@CrusaderPrince because Christ is just as real as my make believe unicorn. We both have no evidence to prove our make believe friends . Yeah, Christ can get on his knees and s*** me
@CrusaderPrince there’s no evidence you idiot, your bible the so called holy book was written by MEN not God. It’s so accurate that it says the earth was created before the sun and stars 🤦♂️. Your god must be an idiot because we know for sure the stars and the sun were around before earth.
Pay attention to how every mourner tosses their rose and steps aside for the next, Clemenza, however gently throws his rose, pauses, and glances up at his Don's monolith, reflecting on his greatness and respect for his friend. Johnny, however, lays the rose down and leans on his godfather's coffin as he has leaned on his godfather and relied on him his whole life, genius poetic imagery affirming Johnny's true love and sadness for the passing of his most excellent protector. Tessio is not shown to lay a flower down at all and is seen approaching Michael from an obscure foreign angle, opposite from the family and close associates, foreshadowing his betrayal.
And the crafty, sly way Barzini breaks off eye contact with Michael, after he gives him his silent greeting... He doesn't actually look away...He keep his stare straight ahead, somewhat unnaturally, and turns his head unnaturally by pivoting his body (starting at 1:51). That's the look of a sly fox that is up to something And I always thought the old guy standing next to Barzini looked eerie and menacing....almost like a space alien
I love how Vito trusted Tom Hagen enough to also tell him how they're gonna come at Michael. He never thought that Tom would ever betray the Corleones. He knew that Hagen was 100% loyal. It's a pity that Michael never saw that.
matter of fact, Vito didnt tell nothing to Tom, Tom figured out by himself, thats why he was vito's consigliere even when he wasnt sicilian . in the book when the funneral occured, Tom didnt held any postition in the Corleone Family.
@@rebekahjackson5996 we know that. We meant about Tom!! Looking back now, Vito may have possibly (in secret) told Tom to just make sure nobody tries to have any “meetings” with Michael outside the compound with HIS OWN MEN present AND ONLY THEM!!
Everyone showing that they side with Barzini at Vito's funeral. Right in front of Mikey. They really believed the Corleones were finished. They thought it was all going their way. But it was the other way.
It's kinda like "The Gone With The Wind" for boomers. Portrays a historically greedy subculture with the heroes as the Kinder, Gentler organized crime lords that only exist in fiction, just as the O'Haras and the Wilkeses were portrayed as Kinder, Gentler slave drivers.
It's one of those movies I've tried a few times to finish, but it's seriously one of the slowest paced movies ever in cinema, I find it to be overrated and takes itself too seriously. Love the casting, but it's just not my thing.
Something about Clemenza in this scene, the way he just looks off into the distance after putting the flower on Vito's coffin...one of his best friends has died, and the man looks utterly lost without him.
No... that's not what you're supposed to take away from this scene at all... Tom makes a reasonable comment on Clemenza being the suspected traitor for good reason... He wouldn't just say that to Michael unless he really thought so or that it was backed by real suspicion. Michael tags this when he says that the decision to betray him was an intelligent move, then goes on to say that "Tessio was always smarter". This implies that the only reason, or at least, a huge reason why Clemenza wasn't the one to betray Michael was because he didn't have the same level of intelligence Tessio had to take a deal that could land him with more power and probably better pay. If you recall, Tessio and Clemenza can both be seen sulking when Don Vito first transfers his power over to Michael. Michael is, in a nutshell, cramping the two's style and they're basically in a lesser position due to the delegation. Vito asks them both to put their faith in his judgement, but this scene here suggests that one of them was incapable of doing so. We also know (due to the fact that Clemenza was supposed to be the Frank Pentangeli character in part two, but the actor was kicked out), that even HIS loyalties were worn thin by the time Michael had amassed a lot more power. The indignation Pentangeli had for Michael choosing business over blood was all originally written for Clemenza.
You can see Tom's pained expression. Biologically, or not, Vito was his father and now that he lost both him and Sonny, I am certain he must have been going through some truly depressive states of mind.
He had to be that way because of how differently him and his father were as the Don and how they ran the family...thats why part 3 is so dope because he has finally realized all the pain he put not only himself but his family through and he is ready to go legitimate
@@Flizzypirate You are the only person I've ever seen to say they liked the 3rd Godfather. I didn't dislike it, but for me it was like the 3rd Matrix movie, a bit of a letdown.
@@cdubbau135 I like part 3 also. Sophia coppola's acting kept me from giving the movie grade A. It's a solid B & when I'm in a good mood B+. The first 2 are A+
well yeah but tessio was someone who was around alot, not like another family person... im just saying im not italian but if someone came up to me like that at m fathers funeral id be very mad... and why couldnt he just wait till the service was over, thats when most people stand around and chat anyway..
my main point.. is these mobsters take things serious, especially respect.. i mean i would be pissed if someone did that at my familys funeral, and im not even a crime family! its just seems very unrealistic timing...! i mean could have waited till they were about to leave/ after the ceremony was over. i mean thats what always happens at a funeral, people stand around talking with each other..
+arlichar11 I agree.I also think the depiction of Tessio so obviously fawning over Barzini at the cemetery was overly drawn and unbelievable.This scene was not adequately edited.
2:42 - I love how Tessio (Abe Vigoda) straightens his tie and collar after talking to Michael, which I take to be a signal to Barzini that Michael has agreed to the meeting Barzini wanted. Nice detail.
John6yt Jack Nicholson originally was pushing to play Michael as well. Coppola had faith in Pacino’s acting and believed he was the perfect fit for Michael, Coppola wanted that authenticity in his movie to have an Italian American actor to play an Italian American character.
I think Barzini's look shows he was up to no good...the sly, deliberate way he breaks off eye contract from Michael and pivots away...a clear sign of someone who's up to something
Doesn't the old Capo, Tessio, realize that everyone knows that whoever sets the meeting is the traitor? Mike and Hagen realize it instantly. Not a good career move, Sal.
+Randy Bailin You make a good point. I believe that while Tessio does know, he didn't anticipate on the Don passing on this knowledge to Michael, as the Don always tried to keep Michael out of the family business. That, and he vastly underestimated Michael's craftiness and ability to plan ahead. Michael allowed himself to look weak and impulsive for a long period of time, successfully masking his cunning and allowing his enemies to think him weaker than he actually was.
They realize because Don Vito sat with Michael and told him how they were going to do it. Theu didn't know who it was going to be but Don Vito knew how it was all going to play out
At he funeral, Barzini must have thought his victory over Vito was all but complete. The two most dangerous members of the Corleone family (Sonny and Vito) were dead and who's left? Ineffective Fredo, Tom, the German-Irish consigliere, and newly minted (read inexperienced) Don Michael. Barzini was just one killing away from total victory. But if there was one constant throughout the Godfather saga it's that the mortality rate for those underestimating Michael Corleone is 100%.
Something that I absolutely love is how all these greaseball gangsters think Michael is this naive dumb kid; when the guy was a war hero on the Pacific theater of WWII. I bet he did way worse things over there than plan the assassination of the other Dons.
@@sillygoose9791 True, but even if Barzini and others realized WW2 had made Michael into an effective killer, they might've still underestimated him. There's more to being a formidable Mafia Don than being good at killing, a lesson Sonny never learned and led to his downfall. They might still have thought that the same was just as true, if not moreso, of Michael.
For any of you Godfather fans, I really recommend you read the book. It's not like it's a great piece of literature, but it explains the motivations behind many of the characters actions. Also, you will be surprised to find that some very minor characters in the movie have a big role in the book (Johnny Fontane, Lucy Mancini...etc)
@Pineapple Pizza honestly that's not what I heard so it probably isn't fact. That said if that's what he thought it makes no sense cause a reasonable explanation was given for why he did it. Also every reason I ever heard why ve turned it down was money and I even heard he wanted his wife to have a part. I think him thinking Clemenza wouldn't betray micheal is made up by fans who didn't like that idea which again I ask why when the script explains why. That said it doesn't matter. GODFATHER 2 is my favorite movie ever so it doesn't matter that he wasn't in it
@Pineapple Pizza so be it, why people get so personal is beyond me. Probably cause you took the time to tell me what you heard. Lol it's business not personal. Get it, LMAO
Pretty clear at the end that Barzini assumes he's going to basically take over everything, and most important people think that Michael is barely holding on to his father's legacy. He must have had some pretty fucking good spies to be able to wait to kill his enemies before they killed him, and to do it all on one day.
well Michael was a smart man no doubt, smarter than all the other families but the assassination of the other families wasn't in one day, in the book it took time he did it with caution, coppola state that in order to show that in the film he came up with the idea of doing a sequence where they all die during the baptism
Michael didn't have to worry about his rivals getting to him first, because he played along and agreed to the meeting. That way, Barzini & co assumed he would fall into the trap, giving him a secure window to move on them first. His complacency (ie letting them encroach on territory) also helped lower their guard for the hits. (responding years later, but there's your answer)
Barzini smiling from ear to to ear thinking he was about to rule everything but little did he know by setting up that meeting with Michael he just signed his own death certificate!!
Tom knew ,the moment tessio came up, people forget he also learned under vito, you can see on his face ,crazy, its the little things that make this movie an all timer
You can see the look of shock briefly on Michael's face when he sees Tassio talking with Barzini. He literally has a look of: "Him?! Tassio is the one after all these years?!"
Barzini looked like he was celebrating his victory. Smoking, everyone shaking hands with him like little bitches, and he even did not come to talk to Michael, just nodded to him. Little he knew....
Love this scene, the other families must feel the Corleone’s are weak without the Godfather and Sonny, but little do they know Michael is fucking ruthless!
One of my all time favorite scenes. My dad put this scene on as a lesson to always watch your surroundings. Mikey in this scene is me at in law's house, funerals, and store meetings. People will reveal their bullshit at your most vulnerable moments sometimes.
@@overcomerbtbojesus I think it has to do with their motives, coming out. They can no longer contain themselves, partially because the person that's recently passed isnt there to see these assholes in their true forms, so they act out. They can drop the charade they've been putting on for so long.
Thats wat i always thought when i seen the movie even the first time back in 98 i was 8 then in i understood what it was like to be a real friend lol no but thats why you always gotta keep ya eye out for snakes . he was too hungry for power which led to his demise . punk ass prick traitor
Tessio would never betray Vito nor Sonny. But he did not respect Mike the same way. He thought the other families would get rid of Mike easily. He thought he made a move to survive.
Is there any pictures anywhere on the web of this man ever being young? Heck, he played on the gothic show Dark Shadows in 1967! And he was old then too!!
Look at kay crying sitting behind michael. Who would be so saddened for her father in law’s death. No matter what people say about her. Her emotions and love for michael were true and had great respect for his family.
At 0:47 the driver helps an old man out of the car....This is the same old man who sang and danced at the daughter's wedding at the beginning of the film...He attended the wedding of the Don's daughter, and now the Don's funeral....He is Father Time, he outlives everybody Meanwhile Pacino scans the faces of the mourners with his trademark quiet intensity...Studying them, divining who is loyal and who is not....Who is friend and who is foe....I find that some of the most memorable and powerful scenes in film are the silent ones, with little or no dialogue (it's why I liked "There Will Be Blood" so much...The first 20+ minutes of the film had almost no dialogue, and were still incredibly captivating and intense)
koko40800 Even the opening of the good, bad and ugly had barely any dialogue. Excellent scene. And of course the Mexican standoff at the end. By the way, if you like movies with little to no dialogue, I would recommend All is Lost.
Fan Made Videos I didn't realize that, thanks...I thought he was just an old friend of the family or something But that Don is the same old man who was singing and dancing at the wedding, right?
He actually did get the movie, they even showed a bit of it in the movie. In the novel, he's story is bigger. He does get the movie and ends up winning an Oscar but the ceremony ends up to be a orgy.
I just get this feeling of sadness every time I see Clemenza in this scene. The pain of his dear friend passing. Oh, and did Tessio not think that talking to Barzini would at the very least arise suspicion? And sure enough, he turns out to be the traitor. Imagine how Vito would’ve reacted if he knew it would be Tessio as the traitor.
My dad watched this movie so much it pissed me off as a child. Then I was getting my hair done while he was watching and fell absolutely in love with this trilogy. He always stated how this was the moment Michael went cold. And how you can see it in his eyes, demeanor and dead stare. Brilliant by Al Pacino!!
I like how Michael is telling Tom how he's going to deal with Barzini & co with Kay just practically sitting directly behind him.Imagine if she heard him and said 'Hey,your gonna do what!?!?'
Vito dies and there's a huge tournout at his funeral and genuine mourning. Michael later dies alone outside a decaying Sicilian house, watched by a stray dog. There lies the difference in how they ran the Corleone family and how they conducted themselves as Godfather.
Mike did a good job of acting stupid while Tessio was setting him up for the kill..... "Ok." Like, "I'm just a dumb kid eager to do the right thing, Sal, what do I know?"
Here Michael is cold, ruthless, menacing. But at 2:04, you can see him swallow and his lips quiver; he's nervous. The subtle touches in the two Godfather movies are amazing.
Michael just analyses everybody there. He saw there reactions body talk and even Barzini being congratulated before he even made a move. They figured that with Vito gone there would be no loyalty in the Corleone Family for the new “boy king” but boy was they in for a huge surprise. Michael and Vito’s move was very strategic and brutal. They seriously underestimated Michael.
Tessio deserves our compassion. Here's why: " I spent 40 years of my life helping your family become powerful. EVERYTHING I worked for, killed for, Mike is going to piss it away because he wants to move to the desert?? I'm facing the end of my life with nothing to show for it. Sorry, Mike... you have to go !"
Michael in Vegas after the move promises Clemenza he can go independent, start his own family after things settle down. Seems if Tessio had remained loyal the same offer would have been made to him.
@@jamesjwalsh Yeah but Tessio didn't know Michael's real plans...after that meeting Tessio probably saw it as, Michael was laying down, ceding NYC (and Tessio's Brooklyn territory) to Barzini, and running to Vegas....Tessio complained at the meeting "Soon I won't have anywhere to hang my hat!"...so he didn't want to wait until he had nothing left, and then "go independent"....He instead decided to make a deal with Barzini... Barzini probably promised Tessio he could keep his Brooklyn territory (maybe he offered him some new territory, who knows) in exchange for delivering Michael's head....Tessio was really done in by his ambition
My kid brother was an extra in this scene. You can see him at 2:08 back, to the right, behind the widow. Interesting story. We lived in north NJ. His friend's mom was a hairdresser working on the set in NYC. She invited both boys to go with her one day. Though my brother's friend was Italian, my brother looked more Italian, so they pulled him in as an extra. A few days later he was called back to be in the baptismal scene (you can't see him in that one; he was behind a pillar). Our older brother drove baby bro into the city. During a break, big bro sat with Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and ate hamburgers. No one was famous at that time so though it was cool that he chatted with the stars, it wasn't a big deal. Baby bro, 13 at the time, got paid around $300 for the two shoots. That is my one claim to fame.
Y’all gotta remember that Tessio & his men left the Don hanging at the hospital.. He was supposed to die that night. I feel like he was part of it the whole time
He wasn't wrong really because Clemenza was supposed to be a traitor in part 2 but the actor was unavailable so they brought in the character of Frankie Pentangeli instead.
In this very cemetery real mobsters are buried....Sonny Black,Lefty Guns many others...from the movie Donnie Brasco....Calvary Cemetery Long Island City Queens
@Barry Super And apparently Lefty Guns was saved by the FBI (possibly flipped, I don't know), before the mafia could kill him for vouching for 'Donnie'...he didn't get clipped like at the end of Donnie Brasco
@@koko40800 he didn't flipped and he got a pass from his family which they rarely give. I suggest watching a channel bloodletters and badmen he is perfect
Reggie Kray Why do you have to be so aggressively rude? If you have some advice, then just share it. You should be ashamed of yourself to use language like that to someone you don't know. What kind of person are you, anyway? Not someone *I* want to know, that's for sure.
clash5j Look at 50 year olds today compared to the 1980’s and before! Our lives have become too easy for our own good and we drink a lot more water than we used to!
Thank You For Posting This Classic Scene From "The Godfather "(1972). In The Background I See The Old Original Koszucisko Bridge And The Gas Tanks. I Have Lived In The Greenpoint Section Of Brooklyn New York All My Life. I Saw The Implosion Of The Old Bridge As Well As The Gas Tanks. What Great Memories. I Await Your Answer.
Same here friend, grew up in Greenpoint,the old Greenpoint,I saw the implosion as well. It's changed, gentrification at it's worst! Doesn't even feel like you're in Brooklyn 😢. Only true old school New Yorkers know what I'm talking about,real brooklyn nites!! Cheap Charlie's is gone,so is Carmine's pizzaria. On Norman Ave.
Crazy. Although Michael is with family, the way he explains to Tom what's going to happen and what he's about to do is masked. Almost in case someone was eavesdropping.
I don't know if it's just because I know it all along now, but when Michael heard Tessio's words, his facial expression was like a mixture of anger and sadness. He was angry because it was Tessio who betrayed him, and he was sad that now he had to kill Sal Tessio, one of his father's best friends and godfather to Mike himself.
In the midst of the funeral everyone was crying, mourning and paying respects to deceased Vito, but Mike and probably Tom as well surveys the people in the funeral on how Barzini gonna come after him
2:46 notice how Tessio gave the signal to Barzini by adjusting his tie? Later on, Tom Hagen did the same thing by adjusting his tie, giving signal to Clemenza to kill him!
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I love how everyone is sad but Michael is just cold analyzing everything
He was on point watching everything his father said would be in fact happen. Vito was cunning till the end.
Too stoic
That's the spirit of leadership, a cold spirit.
He knows his father couldnt live long.
Michael was "a soldier" through and through and that is how he ran the family. Shrewd, cunning and calculating.
Everyone here sees Michael as weak and yet to prove himself. Then in a matter of days he is seen as the most vicious of them all.
His dad put him up on game
He never wanted to be part of the business
*Just goes to show how a square from Ivy League can really be bout that life*
@El Matador true. I always wanted the best for all my sons.
@El Matador no he didn't. He's still alive.
His fathers words saved him :-) "The one who approach you, is the traitor".
Like Christ - the one who dips the bread will betray me.
WHERE DID HE SAY THAT I’m seeing this everywhere but I don’t remember it which scene?
@@fineline8348 when he's talking to michael in the lawn and michael says his son is smart enough to read the funny papers at 3 years old
@CrusaderPrince because Christ is just as real as my make believe unicorn. We both have no evidence to prove our make believe friends . Yeah, Christ can get on his knees and s*** me
@CrusaderPrince there’s no evidence you idiot, your bible the so called holy book was written by MEN not God. It’s so accurate that it says the earth was created before the sun and stars 🤦♂️. Your god must be an idiot because we know for sure the stars and the sun were around before earth.
Pay attention to how every mourner tosses their rose and steps aside for the next, Clemenza, however gently throws his rose, pauses, and glances up at his Don's monolith, reflecting on his greatness and respect for his friend. Johnny, however, lays the rose down and leans on his godfather's coffin as he has leaned on his godfather and relied on him his whole life, genius poetic imagery affirming Johnny's true love and sadness for the passing of his most excellent protector. Tessio is not shown to lay a flower down at all and is seen approaching Michael from an obscure foreign angle, opposite from the family and close associates, foreshadowing his betrayal.
Great observation!!!! This scene displays what you have mentioned to the T !!!!!!!!
Then you see Barzini throwing his Rose quickly
@@crazypato3752 ...then looking at Michael, smiling that his new enemy hasn't the power of his deceased father.
And the crafty, sly way Barzini breaks off eye contact with Michael, after he gives him his silent greeting... He doesn't actually look away...He keep his stare straight ahead, somewhat unnaturally, and turns his head unnaturally by pivoting his body (starting at 1:51). That's the look of a sly fox that is up to something
And I always thought the old guy standing next to Barzini looked eerie and menacing....almost like a space alien
And then there's Barzini. Giving rose like "it's over old man, I won"
I love how Vito trusted Tom Hagen enough to also tell him how they're gonna come at Michael. He never thought that Tom would ever betray the Corleones. He knew that Hagen was 100% loyal. It's a pity that Michael never saw that.
matter of fact, Vito didnt tell nothing to Tom, Tom figured out by himself, thats why he was vito's consigliere even when he wasnt sicilian . in the book when the funneral occured, Tom didnt held any postition in the Corleone Family.
Butch what the hell are you on about? No one told Tom anything. Wtf?
Vito told Michael himself...
@@rebekahjackson5996 I know
@@rebekahjackson5996 we know that. We meant about Tom!! Looking back now, Vito may have possibly (in secret) told Tom to just make sure nobody tries to have any “meetings” with Michael outside the compound with HIS OWN MEN present AND ONLY THEM!!
Everyone showing that they side with Barzini at Vito's funeral. Right in front of Mikey. They really believed the Corleones were finished. They thought it was all going their way. But it was the other way.
Referencing maybe the most revered television drama ever with maybe the most revered film ever. I think you won dude.
Good point!
Okay Marlo✊🏾
Chris. Tell our people to tool up
@@ep3578 i'm on it.
The cast of the Godfather are irreplaceable. A film like this will never be made again. All credit to the director.
It's kinda like "The Gone With The Wind" for boomers. Portrays a historically greedy subculture with the heroes as the Kinder, Gentler organized crime lords that only exist in fiction, just as the O'Haras and the Wilkeses were portrayed as Kinder, Gentler slave drivers.
@@billolsen4360 No one who watched The Grandfather think of the mafia bosses as any kind of heroes lmao
It's one of those movies I've tried a few times to finish, but it's seriously one of the slowest paced movies ever in cinema, I find it to be overrated and takes itself too seriously. Love the casting, but it's just not my thing.
@Zhanger maybe I will give it another go soon, I know my dad loved it and I typically enjoy all the movies he watched growing up.
They did make another film like it - Godfather 2
Something about Clemenza in this scene, the way he just looks off into the distance after putting the flower on Vito's coffin...one of his best friends has died, and the man looks utterly lost without him.
I know its just a movie, but You can actually sense and feel his sorrow as well... great acting by clemenza
Clemenza always faithful
Jaegar Ultima I know Tessio is the smarter one but I've always argued that Clemenza is, because; he's alive at the end.
In the end, Clemenza died peacefully much like Vito as he died while cooking with his mens
@@therealestlebomba8959 Michael Corleone is trying to say that they are both untrustworthy
No... that's not what you're supposed to take away from this scene at all... Tom makes a reasonable comment on Clemenza being the suspected traitor for good reason... He wouldn't just say that to Michael unless he really thought so or that it was backed by real suspicion. Michael tags this when he says that the decision to betray him was an intelligent move, then goes on to say that "Tessio was always smarter". This implies that the only reason, or at least, a huge reason why Clemenza wasn't the one to betray Michael was because he didn't have the same level of intelligence Tessio had to take a deal that could land him with more power and probably better pay.
If you recall, Tessio and Clemenza can both be seen sulking when Don Vito first transfers his power over to Michael. Michael is, in a nutshell, cramping the two's style and they're basically in a lesser position due to the delegation. Vito asks them both to put their faith in his judgement, but this scene here suggests that one of them was incapable of doing so. We also know (due to the fact that Clemenza was supposed to be the Frank Pentangeli character in part two, but the actor was kicked out), that even HIS loyalties were worn thin by the time Michael had amassed a lot more power. The indignation Pentangeli had for Michael choosing business over blood was all originally written for Clemenza.
@@grundian I thought it was because he wanted his wife to be in the movie and capolla said no. I think money was patially to blame too.
You can see Tom's pained expression. Biologically, or not, Vito was his father and now that he lost both him and Sonny, I am certain he must have been going through some truly depressive states of mind.
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True. Sonny found Tom who was pretty much an orphan nearly blind in one eye. Both the Don & his wife took him into their home and their family.
alonenjersey Did read the Godfather, don't worry :) Mr. Puzzo was a genius, not many books can just absorb me into themselves like this one did.
Tom isn't a real person, it's a guy acting in a movie. So dumb 😂
Tom & Michael wouldn't have discussed the "do you know how they're gonna come at you?" subject so loudly sitting with the family graveside.
"where I'll be safe..." delivered with perfection!
"Tessio was always smarter"
Clemenze: "Dude, I am sitting right behind you!"
Clemenza was smarter really as he lived
Clemenza: “What Mike? That meatball recipe wasn’t good? I can be smart too Mike!”
@@kaituminaro6648 exactly
Michael from the moment his father died in 1 til the end of Part 2 is the most cold and ruthless character in cinema. Just merciless....
Exactly, it's terrifying. He's a monster
He had to be that way because of how differently him and his father were as the Don and how they ran the family...thats why part 3 is so dope because he has finally realized all the pain he put not only himself but his family through and he is ready to go legitimate
@@Flizzypirate You are the only person I've ever seen to say they liked the 3rd Godfather. I didn't dislike it, but for me it was like the 3rd Matrix movie, a bit of a letdown.
@Isabel Beckerman true, he was kinda arrogant and confident when he met her, but it was her death that made him so cold
@@cdubbau135 I like part 3 also. Sophia coppola's acting kept me from giving the movie grade A. It's a solid B & when I'm in a good mood B+. The first 2 are A+
they didn't kill tessio. they sent him to hide out in California where he went on to work at good burger doing the fries.
I guess that's why he said he should have died years ago
A fate well deserved
wsuptrick wow I never realized he was in that lmaoo
I didn't realize that till now I'm like why does he look so familiar! LMAO
bruh! lmao
ive always thought it was very inappropriate of tessio to ask to talk to him at the funeral...
well yeah but tessio was someone who was around alot, not like another family person... im just saying im not italian but if someone came up to me like that at m fathers funeral id be very mad... and why couldnt he just wait till the service was over, thats when most people stand around and chat anyway..
+arlichar11 Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Never understood that concept until I really watched The Godfather deeply.
+Quinn Rollen Perhaps because you don't have enemies like these men do.
my main point.. is these mobsters take things serious, especially respect.. i mean i would be pissed if someone did that at my familys funeral, and im not even a crime family! its just seems very unrealistic timing...! i mean could have waited till they were about to leave/ after the ceremony was over. i mean thats what always happens at a funeral, people stand around talking with each other..
+arlichar11 I agree.I also think the depiction of Tessio so obviously fawning over Barzini at the cemetery was overly drawn and unbelievable.This scene was not adequately edited.
2:42 - I love how Tessio (Abe Vigoda) straightens his tie and collar after talking to Michael, which I take to be a signal to Barzini that Michael has agreed to the meeting Barzini wanted. Nice detail.
this movie is so fucking good every scene is amazing , al pacino was amazing ,he is just so fucking smart cunning and incredibly collected
+ASDF123000 For me it's the greatest film made in America during the 20th. century.
This and the Matrix ,
+ASDF123000 Yeah it really was! I read today though that Brando didn't want pacino to play the part :O!! wierd!
+ljkpang Really? Maybe because at the time Al Pacino's resume was'nt a big one?
John6yt Jack Nicholson originally was pushing to play Michael as well. Coppola had faith in Pacino’s acting and believed he was the perfect fit for Michael, Coppola wanted that authenticity in his movie to have an Italian American actor to play an Italian American character.
I love the way Barzini gives him a resepctful nod and nothing else, as in I know you're there, condolences, and thats all I'm going to give you.
*No he gives him a lengthy show*
I think Barzini's look shows he was up to no good...the sly, deliberate way he breaks off eye contract from Michael and pivots away...a clear sign of someone who's up to something
Barzini didn't cross himself
@@koko40800 I always saw it as Barzini acknowledging Micheal as the new head of the Corleone family. Also marking Micheal for death at the same time…
Doesn't the old Capo, Tessio, realize that everyone knows that whoever sets the meeting is the traitor? Mike and Hagen realize it instantly. Not a good career move, Sal.
+Randy Bailin mike knew because his father told him
+Randy Bailin Mike and Tom realised it because Don Vito told them that whoever would set it up after he's gone is the traitor.
+Randy Bailin You make a good point. I believe that while Tessio does know, he didn't anticipate on the Don passing on this knowledge to Michael, as the Don always tried to keep Michael out of the family business.
That, and he vastly underestimated Michael's craftiness and ability to plan ahead. Michael allowed himself to look weak and impulsive for a long period of time, successfully masking his cunning and allowing his enemies to think him weaker than he actually was.
They realize because Don Vito sat with Michael and told him how they were going to do it. Theu didn't know who it was going to be but Don Vito knew how it was all going to play out
Randy Bailin tessio is coming like hes making the peace, figuring thats what Michael wants
At he funeral, Barzini must have thought his victory over Vito was all but complete. The two most dangerous members of the Corleone family (Sonny and Vito) were dead and who's left? Ineffective Fredo, Tom, the German-Irish consigliere, and newly minted (read inexperienced) Don Michael. Barzini was just one killing away from total victory.
But if there was one constant throughout the Godfather saga it's that the mortality rate for those underestimating Michael Corleone is 100%.
Something that I absolutely love is how all these greaseball gangsters think Michael is this naive dumb kid; when the guy was a war hero on the Pacific theater of WWII. I bet he did way worse things over there than plan the assassination of the other Dons.
@@sillygoose9791 True, but even if Barzini and others realized WW2 had made Michael into an effective killer, they might've still underestimated him.
There's more to being a formidable Mafia Don than being good at killing, a lesson Sonny never learned and led to his downfall. They might still have thought that the same was just as true, if not moreso, of Michael.
For any of you Godfather fans, I really recommend you read the book. It's not like it's a great piece of literature, but it explains the motivations behind many of the characters actions. Also, you will be surprised to find that some very minor characters in the movie have a big role in the book (Johnny Fontane, Lucy Mancini...etc)
Already did. I have yet to read The Last Don.
lucy with the big pussy
Nika Mepharishvili nika the tika
so true!
Luca Brasi was a monster
Clemenza was too loyal to the Corleone family to commit treason.
@Pineapple Pizza do people realize pantangeli thought micheal tried to kill him. That's what Clemenza would have thought also
@Pineapple Pizza so then why are people questioning if clemenza would have betrayed Michael if the movie gave a adequate reason
@Pineapple Pizza honestly that's not what I heard so it probably isn't fact. That said if that's what he thought it makes no sense cause a reasonable explanation was given for why he did it. Also every reason I ever heard why ve turned it down was money and I even heard he wanted his wife to have a part. I think him thinking Clemenza wouldn't betray micheal is made up by fans who didn't like that idea which again I ask why when the script explains why. That said it doesn't matter. GODFATHER 2 is my favorite movie ever so it doesn't matter that he wasn't in it
@Pineapple Pizza so be it, why people get so personal is beyond me. Probably cause you took the time to tell me what you heard. Lol it's business not personal. Get it, LMAO
@Pineapple Pizza pineapple pizza sucks 🙏
Pretty clear at the end that Barzini assumes he's going to basically take over everything, and most important people think that Michael is barely holding on to his father's legacy. He must have had some pretty fucking good spies to be able to wait to kill his enemies before they killed him, and to do it all on one day.
Tis the true Sicilian Way...Tieni i tuoi amici vicino ei tuoi nemici più vicini ...
Masterful, the old man taught him well.
well Michael was a smart man no doubt, smarter than all the other families but the assassination of the other families wasn't in one day, in the book it took time he did it with caution, coppola state that in order to show that in the film he came up with the idea of doing a sequence where they all die during the baptism
Michael didn't have to worry about his rivals getting to him first, because he played along and agreed to the meeting. That way, Barzini & co assumed he would fall into the trap, giving him a secure window to move on them first. His complacency (ie letting them encroach on territory) also helped lower their guard for the hits. (responding years later, but there's your answer)
Barzini smiling from ear to to ear thinking he was about to rule everything but little did he know by setting up that meeting with Michael he just signed his own death certificate!!
In a perfect movie filled with perfect scenes, this is one of my favorites. The death stare Michael gives Barzini, just amazing.
Tom knew ,the moment tessio came up, people forget he also learned under vito, you can see on his face ,crazy, its the little things that make this movie an all timer
I like how Kay is the one who cries with the most emotion. She really loved her father-in-law.
You can see the look of shock briefly on Michael's face when he sees Tassio talking with Barzini.
He literally has a look of: "Him?! Tassio is the one after all these years?!"
i always though it would be Fredo, not Tessio...wait...
John6yt hahaha very funny hahaha classic
+Tomash177 you are correct, Fredo did get his chance. GF part III
it was godfather part 2 with fredo, not part 3...he was killed in the end of part 2
Yea you can really spin it. You can also say “i always thought it would be Michael, not Tessio”
Barzini looked like he was celebrating his victory. Smoking, everyone shaking hands with him like little bitches, and he even did not come to talk to Michael, just nodded to him. Little he knew....
Barzini saw his associate get shot before he did, so he knew full well that Michael had beaten him
Love this scene, the other families must feel the Corleone’s are weak without the Godfather and Sonny, but little do they know Michael is fucking ruthless!
Tessio was smarter. Who figured out how to hide the gun behind the toilet? Tessio not Clemenza.
Who lived? Not Tessio
One of my all time favorite scenes. My dad put this scene on as a lesson to always watch your surroundings. Mikey in this scene is me at in law's house, funerals, and store meetings. People will reveal their bullshit at your most vulnerable moments sometimes.
Very true. Happened after my father passed away I saw who was against me and who was with me. The hardest times teach you a lot.
Well said
I agree with every word
@@MiguelMartinez-il9vs too true happened to me too- why does the death of a family member always bring out the worst in people?
@@overcomerbtbojesus I think it has to do with their motives, coming out. They can no longer contain themselves, partially because the person that's recently passed isnt there to see these assholes in their true forms, so they act out. They can drop the charade they've been putting on for so long.
The funny thing is, while they were filming this scene of putting Vito to rest, Brando passed by in a car and mooned them all.
"i always thought it would've been clemenza not tessio" my favorite line in the movie
"I thought it would've been Clemenza."
"It's a smart move. Tessio was always smarter."
Each time I watch this scene I always wish Tessio would tell Mike he's only pretending to set him up but instead is setting Barzini up.
Thats wat i always thought when i seen the movie even the first time back in 98 i was 8 then in i understood what it was like to be a real friend lol no but thats why you always gotta keep ya eye out for snakes . he was too hungry for power which led to his demise . punk ass prick traitor
Tessio would never betray Vito nor Sonny. But he did not respect Mike the same way. He thought the other families would get rid of Mike easily. He thought he made a move to survive.
Hard to believe Abe Vigoda is only about 51 years old in this scene. That is about the same age as Brad Pitt is currently.
+bax323 damn you jinxed his life. he died on Tuesday
Makeup to make him look older
Is there any pictures anywhere on the web of this man ever being young? Heck, he played on the gothic show Dark Shadows in 1967! And he was old then too!!
Brad Pitt did Botox, Abe relied on his natural looks
Abe looked old at 50, but then looked about the same at 80!
Barzini grins...happy that Vito is out of his life... But completely underestimating Michael.
A real man keeps his word. A real man never speaks empty threats.
He killed them all. He was a real man.
He achieved nothing in the end and died a lonely miserable husk of a man, real or not.
Look at kay crying sitting behind michael. Who would be so saddened for her father in law’s death. No matter what people say about her. Her emotions and love for michael were true and had great respect for his family.
At 0:47 the driver helps an old man out of the car....This is the same old man who sang and danced at the daughter's wedding at the beginning of the film...He attended the wedding of the Don's daughter, and now the Don's funeral....He is Father Time, he outlives everybody
Meanwhile Pacino scans the faces of the mourners with his trademark quiet intensity...Studying them, divining who is loyal and who is not....Who is friend and who is foe....I find that some of the most memorable and powerful scenes in film are the silent ones, with little or no dialogue (it's why I liked "There Will Be Blood" so much...The first 20+ minutes of the film had almost no dialogue, and were still incredibly captivating and intense)
its don cuneo
koko40800 Even the opening of the good, bad and ugly had barely any dialogue. Excellent scene. And of course the Mexican standoff at the end.
By the way, if you like movies with little to no dialogue, I would recommend All is Lost.
koko40800 Clemenza snuffed that old man out in the elevator, along with two other Dons
Fan Made Videos I didn't realize that, thanks...I thought he was just an old friend of the family or something
But that Don is the same old man who was singing and dancing at the wedding, right?
jérémy hemsley So this is Cuneo?! Thanks, I always wondering whos Cuneo. And how do you know it?
I love how you can cut the tension with a knife.
Michael is f****** handsome at his father's funeral.
Johnny Fontaine never gets that MOVIE!!!
He actually did get the movie, they even showed a bit of it in the movie. In the novel, he's story is bigger. He does get the movie and ends up winning an Oscar but the ceremony ends up to be a orgy.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 AND THEN JOHNY FONTAINE COMES ALONG WITH HIS OLIVE BOYS.... LOL
@@davidduranmorales550 And then Johnny Fontaine stole the Hollywood Producer's next actress girlfriend
The greatest movie of all time. Period.
Like GTFOH bringing anything else into the conversation. I’ll give you Part II and that’s it.
I just get this feeling of sadness every time I see Clemenza in this scene. The pain of his dear friend passing.
Oh, and did Tessio not think that talking to Barzini would at the very least arise suspicion? And sure enough, he turns out to be the traitor.
Imagine how Vito would’ve reacted if he knew it would be Tessio as the traitor.
He would of killed him himself vito handled personal stuff himself in his youth
Tessio Fucked Up !!!!! LOL
+Ray Rocco ju too ray. ju focked up!
Dani Mc Don't Go to Far Tony !!!
Ain't nat mel, YUAHR!
gepg Ju Need Job Ernie ??
Maby yu can han dut yurself one of dem firs klas tiketts tu da resurrection..
My dad watched this movie so much it pissed me off as a child. Then I was getting my hair done while he was watching and fell absolutely in love with this trilogy. He always stated how this was the moment Michael went cold. And how you can see it in his eyes, demeanor and dead stare. Brilliant by Al Pacino!!
Barzini certainly isn't hiding his glee at Vito's funeral. Michael fixed him in the end, though.
Clemenza was truly heartbroken here. He lost a friend and someone he considered a brother
"Whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor!"
I like how Michael is telling Tom how he's going to deal with Barzini & co with Kay just practically sitting directly behind him.Imagine if she heard him and said 'Hey,your gonna do what!?!?'
1:48 Barzini’s Body Language gave it away, that was enough for Micheal
It was Vito’s wisdom and Michael’s quick thinking that saved The Corleone family
Mister Rhodes Tom’s awareness as well
Vito dies and there's a huge tournout at his funeral and genuine mourning. Michael later dies alone outside a decaying Sicilian house, watched by a stray dog. There lies the difference in how they ran the Corleone family and how they conducted themselves as Godfather.
Love scenes like this in The Godfather films...how Michael works it all out. The mannerisms, body language the little clues
Clemenza was loyal to both Vito and his son. Tessio seemed uneasy during the meeting when Don Vito transfered power to Micheal.
The most Saddest scene in the Cinema😭😭😭
R.I.P. Don Vito
R.I.P. Marlon Brando
Tessio: "I can arrange the deal...on MY territory."
Mike did a good job of acting stupid while Tessio was setting him up for the kill..... "Ok." Like, "I'm just a dumb kid eager to do the right thing, Sal, what do I know?"
Faking weakness, faking ignorance, is a good strategy to get a feel for everyone around you and set up your enemies.
Here Michael is cold, ruthless, menacing. But at 2:04, you can see him swallow and his lips quiver; he's nervous. The subtle touches in the two Godfather movies are amazing.
Michael’s glare can pierce through the sun. So cold and merciless.
One of the all time greats . A Movie masterpiece xx
Michael just analyses everybody there. He saw there reactions body talk and even Barzini being congratulated before he even made a move. They figured that with Vito gone there would be no loyalty in the Corleone Family for the new “boy king” but boy was they in for a huge surprise. Michael and Vito’s move was very strategic and brutal.
They seriously underestimated Michael.
I always thought it would be Connie, not Tessio
Rocky..?
Noodles37UK lol.
*I always thought it would be Tom Hagen*
@@Felipe-cs5pu she's basically the don in gf3
Noodles37UK Connie: “bafangool you!”
When Michael said he's gonna meet all the heads of the 5 families after the baptismal he means that he's gonna wipe them all out at once..
Tessio deserves our compassion. Here's why: " I spent 40 years of my life helping your family become powerful. EVERYTHING I worked for, killed for, Mike is going to piss it away because he wants to move to the desert?? I'm facing the end of my life with nothing to show for it. Sorry, Mike... you have to go !"
Michael in Vegas after the move promises Clemenza he can go independent, start his own family after things settle down. Seems if Tessio had remained loyal the same offer would have been made to him.
@@jamesjwalsh Yeah but Tessio didn't know Michael's real plans...after that meeting Tessio probably saw it as, Michael was laying down, ceding NYC (and Tessio's Brooklyn territory) to Barzini, and running to Vegas....Tessio complained at the meeting "Soon I won't have anywhere to hang my hat!"...so he didn't want to wait until he had nothing left, and then "go independent"....He instead decided to make a deal with Barzini... Barzini probably promised Tessio he could keep his Brooklyn territory (maybe he offered him some new territory, who knows) in exchange for delivering Michael's head....Tessio was really done in by his ambition
Nice scene. it's like the calm before the storm.
My kid brother was an extra in this scene. You can see him at 2:08 back, to the right, behind the widow. Interesting story. We lived in north NJ. His friend's mom was a hairdresser working on the set in NYC. She invited both boys to go with her one day. Though my brother's friend was Italian, my brother looked more Italian, so they pulled him in as an extra. A few days later he was called back to be in the baptismal scene (you can't see him in that one; he was behind a pillar). Our older brother drove baby bro into the city. During a break, big bro sat with Al Pacino and Diane Keaton and ate hamburgers. No one was famous at that time so though it was cool that he chatted with the stars, it wasn't a big deal. Baby bro, 13 at the time, got paid around $300 for the two shoots. That is my one claim to fame.
I love the godfather
wow my father taught me in this room;"keep your friends close,and your enemies closer" look at mickey watching his enemies on his daddy funeral
I used to think men sitting with their legs crossed was gay, until I saw Michael doing it in this movie
Gay or not, it's not good for your veins, and knees cross legs like that.
riiiiight
both of us
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You thought that because you don't know jack shit about anything.
Y’all gotta remember that Tessio & his men left the Don hanging at the hospital.. He was supposed to die that night. I feel like he was part of it the whole time
I love how stone faced Michael is.. he knows he’s the godfather now. I love his whole facial expression and demeanour
I hated that Tom thought Clemenza would do something like that
He wasn't wrong really because Clemenza was supposed to be a traitor in part 2 but the actor was unavailable so they brought in the character of Frankie Pentangeli instead.
Amazing how the old man got to warn his son before this! Michael knew who was the rat even before Tessio spoke a word!
In this very cemetery real mobsters are buried....Sonny Black,Lefty Guns many others...from the movie Donnie Brasco....Calvary Cemetery Long Island City Queens
@Barry Super And apparently Lefty Guns was saved by the FBI (possibly flipped, I don't know), before the mafia could kill him for vouching for 'Donnie'...he didn't get clipped like at the end of Donnie Brasco
@@koko40800 he didn't flipped and he got a pass from his family which they rarely give.
I suggest watching a channel bloodletters and badmen he is perfect
1:47 both Barzini and Mike still gave each other respect but deep down Mike said "I will kill you and avenge Sonny"
Tezzio was the Sly One
Clemenza was Always Loyal!!
Facts 💯
I like the way he said ... I'm going to meet with all of the five families...then in the order of when they died
It was at this moment Tessio knew..... He fucked up
I CLICKED ON THIS TO WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP NOT TO KEEP STOPPING IT EVERY FEW SECONDS TO GET RID OF INANE REMINDERS TO WATCH SOMETHING ELSE!
+Offshoreorganbuilder turn off annotations you dumb fuck
Reggie Kray Why do you have to be so aggressively rude? If you have some advice, then just share it. You should be ashamed of yourself to use language like that to someone you don't know. What kind of person are you, anyway? Not someone *I* want to know, that's for sure.
+Reggie Kray (GunsBrother) OHHHH YOU GOT POLITELY OWNED
Offshoreorganbuilder
Fuck of
Reggie Kray *off
1:51, Barzini thinks that Mike will be joining Don vito soon. ;)
2:15 the face on michael's costume is so creepy
actually it's Morgana King's face
I came here because in an interview Roger Ebert mentioned it!
This is 1972 and Abe Vigoda already looked old. Hard to believe he's still around
clash5j Look at 50 year olds today compared to the 1980’s and before! Our lives have become too easy for our own good and we drink a lot more water than we used to!
Thank You For Posting This Classic Scene From "The Godfather "(1972). In The Background I See The Old Original Koszucisko Bridge And The Gas Tanks. I Have Lived In The Greenpoint Section Of Brooklyn New York All My Life. I Saw The Implosion Of The Old Bridge As Well As The Gas Tanks. What Great Memories. I Await Your Answer.
Same here friend, grew up in Greenpoint,the old Greenpoint,I saw the implosion as well. It's changed, gentrification at it's worst! Doesn't even feel like you're in Brooklyn 😢. Only true old school New Yorkers know what I'm talking about,real brooklyn nites!! Cheap Charlie's is gone,so is Carmine's pizzaria. On Norman Ave.
@@downbylaw4120 We can also the roar of the vehicles on the old Koszucisko Bridge, In the background as well.
watching this movie never gets old that is how epic it has made thx to it's amazing actors and dead once too :]
WHAT A POWERFUL MOVIE.................
1:20 that death stare tho
Crazy. Although Michael is with family, the way he explains to Tom what's going to happen and what he's about to do is masked. Almost in case someone was eavesdropping.
Barzini was so gangster with how he threw the rose 🌹 down and looked up
I don't know if it's just because I know it all along now, but when Michael heard Tessio's words, his facial expression was like a mixture of anger and sadness. He was angry because it was Tessio who betrayed him, and he was sad that now he had to kill Sal Tessio, one of his father's best friends and godfather to Mike himself.
In the midst of the funeral everyone was crying, mourning and paying respects to deceased Vito, but Mike and probably Tom as well surveys the people in the funeral on how Barzini gonna come after him
Why don't they make films like this anymore. 70's really was the golden era
great movie great actors , great story put to gather thank you thank you , still good after 10 times looking
Michael fine in all his intensity.
@Broly Nah that's your father's job
Broly Learn English grammar and get back to me
Broly stick to the topic at hand
My favorite part of this scene was how Barzini carelessly tossed the flower on the casket.
2:46 notice how Tessio gave the signal to Barzini by adjusting his tie? Later on, Tom Hagen did the same thing by adjusting his tie, giving signal to Clemenza to kill him!
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