!!!
My Dad showed me this scene once when I was a kid. He thought it was a good scene, good death scene. I always appreciated that Dad liked this scene.
A touching father-son moment
Social services aware of that?
Weird how the version I seen didn't have subtitles. Now I have to watch it again to understand it all lol.
“The principal who is letting me back into the school says ‘what’?”
Smart man timing the shots with the fireworks. That was also one hell of a doubletap at the end
Little Sonny watching it from his hideout place thinking "That's a perfect blackmail material. Who want to study anyways, my future is set"
Then here he is, the hidden badass side of Don Vito
Hidden? I think not.
the way he falls down gets me every time
2:00, Robert De Niro loves doing this to men with mustaches😂
The difference between Michael's and Vito's first kill ...
He still slightly hesitates on just getting it over with. He observes. He pauses and lets him feel it. He wants him dead. Has more reason. Its not what he wants overall but its needed. Michael was just told to do so and pressured into it all. Consequences of not doing either would of been catastrophic aswell.
Michael's first kill isn't shown, he's a war hero.
they received guns from the same person. Clemenzo
@@aaronsinson3263 Its more the intention of the kill. Killing for a mobster is way more harsh than defending your country
Is that blood or ketchup? Let me pull off my coat to see
Life was so much freer when there weren't CCTV cameras everywhere.
The way the guy goes clawing for the bullet in his chest his awesome like he can't even believe he's been shot
Fanucci almost acted like a Terminator being shot at first.
Wasn’t murder.. was a community service.
The echo on that final shot .. 👍
"Guy who'd let me into the school say what?"
"What!?"
"Hah! See you Monday!"
I like the practical effect used in this killing scene.