There's a principle in sales that if you offer something at a given price, you have to take something off the table if you accept less. Normally, that might be removing a sweetener, with organized crime it might be breaking a kneecap or outright refusing the renegotiation.
Pretty sure it was the part where the guy got attacked in broad daylight with little consequences for the assailants. Someone cutting someone they like some slack isn't too crazy EDIT: That apparently got cut from the original. A shame, because everything else just feels like grasping at straws to explain what happened
@@InfernosReaperin the book Fanucci pays to have one of the hoods killed but spares the others. Vito picks up on this too. A real gangster would kill all 3 no expense spared, for cutting him like that…
You made some good points. I'd add that Vito learned from Fannucci how NOT to act. Fannucci made threats to everybody; Vito almost never threatened, until after being reasonable had failed. Instead he did favors for people. Fannucci tried to instill fear, Vito inspired loyalty.
....and instead of money from those people who he helped...he just asked for favors in return. When Bonosarrio asked the Godfather for to help him with the "scum" who hurt his daughter, Vito didn't ask for any tribute in return. He just may need a favor sometime.
You make a great point, and the whole family suffered for sticking with those principles. It's what led to their decline; everyone around them grew powerful with the corruption, but they grew weaker. No good deed goes unpunished. 😒
@@SciHeartJourney it was the introduction of narcotics in the 20s that really harmed the Mafia, which is also addressed in the book and movie. It was quick money and not really earned , and thus the families don't resist since the others were winning. In the end Michael just removes the power from the other families.
You're speaking about a closed immigration culture of poor Italians/Sicilians from the turn of the century a hundred years ago from the perspective of someone acquainted with the mass media culture of 2024.
@neiladlington950 No...he's speaking about a movie. This isn't historical, educational, or deserving of applying your intellect to. It's a movie for entertainment
@@TheSentry603 a movie based on a book, both of which had huge ass research for historical consistency behind. This is not Avengers Part 200, this if from when filmmakers did serious work
People must apply their intellect to EVERYTHING. You can learn from everything. "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe"
I think if you tried real hard, you might be able to get the background music a little louder. I know it would be a challenge but I believe you could do it.
When he saw that Fanucci didn't exact retribution from the punks who slashed his throat -- he killed one but allowed himself to be bought off by the families of the other two. No true mafiosi would have allowed himself to be bought off in this manner -- he would have killed the other two as well. It's all in the book.
I thought it was interesting to read that Tessio & Clemenza were unaware of Fanucci's facade,...especially when Fanucci states that he and Clemenza know each other. 🙂👍
Right you are; also I got the impression that the difference in their personalities meant that Vito could never respect and work for Fanucci, who was a loud-mouth showoff while Vito handled business in a way that was quiet and effective.
because he saw 2 teenagers jump Fanucci and slit his throat behind Abandando's grocery store. (deleted scene) He also knew guys like Joe the Greek from 2nd avenue that told Fanucci to Eff himself and paid 0 tribute. Tessio and Clemenza spaghetti scene. Fanucci was always alone too. never had any crew with him.
Have you ever seen "The Godfather Saga"? Coppalla made a cut of the two GF movies that's in chronological order. Anyways, it includes that seen where Fanucci gets jumped.
I love that Don Vito's story...even on the other side of the world...is about legacy and what his bloodline is made of. The type of people they were. His father didn't pay tribute. Lost his life for the stance. His brother vowed revenge for the murder of their father and lost his life. His mother died saving him. No way the Don disgraces his blood by paying up to some charlatan. Even if Fanucci was actually powerful, I dont think Vito pays a dime. He honors his family by taking the stand no one else will
You didn’t pay attention because you left out the biggest clue. Vito found out that there were people in the neighborhood who didn’t have to pay Fenucci anything.
Dang, I've seen this movie countless times and never thought about Fanucci not being a real mobster. Now it all adds up. I'll never see it the same way. Awesome video and thank you for this.
Most mobsters live very middle class in appearances. Gotti lived in a very modest home in Ozone Park. Mobsters who live openly lavish lifestyles typically wind-up dead (Castellano) or in prison very quickly. The whole idea of the Italian mafia was to make the money so your children could have it better without having to be in the mob themselves...typically, not always. Some Italian mobsters loved the thug life and brought their kids in, but it was rare.
- a Don would have more than one expensive suit - a Don would have bodyguards - a Don wouldn't immediately express a willingness to accept less than his originally proposed cut The better question is why Tessio and Clemenza couldn't see Fanucci was a conman, it being so obvious. Fanucci's con wasn't even skilled.
My Dad remembered a guy who used to walk around the Drive in Vancouver in the early 70's who dressed similarly to Fannucci. He put on a show, but never openly said he was connected. Then one day he got beat to hell (his friend was hospitalized) and disappeared back to Calabria for a few years. When he came back, the act was dropped and he would never say who beat him and why he left so quickly back to Italy. Rumours circulated, of course.
NGL I laughed pretty hard picturing this guy walking around the neighborhood dressed and acting like Don Fanucci but without ever actually doing anything. Too bad he apparently got himself into very real trouble; wonder what happened.
@@salvadorromero9712 The rumour mill had a few things circulating but I think the most likely is he got involved with hot goods stolen from the docks. That was pretty common back then. My Dad recalled guys who would swing by the lunch spots with big duffle bags of stuff from the containers.
Hell, back then in the 1890s-1900s NYC before organized crime was really established, kid gangs had a rep of being very merciless, robbing in order to survive.
He was taking money from his own people and yet provided nothing in return but threats. A true godfather actually does provide for "their" people. Just as in the opening scene of the godfather.
Exactly, which is why mobsters like Capone, Luciano, Columbo, and Giancana were so successful, they gave some back to the neighborhood and took care of those neighborhoods. No one F'ed around in an Italian neighborhood. You start shit on Mulberry St. and no one will see you again.
A real godfather or boss takes money from anybody that has it. There first targets were their own people because they were there. There was nothing romantic about these murderers and thugs
@@BubbaGanuche Exactly. The whole "man of honor" bit is just another con, most successfully pulled off by Joe Bonanno, who was a big part of the basis for Don Corleone.
But there were cops on the mafia's payroll. I don't think that threat was far-fetched at all. The real capper was that he was always alone. Real gangsters always have back up, all the time.
Extreamly astute and excellent points!! We have to remember how Vito Andolinni (Corleone) came to the U. S. Vito was an 8 year old child running for his life after his entire family was brutally murdered by a true, cold blooded, Sicilian gangster. Because Vito was raised in Italy surrounded by true mafia gangsters, he knew early on that Facucchi was a fraud based on his behavior and demeanor that actual mob bosses would never do....like involve police and telling the boss you're going to pay him less. Vito knew that interacting with the real mafia with that disrespect was an instant death sentence.
One thing that puzzles me is that he apparently name dropped a real mafia boss.. I mean, it looks like he was extorting a lot of places. You would think one of this mafia boss's soldiers would have eventually tried to extort businesses in the same area of new York and found out an imposter was extorting businesses in his bosses name? I guess vito figured it out before that happened?
More than likely Fanucci was an associate himself who played himself off as a boss but he paid his boss his tribute and was probably a good earner so the boss might not have cared that Fanucci played himself off like HE was the boss.
The problem with this is that if Fanucci was simply a con man running a scheme then he would have been dead long ago. There's no way that the actual Mafia would not have heard about this. The Mafia would never permit someone like that to live. There's also the fact that Vito and his crew rise to power in the neighborhood immediately after killing Fanucci. Promotions within the Mafia often were predicated by killing a "boss". The Mafia likely respected Vito for his initiative and, seeing that he was a much better boss than Fanucci, permitted Vito to take his place.
The white suit problem: The suit thing is a bit off. Here is why: The suit is white. That means he is different from all the rest because white (at that time) could not stay white. It would easily get dirty because streets were muddy and people used coal. Coal makes everything filthy. Nothing stays white. A working man could not have a white suit. It is not practical. The famous first white wedding dress was worn by British Queen. Nobody wore white at that time because it would get dirty very fast. It was also a one use dress.
The real reason Vito knew Fanucci had no real power is that the neighborhood hated him. Vito knew a real boss is respected and admired in his community, that's what gives him his power, and that's what Vito became.
When Vito was shot there weren't any men around to help him either. Another interesting detail: Vito took 200 dollars from Clemenza and Tessio, but he paid Fanucci 150. That means he robbed his friends.
A young Luca Brasi, born 1894 (Vito was born Dec 21st 1891 - his 50th birthday was the day the Japanese did their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor) would have destroyed Fanucci. Maybe Brasi hadn't moved to New York from Rhode Island [his birthplace] yet? I think Fannuci died before Prohibition - during which Luca met two Capone soldiers, sent from Chicago to help Maranzano/Mariposa against the fledging Corleone. He murdered one in such a brutal way that the other one had choked himself to death by swallowing a rolled up sock stuffed in his gagged mouth, by the time Luca turned to him. Earlier Luca made Philomena the midwife throw a newborn baby into a furnace. It was his own baby with a young Irish prostitute. He killed her days later. SOME STORY. SOME LUCA!
@@Rockhound6165 Yeah really bro. The worst kid in school knows the _"December seventh, a date which will live in infamy"_ speech. Pretty much everybody in the US... and more than a few abroad for that matter. I had no idea it was December 21st 🤷🤷
Vito's father stood up to the local mafia don in Sicily. As a direct result, his entire family was murdered and Vito himself had to flee to America to escape Ciccio's wrath. That all happened because his father didn't pay up like he was supposed to. So, I'm convinced Vito knew Fanucci was a fraud from the jump. A real boss wouldn't do his own collecting, overlook Genco's insult, let a violent street attack go unavenged or threaten to call the police on Vito. All of those things either wouldn't have happened in the first place or else they would've been turned over to an enforcer if they did (somehow) happen. Vito had Fanucci's number from the beginning, I think.
In order to fully understand you need to read the book, NOT just watch the movie. Vito, though he broke bad late in life realized he could see the whole picture with just a few pieces of the puzzle. He also knew how to keep his head and not be easily shaken or lose his temper which is rare among Sicilian men. Also, in Sicilian culture, threats are considered a sign of weakness even if carried out, which was one red flag for Vito concerning Fanucci. BUT, the thing that clinched it was when Fanucci accepted the deal of less money. As soon as he did that he signed his own death certificate. Vito knew then beyond the shadow of a doubt that he was just a big fat bag of BS. If he truly was the badass he made himself out to be he would’ve killed Vito on the spot as an example to his friends and made them pay him even more than his original ask, probably along with a good workover to boot 🤷🏻♀️
Excellent analysis!! I have watched this movie dozens of times and did not make the connections that you pointed out that exposed Don Fanucci as a fraud and a con. You have a gift of observation and deduction worthy of Sherlock Holmes ... or a Corleone Godfather!! I am subscribing!
Good vid, and I like the fact that you picked up on the fact that he threatened to call the cops on him, when a normal boss would have sent a couple of buttons to beat the money out of him...but man, turn the music down, easier to hear
@@Lars1224 I highly recommend you read it. It goes so much deeper than the movie can. But it says anyone who works with the cops wouldn't be a High ranking member of the Black hand.
@@mr.hansholmes2367Yes the book goes into more Vito detail and it was very good, but good God there was WAY too much devoted to the Johnny Fontaine part of things. Almost a full third of the book was devoted to a subject that was only mildly interesting.
When he watched Fanucci getting roughed up by two youths, he recognized his vulnerability. The fact that Fanucci went without any bodyguards was a clear indication that he was all talk, but when Vito saw the attack on him, that kind of sealed his fate.
I did always wonder "where's his crew?" And "hell send the police? Why not his enforcers?" Just never clicked in me that he was a fake boss. Now it all makes sense.
This was great! The music is a really good match for the scenes. One small issue though, in a couple of places I thought I could hear someone talking faintly behind the music.
Can you speak Italian? Otherwise it doesn’t really matter because they’re speaking Italian (poorly) in all of these scenes with subtitles. Fun fact, if you watch the first movie in Italian, the scenes where they’re in Sicily have Italian subtitles because the dialect is so different.
Thanks to the creator and the comments. I wondered for a long time how Vito could get away with this killing without any consequence. So, thanks. The music vas too loud, but the content was very useful and interesting.
I thought it was interesting that in the Puzo screenplay that became "The Family Corleone" novel,...the crime Sonny witnesses is Vito, Tessio & Clemenza killing Tom Hagen's father.
@@tsiqueido Admittedly I've never read the novel _The Family Corleone_ but your comment seems highly unlikely. Vito took in a homeless juvenile Tom Hagen at Sonny's insistence. Vito loved and provided for Tom and even had him treated for an illness that would have left Tom blind. But Vito ALSO refused to adopt young Tom because Vito thought that act would be *disrespectful to Tom's father.* So I would be interested to learn the backstory of how killing Tom's biological father is explained.
music was too loud but content and explanation was great. and thank you for not being repetitive and also getting to the point and doing some 'splainin.
Good video but the music background is a bit too loud and overwhelms the narration from time to time, especially during softer spoken moments in the narration when you can hardly hear what was said.
Its amazing that after all these years this film of art still holds up. Its a continuous moving portrait that paints a life of many. We still watch it and find something new every time. Genius.
The answer to this is based on a deleted scene. Vito witnessed a few young punks beat up and knifed Fannuci, and Vito knew he never retaliated against them.
music is too loud and covers up the narrative. Error around 3:45 to 4:!0; Vito kills Fanucci at the beginning of his rise to power; Vito returns to Sicily to kill Don Ciccio in revenge much later in his career
Maybe you should slow down the video so that way you can be on "track" with the video b/c the video is leaving you behind 5 to 10 seconds. Especially in the early scene of the video.
Music to TOO LOUD to really hear the narration. In the future can you reduce the volume of the music so that we might actually enjoy the narration ? or does guido need to pay you a visit ?
Very good analysis on a key part of the movie. The Fanucci storyline not only explains how Corleone got his foot in the door with the mob but also how adept he was at reading people and situations. This is what set him apart from the other Dons.
Cliff Notes used to be the way that students crammed for final exams in the pre- smartphone era. I think English as a Second Language schools like seeing these type of videos. It’s not about knowing the movie- it’s whether they have creators making videos on subjects like this… so they know that students are ENROLLING in the ESL classes.
Didn’t know about the deleted scene. I always figured he was a higher-up but not THE boss. There were some tell-tale signs though. I was surprised by the lack of support/security (even a sidekick), the fact that he accepted less than he was owed, and that his apartment was so basic. Thanks for the video.
A very well done video and I would love to see more deleted scenes! I also had always wondered where Fanuccis guards/gang were and why he lived in that dank apartment!
Vito deliberately gave Fannuci an amount less then he was asking. When Fanucci accepted the lesser amount, Vito knew that he was a paper tiger.
There's a principle in sales that if you offer something at a given price, you have to take something off the table if you accept less. Normally, that might be removing a sweetener, with organized crime it might be breaking a kneecap or outright refusing the renegotiation.
Exactly. A real gangster or mobster would have only accepted a higher price and nothing else, under threat of death if they refused.
Pretty sure it was the part where the guy got attacked in broad daylight with little consequences for the assailants. Someone cutting someone they like some slack isn't too crazy
EDIT: That apparently got cut from the original. A shame, because everything else just feels like grasping at straws to explain what happened
Simple as that.
@@InfernosReaperin the book Fanucci pays to have one of the hoods killed but spares the others. Vito picks up on this too. A real gangster would kill all 3 no expense spared, for cutting him like that…
You made some good points.
I'd add that Vito learned from Fannucci how NOT to act. Fannucci made threats to everybody; Vito almost never threatened, until after being reasonable had failed. Instead he did favors for people. Fannucci tried to instill fear, Vito inspired loyalty.
....and instead of money from those people who he helped...he just asked for favors in return. When Bonosarrio asked the Godfather for to help him with the "scum" who hurt his daughter, Vito didn't ask for any tribute in return. He just may need a favor sometime.
You make a great point, and the whole family suffered for sticking with those principles. It's what led to their decline; everyone around them grew powerful with the corruption, but they grew weaker. No good deed goes unpunished. 😒
the breaking point was when Fanucci threatened to call the police. No self respecting Mafioso calls the police, let alone threatens people with them.
@@SciHeartJourney it was the introduction of narcotics in the 20s that really harmed the Mafia, which is also addressed in the book and movie. It was quick money and not really earned , and thus the families don't resist since the others were winning. In the end Michael just removes the power from the other families.
Vito earned respect from everyone
The biggest thing really is...a mob boss is never the one who does the collecting or threatening. That should have made anyone suspicious.
You're speaking about a closed immigration culture of poor Italians/Sicilians from the turn of the century a hundred years ago from the perspective of someone acquainted with the mass media culture of 2024.
@neiladlington950 No...he's speaking about a movie. This isn't historical, educational, or deserving of applying your intellect to. It's a movie for entertainment
@@TheSentry603 a movie based on a book, both of which had huge ass research for historical consistency behind. This is not Avengers Part 200, this if from when filmmakers did serious work
People must apply their intellect to EVERYTHING. You can learn from everything. "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe"
He was not a mob boss as said in both the movie and the books, he was a freelance "Black Hand extortionist".
Fenucci was like the "bad" kid at your school who everyone's afraid of, until you see them get beaten senseless by someone worse.
It doesn't even have to be someone worse. Just someone you don't expect
His real name was Fancucci...
Just like "A Christmas Story."
I think if you tried real hard, you might be able to get the background music a little louder. I know it would be a challenge but I believe you could do it.
Seriously. I could almost hear him talking.
I'm just happy it's not an A.I. voice.
WOW- CHILL
@@victorrivera6012yeah I take overdone music over fake ai voice all day
Some say he lost an ear in a card-counting racket; others say he hot-loads his Carcano rifle. All we know is, he's called the Sound Editor.
Fanucci fucc'ed up when he said he was going to send the police to shut down their rackets. No mobster would do that.
or unless the cops were in league with the Mob...you know...give them their cut of the pie.
WHEN HE TOLD VITO THE POLICE WOULD COME TO HIS HOME AND DESTROY HIS FAMILY.
Cops on the take...
Police could do that if they are on mobsters' payroll. Don't forget captain Mcclaskey . . .
Exactly. Snitches get stitches.
When he saw that Fanucci didn't exact retribution from the punks who slashed his throat -- he killed one but allowed himself to be bought off by the families of the other two. No true mafiosi would have allowed himself to be bought off in this manner -- he would have killed the other two as well. It's all in the book.
I thought it was interesting to read that Tessio & Clemenza were unaware of Fanucci's facade,...especially when Fanucci states that he and Clemenza know each other.
🙂👍
This is the most important point
He obviously didn't read the book
Right you are; also I got the impression that the difference in their personalities meant that Vito could never respect and work for Fanucci, who was a loud-mouth showoff while Vito handled business in a way that was quiet and effective.
@@tsiqueido Well Clementza was all muscle and not much brain.😆😆
Don Fanucci didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete
You don't like it, then leave my house!?!?!
He wasn't prepared 😊
that's a very hurtful comment and Frankly it effected his self esteem greatly.
@@Xanrax Why can't it ever be anything nice!!!! Don't you love me
@@PoppaBearandBabyBear.-be5jz He never had the makings of a varsity athlete.... what did I say something.
Hey, turn up the music I can almost hear the dialogue
😂😂
😭😭😂😂
😂😂😂😂 Bruh Factuality I’m high as f…. 💨 it’s irritating me like a MF but I can’t turn it off
He talks crp anyway
no music is fine
because he saw 2 teenagers jump Fanucci and slit his throat behind Abandando's grocery store. (deleted scene) He also knew guys like Joe the Greek from 2nd avenue that told Fanucci to Eff himself and paid 0 tribute. Tessio and Clemenza spaghetti scene. Fanucci was always alone too. never had any crew with him.
didn't even watch this. good job
Have you ever seen "The Godfather Saga"? Coppalla made a cut of the two GF movies that's in chronological order. Anyways, it includes that seen where Fanucci gets jumped.
Even I noticed that, actually. He was supposed to be a "Don" but was walking around doing all his own business by himself, lol.
I tapped out . Unreal how loud the background music is. I thought the comments were just jokes
@@carloscabrera7073 yes
I love that Don Vito's story...even on the other side of the world...is about legacy and what his bloodline is made of. The type of people they were. His father didn't pay tribute. Lost his life for the stance. His brother vowed revenge for the murder of their father and lost his life. His mother died saving him. No way the Don disgraces his blood by paying up to some charlatan. Even if Fanucci was actually powerful, I dont think Vito pays a dime. He honors his family by taking the stand no one else will
You didn’t pay attention because you left out the biggest clue. Vito found out that there were people in the neighborhood who didn’t have to pay Fenucci anything.
What’s up AngryMan!
My boy
He knew when he negotiated with him when he said he didn't have all the money. That's a clear sign of weakness in the streets.
lol is it?
@@EnjoySackLunch yes it is
@@disturbedconfessions lol you don’t know shit about it
@@EnjoySackLunch oh you can google me
@@EnjoySackLunch Do you get a knuckle sandwich with you sack lunch? Or just hot Cheetos?
Dang, I've seen this movie countless times and never thought about Fanucci not being a real mobster. Now it all adds up. I'll never see it the same way. Awesome video and thank you for this.
Wut?
@@DonFelixGallardo Huh?
@@mopar3502001 huh?
Dude is just spit-balling an opinion. I don't buy it...
Really? A single man without anyone around him and you just noticed that now? It was more than obvious...
A Don wouldn't be living in a stinking walk up apt. He'd have his own separate dwelling and a bodyguard.
Not all. Carlo Gambino lived in a modest middle class house and walked around unguarded the vast percentage of the time.
Most mobsters live very middle class in appearances. Gotti lived in a very modest home in Ozone Park. Mobsters who live openly lavish lifestyles typically wind-up dead (Castellano) or in prison very quickly. The whole idea of the Italian mafia was to make the money so your children could have it better without having to be in the mob themselves...typically, not always. Some Italian mobsters loved the thug life and brought their kids in, but it was rare.
- a Don would have more than one expensive suit
- a Don would have bodyguards
- a Don wouldn't immediately express a willingness to accept less than his originally proposed cut
The better question is why Tessio and Clemenza couldn't see Fanucci was a conman, it being so obvious. Fanucci's con wasn't even skilled.
Well done, you just summarised the video hotshot
@@highdesertutahYes, a house. Not an apartment.
My Dad remembered a guy who used to walk around the Drive in Vancouver in the early 70's who dressed similarly to Fannucci. He put on a show, but never openly said he was connected. Then one day he got beat to hell (his friend was hospitalized) and disappeared back to Calabria for a few years. When he came back, the act was dropped and he would never say who beat him and why he left so quickly back to Italy. Rumours circulated, of course.
NGL I laughed pretty hard picturing this guy walking around the neighborhood dressed and acting like Don Fanucci but without ever actually doing anything. Too bad he apparently got himself into very real trouble; wonder what happened.
@@salvadorromero9712 The rumour mill had a few things circulating but I think the most likely is he got involved with hot goods stolen from the docks. That was pretty common back then. My Dad recalled guys who would swing by the lunch spots with big duffle bags of stuff from the containers.
When you've been discovered to be a paper tiger, you get taken out even more critically..
And other inspiring quotes from Little Carmine
Vito saw Fanucci get attacked by some young punks, getting his throat slashed.
And that's when he positively absolutely knew he was a fraud
@@xrossmiller3491 'The Godfather Saga' contained deleted scenes, that explain so much.
True. Imagine a mobster getting beat up by kids, and then there are no consequences.
Hell, back then in the 1890s-1900s NYC before organized crime was really established, kid gangs had a rep of being very merciless, robbing in order to survive.
Yeah, we know, it's in the video.
make the music louder I can’t rly hear it
What???!!!
When Fanucci call the cops in the alley Vito knew Fanucci was a fraud
He was taking money from his own people and yet provided nothing in return but threats. A true godfather actually does provide for "their" people.
Just as in the opening scene of the godfather.
Exactly, which is why mobsters like Capone, Luciano, Columbo, and Giancana were so successful, they gave some back to the neighborhood and took care of those neighborhoods. No one F'ed around in an Italian neighborhood. You start shit on Mulberry St. and no one will see you again.
A real godfather or boss takes money from anybody that has it. There first targets were their own people because they were there.
There was nothing romantic about these murderers and thugs
Stop romanticising these parasites just because you watched a movie. These thugs were parasitic to their whole environment.
@@BubbaGanuche Exactly. The whole "man of honor" bit is just another con, most successfully pulled off by Joe Bonanno, who was a big part of the basis for Don Corleone.
@@BubbaGanuche Retribution on 2 rapists who destroyed an undertaker's daughter is pretty romantic if you ask me.
I always thought about how Vito could make his bones with no retaliation.
What you pose makes sense and answers some questions. Well done.
7 minutes of loud italian music with some mild background talking . 7/10 stars.
Still not loud enough…
Music is too loud. 😂
What are you talking about? I can barely hear it. They should have really turned up the volume of the music.
@@GlocktologistWHAAT?
There's music in this?
when he made the verbal threat of going to the police
Yup! I feel stupid that I didn't see that myself. 🤦♂ Being a "rata" is a death sentence in this criminal underworld.
But there were cops on the mafia's payroll. I don't think that threat was far-fetched at all. The real capper was that he was always alone. Real gangsters always have back up, all the time.
You mean like in the clip we just watched?
@@SciHeartJourney , sadly since the mid 80's it's more common than you think
@@franktreppiedi2208 , yeah cowards always run in bunches
Extreamly astute and excellent points!! We have to remember how Vito Andolinni (Corleone) came to the U. S. Vito was an 8 year old child running for his life after his entire family was brutally murdered by a true, cold blooded, Sicilian gangster. Because Vito was raised in Italy surrounded by true mafia gangsters, he knew early on that Facucchi was a fraud based on his behavior and demeanor that actual mob bosses would never do....like involve police and telling the boss you're going to pay him less. Vito knew that interacting with the real mafia with that disrespect was an instant death sentence.
a deleted scene is not the act of a friend just charge a bit more, after all we're not communists
I don’t want it near schools 😡.
LOL
I promise, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to show more deleted scenes here.
😂😂😂😂
That was a good one. I tip my hat to you.
Well done. Enjoyed this. Godfather's brilliance just grows the older it gets
One thing that puzzles me is that he apparently name dropped a real mafia boss.. I mean, it looks like he was extorting a lot of places. You would think one of this mafia boss's soldiers would have eventually tried to extort businesses in the same area of new York and found out an imposter was extorting businesses in his bosses name? I guess vito figured it out before that happened?
Good point. Little Italy of all places would have been controlled by a capo.
More than likely Fanucci was an associate himself who played himself off as a boss but he paid his boss his tribute and was probably a good earner so the boss might not have cared that Fanucci played himself off like HE was the boss.
There were no soldiers ,capo or underboss, or five families during this time . Lucky Luciano organised the mafia in the late twenties.
@@RhysapGrug there are always leaders somewhere.
@@davidlean1060 I see. Thank you.
The problem with this is that if Fanucci was simply a con man running a scheme then he would have been dead long ago. There's no way that the actual Mafia would not have heard about this. The Mafia would never permit someone like that to live. There's also the fact that Vito and his crew rise to power in the neighborhood immediately after killing Fanucci. Promotions within the Mafia often were predicated by killing a "boss". The Mafia likely respected Vito for his initiative and, seeing that he was a much better boss than Fanucci, permitted Vito to take his place.
Please can you make the music any louder, I can almost hear the narration?
RELAX
The white suit problem:
The suit thing is a bit off. Here is why:
The suit is white. That means he is different from all the rest because white (at that time) could not stay white. It would easily get dirty because streets were muddy and people used coal. Coal makes everything filthy. Nothing stays white. A working man could not have a white suit. It is not practical.
The famous first white wedding dress was worn by British Queen. Nobody wore white at that time because it would get dirty very fast. It was also a one use dress.
@@maxmagnus777 , your good using google
The real reason Vito knew Fanucci had no real power is that the neighborhood hated him. Vito knew a real boss is respected and admired in his community, that's what gives him his power, and that's what Vito became.
also, any true Don would play Italian music at full blast all day long so no one can hear their conversations, rookie mistake
When Vito was shot there weren't any men around to help him either.
Another interesting detail: Vito took 200 dollars from Clemenza and Tessio, but he paid Fanucci 150. That means he robbed his friends.
Fredo was supposed to be guarding him but was a coward. Paulie "called in sick" and Clemenza had him killed later.
He didn’t rob his friends, he did them a favor of never having to pay again.
Delivery fee
Can the music get any louder
Watching Vito's body language near Fanucci is interesting. He takes his time responding and leans in, not afraid.
Legend has it that one of the punks who cut Fannuci was a young Barzini.
A young Luca Brasi, born 1894 (Vito was born Dec 21st 1891 - his 50th birthday was the day the Japanese did their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor)
would have destroyed Fanucci. Maybe Brasi hadn't moved to New York from Rhode Island [his birthplace] yet?
I think Fannuci died before Prohibition - during which Luca met two Capone soldiers, sent from Chicago to help Maranzano/Mariposa against the fledging Corleone.
He murdered one in such a brutal way that the other one had choked himself to death by swallowing a rolled up sock stuffed in his gagged mouth, by the time Luca turned to him.
Earlier Luca made Philomena the midwife throw a newborn baby into a furnace. It was his own baby with a young Irish prostitute. He killed her days later. SOME STORY. SOME LUCA!
Wrong
@@paulleverton9569December 21st huh? You didn't do well in school did you?
@@donarthiazi2443 I was just going to comment on that. 🤣
@@Rockhound6165
Yeah really bro. The worst kid in school knows the _"December seventh, a date which will live in infamy"_ speech.
Pretty much everybody in the US... and more than a few abroad for that matter.
I had no idea it was December 21st 🤷🤷
Music too loud can’t hear the narrator
Yes
0:13 Pastassin's Creed
Oh man i just read your comment as vito was walking on the roof :)))
Your analysis is impeccable.
Not really. Just restating the obvious
Thx!
@@redswingline262Exactly. Everything presented is all perfectly explained in the book.
@@MovieMafiosoHe's right. You totally nailed it! 👍
Music is too loud, voice too quiet. Feels like im trying to listening to someone while an orchestra is playing
Vito's father stood up to the local mafia don in Sicily. As a direct result, his entire family was murdered and Vito himself had to flee to America to escape Ciccio's wrath. That all happened because his father didn't pay up like he was supposed to. So, I'm convinced Vito knew Fanucci was a fraud from the jump. A real boss wouldn't do his own collecting, overlook Genco's insult, let a violent street attack go unavenged or threaten to call the police on Vito. All of those things either wouldn't have happened in the first place or else they would've been turned over to an enforcer if they did (somehow) happen. Vito had Fanucci's number from the beginning, I think.
I enjoyed your video overall. As others have mentioned, I'd love to hear the background music mixed at a let volume in your future vids. Cheers! 👍🏼
In order to fully understand you need to read the book, NOT just watch the movie. Vito, though he broke bad late in life realized he could see the whole picture with just a few pieces of the puzzle. He also knew how to keep his head and not be easily shaken or lose his temper which is rare among Sicilian men. Also, in Sicilian culture, threats are considered a sign of weakness even if carried out, which was one red flag for Vito concerning Fanucci. BUT, the thing that clinched it was when Fanucci accepted the deal of less money. As soon as he did that he signed his own death certificate. Vito knew then beyond the shadow of a doubt that he was just a big fat bag of BS. If he truly was the badass he made himself out to be he would’ve killed Vito on the spot as an example to his friends and made them pay him even more than his original ask, probably along with a good workover to boot 🤷🏻♀️
Excellent analysis!! I have watched this movie dozens of times and did not make the connections that you pointed out that exposed Don Fanucci as a fraud and a con. You have a gift of observation and deduction worthy of Sherlock Holmes ... or a Corleone Godfather!! I am subscribing!
This is awesome and yes it makes complete sense. After all these years thank you for pointing this out!
Thanks!
Good vid, and I like the fact that you picked up on the fact that he threatened to call the cops on him, when a normal boss would have sent a couple of buttons to beat the money out of him...but man, turn the music down, easier to hear
The book Explains it.
What does the book say?
@@Lars1224 I highly recommend you read it. It goes so much deeper than the movie can.
But it says anyone who works with the cops wouldn't be a High ranking member of the Black hand.
@@mr.hansholmes2367 but it's not exactly working with the cops if you're bribing him. He would be an employee so to speak. A dirty cop.
@@Lars1224
Read the book.
@@mr.hansholmes2367Yes the book goes into more Vito detail and it was very good, but good God there was WAY too much devoted to the Johnny Fontaine part of things. Almost a full third of the book was devoted to a subject that was only mildly interesting.
When he watched Fanucci getting roughed up by two youths, he recognized his vulnerability. The fact that Fanucci went without any bodyguards was a clear indication that he was all talk, but when Vito saw the attack on him, that kind of sealed his fate.
2:06 The first introduction to the world of crime in the US. The first was when Vito's father and brother were murdered in Siclaly.
And mother!
@@GRice999 That was bad of me forgetting Ma.
first as a criminal himself, Sicily was as victim
I did always wonder "where's his crew?" And "hell send the police? Why not his enforcers?" Just never clicked in me that he was a fake boss. Now it all makes sense.
This was great! The music is a really good match for the scenes. One small issue though, in a couple of places I thought I could hear someone talking faintly behind the music.
Can you speak Italian? Otherwise it doesn’t really matter because they’re speaking Italian (poorly) in all of these scenes with subtitles.
Fun fact, if you watch the first movie in Italian, the scenes where they’re in Sicily have Italian subtitles because the dialect is so different.
Interesting analysis. Question - if he was a fraud, wouldn't other established mobsters move in and take over Fanucci's hustle?
He was probably paying them off to stay away and was enjoying the status he had.
Small time neighborhood with small time payout. Why bother?
They probably looked at it as nickel and dime stuff. Most likely wasn't worth it. Also, Fanucci was probably paying them a cut to operate.
Small time neighborhood? It was Little Italy, it would have been the center of Italians and therefore the center for Italian mafia action
Great video. Really enjoyed the music. Don't get why you decided to put some kind of whisper noise behind it, but I don't complain.
Wouldnt the real mafia have killed him for pretending to be a mobster?
The music's too low can you turn it up some more
It was a deleted scene. Teens kick his ass and he runs yelling for help after they cut him. There was no reprisal.
In the novel, Fanucci finds/kills one of his attackers, and is paid tribute from the families of the other two boys in exchange for their lives.
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I love how these analysis videos add more feeling and life to the movie with their own interpretation, music etc.
Fanucci's actor is a great one. The Italian Gastone Moschin (MOSKEE'N)
Im very happy that i found your channel. UA-cam actually did a good job recommending this channel . Going to watch your Mafia videos
Read the book - its in the book.
Thanks to the creator and the comments. I wondered for a long time how Vito could get away with this killing without any consequence. So, thanks. The music vas too loud, but the content was very useful and interesting.
6:19 i have been to de book store.
Dats fucked up lol
I always felt something didn’t quite add up with Fanucci. you’ve made it clear. Excellent video.
Sonny followed Vito across the rooftop and saw his dad kill fanucci
I thought it was interesting that in the Puzo screenplay that became "The Family Corleone" novel,...the crime Sonny witnesses is Vito, Tessio & Clemenza killing Tom Hagen's father.
@@tsiqueido
Admittedly I've never read the novel _The Family Corleone_ but your comment seems highly unlikely. Vito took in a homeless juvenile Tom Hagen at Sonny's insistence. Vito loved and provided for Tom and even had him treated for an illness that would have left Tom blind.
But Vito ALSO refused to adopt young Tom because Vito thought that act would be *disrespectful to Tom's father.*
So I would be interested to learn the backstory of how killing Tom's biological father is explained.
music was too loud but content and explanation was great. and thank you for not being repetitive and also getting to the point and doing some 'splainin.
Fannucci was a con artist and Vito seen it and recognized it a mile away
I've always thought this, but never put it all together. Well done sir!
All I know is that now I´ll have to watch the whole saga again. For the millionth time.
Good video but the music background is a bit too loud and overwhelms the narration from time to time, especially during softer spoken moments in the narration when you can hardly hear what was said.
Enzo The Baker told him.
That scene where Enzo helped Michael at the hospital made Enzo a lifelong amico della famiglia
Its amazing that after all these years this film of art still holds up. Its a continuous moving portrait that paints a life of many. We still watch it and find something new every time. Genius.
Don fanoik
Really nice breakdown of the details in the movie but _please don't have the music up so loud. I could barely hear you speaking.
I zoned out about two minutes in and have no idea what you're even talking about anymore.
The answer to this is based on a deleted scene. Vito witnessed a few young punks beat up and knifed Fannuci, and Vito knew he never retaliated against them.
Donald Trump reminds me of Don Fanucci.
Excellent observation .
Thats only because Trump lives in your head 24/7. They have programed you to see Trump in your nightmares and you can't even control it anymore.
Joe Biden reminds me of Don Ciccio sitting in the chair
Thats scene of Don Ciccio being cut open like that, reminded me of Biden in the debate LOL brutal!
@@JacktheKnife883You remind me of what I see in the toilet.
music is too loud and covers up the narrative. Error around 3:45 to 4:!0; Vito kills Fanucci at the beginning of his rise to power; Vito returns to Sicily to kill Don Ciccio in revenge much later in his career
Robert Deniro ruined his legacy with his political views.
You are over exaggerating bruh. Most normal people don't give a fuck. Him being super liberal doesn't make him a bad actor
BS. Fascist logic strikes again.
He simply called out real life frauds.
@@Davebee Spoken like a typical brainwashed Fascist.
You did a great job with this! I have watched this movie several times, and I never thought of that.
Turn the background soundtrack down.
Great video, man. Well researched and informative.
Always enjoy a different kind of commentary about a movie like The Godfather 2. Thanks.
I think you did a great job on this video.
I didn't need to skip a single bit of it.
Background music is a little too loud in some areas of the video making it difficult to hear everything.
Buddy, your voice is soft and the background music is loud. You're gonna need to either pump your volume or lower the BGM.
Great commentary loved it!!well edited, and good score !
The deleted scenes in both The Godfather movies leave out some major plot points. Great video!
Maybe you should slow down the video so that way you can be on "track" with the video b/c the video is leaving you behind 5 to 10 seconds. Especially in the early scene of the video.
Your videos are soo good! My dad and I had this same conversation.. the police push was the biggest trigger
Music to TOO LOUD to really hear the narration. In the future can you reduce the volume of the music so that we might actually enjoy the narration ? or does guido need to pay you a visit ?
Cut the music
Very good analysis on a key part of the movie. The Fanucci storyline not only explains how Corleone got his foot in the door with the mob but also how adept he was at reading people and situations. This is what set him apart from the other Dons.
Cliff Notes used to be the way that students crammed for final exams in the pre- smartphone era. I think English as a Second Language schools like seeing these type of videos.
It’s not about knowing the movie- it’s whether they have creators making videos on subjects like this… so they know that students are ENROLLING in the ESL classes.
If you lower the volume of the music, it would help to understand better what it is said.
Didn’t know about the deleted scene. I always figured he was a higher-up but not THE boss. There were some tell-tale signs though. I was surprised by the lack of support/security (even a sidekick), the fact that he accepted less than he was owed, and that his apartment was so basic. Thanks for the video.
A very well done video and I would love to see more deleted scenes! I also had always wondered where Fanuccis guards/gang were and why he lived in that dank apartment!
Great work man! Music little loud but otherwise I enjoyed it!
Explanations were brilliant and gave me a whole new view on that part of the film. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Music volume is way too high on this video it's hard to hear you