I've always loved Enzo. Comes to the hospital to see the man who gave him a life, walks into a situation he completely doesn't understand, mans up without asking a single question. That's fucking gratitude.
I’ve always found this scene genuinely scary. Imagine they’re coming for your closest family member and you have minutes to prepare. The panic could be enormous.
This is where Michael's survival instinct/danger sense kicked in. Most of us would have waited and waited till someone showed up at the desk. He probably already had great natural senses but his combat experience further heightened these. It was too quiet.
It's also shot specifically to heighten the tension. We see a seemingly empty hospital, and then while Michael runs, we only see him and not what's ahead. Then we see the empty hallway that should relieve the tension, but the preceding shots only make it more eerie.
@@doodooswaggy3825 Yes, and the music, the broken record. It all feels surreal, exactly like a nightmare. And the "killer" brings flowers instead of a gun. With the sick father and all, I'm sure Freud would've had a field day with this scene.
Hey guys I'm curious. Why didn't Tessio warned Sonny about his men forced to leave Vito defenseless? Was Tessio already working for Barzini at this point?
"I'm with you now, I'm with you." That's the moment when Michael declares himself. He is now part of the family business. Never looks back after this point.
Also, the record stuck at “tonight tonight tonight…” it’s ominous because at face value it’s heralding that tonight will be the end of Don Corleone but actually the opposite - tonight is the birth of a new one and an end to Michael’s old life.
5:00 my man, Brando, nailed this scene. The pride and gratitude in his face when Vito realizes his little kid, the one he cared and protected all his life is now a grown man in charge and it is his turn to protect his father. Priceless scene.
A skipping record is an indication that something is not right but a cop's unfinished food is a clear indication that something is most definitely wrong.
Enzo came to pay his respects to the man who let him stay in America with the love of his life and on that visit with the son of Don Corleone offered his life on that spot unarmed protecting the very man who was generous enough to do him that favor; this man is loyal and earned himself full protection from the family!
That part! Sure, Michael could've moved his father by himself, but that would've taken more time. Her assistance made a big difference and she deserves as much praise as Enzo. Both are civilians who inadvertently showed up at the right time to assist Michael in saving his father's life.
This is the scene where Michael shows why he, not Sonny, not Freddy, should take over the reins from the old man. In a stroke of luck, he arrives at the hospital in that narrow window between when the guards are hauled away and the killers arrive. He sizes up the situation and then does everything right. First, he calls for help. Next, he moves the old man so that the killers will have a harder time finding him. Next, he arranges a false show to make it appear to the killers that everything is normal, using the timely arrival of Enzo, the son of the baker whom we saw in the opening scene of the movie. By the way, Enzo just assured himself that he will be well taken care of from now on.
Jerome Taperman Totally agree. And then the double meaning when he says "I'm with you now" implying that not only is he there with him for support... but also officially "with" the family business. Beautiful scene.
Jerome Taperman I'm going to piggy back on this. The line he delivers to the nurse in incredible. "You know my father" is a statement not a question. He follows that with, "Men are coming here to kill him." Another definitive. He makes sure she understands the severity and urgency with, "(Do) you understand?" He follows with the plea of a son trying to save his fathers life, "Now help me please." I really love that piece of dialog.. It's possibly my favorite line in the whole movie.
+Jerome Taperman I also enjoy when he lights the cigarette of Enzo. Michael's hand does not shake at all and he looks at his cigarette lighter. It's at this moment when he realizes his destiny is with The Family.
Over fifty years later, and I still cannot get my head around just how good this movie is. It’s like someone made perfection. The gold standard against which every other great movie will be measured.
5:12 was honestly my favorite part in the whole movie. I wished it showed the part where Enzo had trouble lighting his cigarette in the end showing that he was brave and also scared to death.
Yes and by contrast Michael, who also never did anything like that before, is calm and collected - he’s born for this and didn’t even know it til then.
@@soba1180 Yeah just ignore the 2 minutes of no dialogue showing rather than telling. Micheal and the audience already know what is wrong, the nurse doesn't. Wouldn't make much sense for the nurse to help him if he didn't clue her in.
I just love the way films in the 70s looked. Perfect amount of film grain, and a picture quality that seems to age like fine wine. 70s films never appear dated the way films in the 80s and 90s do.
They didn't include the crucial moment where the baker can't light his own cigarette and Michael lights it for him and realizes he's not shaking, he's not overcome with fear.
My dear mother was a registered nurse for several decades in New York City. (And she married my Sicilian father, who was a lawyer for the City.) She always thought this was the best scene in the film.
For me, this is the most eerie scene in the whole movie, particularly the part at 0:19-0:27 where you can hear what I'm assuming is a record player stuck on a loop.
I was in the hospital for major surgery ten years ago. When I was coming out of the anesthesia in my room all I could think of was Brando's expression in this scene at 4:57 . It made me realize how truly great a method actor Brando was because he nailed it perfectly.
Tessio was loyal to the Godfather until he died. It was only after the other families started chipping away at the business that tessio switched sides to Barzini. It was the police captain mcclusky on the Turk's payroll who removed the men full the hospital by force.
Actually if you read the book, the reason Tessio's men aren't there is because Captain McClusky had been paid to remove the men and detectives minutes before sending the killers. That's why the hospital was empty.
The record player skipping and the actual set inside the hospital from the 40s was SO evocative. Just a tiny bit of the amazing authenticity of the original GF scenes. I worked in a 40s era hospital in 1988 and it's amazing how this set eerily recalls the look of what 'state of the art' healthcare looked like back then. All the STAIRS would never make it today. That baker, Enzo, had guts to hang around with Michael. Enzo knew about loyalty and how to make buttercream rosettes on Connie's cake! I miss those old, neighborhood Italian bakeries but retail neighborhood is a brutal racket. The reason they thrived back in the old days was that they were true, family businesses. But you'd better like getting up a t2:30 am to start the bread and sfogliatelle!
The actor who did Enzo is amazing, when first he came in he acted so caring and loveable and later outside when needed to he delivered the acting of being one of Corleone's man.
I've watched this scene like thousand times and every time Coppola gets me. You feel anxious and uncertain even though you already know what happened. 💯🐐
The footsteps of Enzo coming up the stairs is always so intense even though I know it’s him. I remember the how nerve racking this was the first time I watched…how I wish I could experience that again
Saying it again but at 5 .30in the morning this scene flashes in my mind and I just had to get out of bed onto RUclips to see it again after 30 odd years .what a film what acting one of the all time greats ..
To me, they should have put Enzo in the films more than those few appearances. He offered protection to Michael's father and not many people would do that in the situation they are in, Enzo is a loyal man he deserved more scenes.
Nah, just dimly lit because it's night. I've been inside numerous hospitals and other buildings from the era portrayed here, and they always have a noticeably positive feel to them, unlike modern buildings.
@@Greenchecks101 Tessio did not know. McClusky had the men taken away (probably arrested) and the detectives removed. In the book it's clearly written that this was done minutes before they send the killers, so that no one would know anything. Michael just happened to be there on luck.
Can anybody tell me which actress played the part of the nurse? She is not in the credits. However, I think she did a good job, and was more than just an extra.
The hospital that was taken place to be filmed for this scene still exist. It's the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary located in Manhattan on 218 Second Ave Between 13th and 14th street. It's over 120 years old and plans were underway to demolish the establishment until it was halted in the meanwhile as it's in dispute to preserve it.
What I liked in this scene is that Michael also helped keeping Enzo safe while they both protect the Don: making sure that Enzo looks and keeps the look of an experienced button man, assuring him that he'll be okay and not to panic. Then after the hitmen drove past the hospital, Michael immediately led Enzo away from the gate to escape while he faced the ire of the policemen. In this scene, the Enzo has become a "made man" himself side by side with the future Don, without the bloody encounter.
@@poppyonline4034 Yep. One guy standing there is questionable... however, two? That is actually a sign that he is guarded. One of the best scenes in the trilogy.
I agree as fuck, that looked like a LITERAL real sandwich with a fucking vertically quartered pickle in wrap that you'd get from any decent small-time sandwich shop. Godfather is the realest movie I've ever seen (Children of Men is also extremely real and one of my faves ever).
Michael would be standing at the entrance by himself if the Godfather hadn't granted the bakers request of keeping Enzo in the country to marry his daughter
A couple of convergent reasons, one aesthetic, one technological. There was a new artistic stress on naturalism, which meant away from the "staginess" of Hollywood productions: brightly lit sets, saturated technocolor. Then there was the arrival of new color films that needed less light to properly expose. That meant you could shoot more indoor scenes, night scenes, scenes with indirect light, etc. The flipside is the images were less color saturated and more grainy. Altman's films are my favorite example of that aesthetic. In the Godfather it's great how the sunshiny Sicily scenes play off against the indoorsy / night world of the NY mob.
NYC was a true shithole...not just a mildly lousy place, but a truly dangerous place with high crime rate...now is a tourist town (at least downtown) compared to then. And corruption was heavy and so was laziness...garbage was everywhere.
In this scene, Sonny still thinks mike is a kid and panicky The policeman assumes he can hit Mike and get away Tom holds Mike as if Mike is a kid In this clip, we see a transformation of mike from quiet unattached son to that of a loving son who will go any length to protect his father and family He is alone and unarmed but still plans to protect his family In the last scene when he kills the heads of four mafia family he is all alone too
Notice how the scene is silent up until Michael says "I'm with you now, I'm with you". Then the godfather's theme starts playing become Michael "is" with his father now. Meaning in the mafia, which he originally intended to stay apart from.
Had the entire Corleone Family been as smart as Michael they would have swallowed their enemies whole!! If ever a man was a natural at leading a family it was Michael Corleone. By fluke luck he arrives at the Hospital with minutes to spare. No detectives. No police protection. Just him and his wits. And Elephant sized balls!! Not an ounce of hesitation or trepidation. More guts than a Kamikaze charging a machine gun nest. Enzo is left shaking and trembling while Michael's pulse rate doesn't raise a beat. Captain "Moron" McCluskey had no clue of the Devils Brew he was about to drink. Neither did Virgil Solozzo, Moe Greene, Emilio Barzini or Philip Tattaglia. The Five Families were like Five Little Five year olds in his hands. Even more amazing is that even his own family so badly underestimated his incredible talents. A delicate faced pretty boy with the stealth of an invisible Cobra. In their haste to eliminate the mighty Vito Corleone, the Five Families unleashed an enemy more deadly than they could possibly imagine. Or possibly contend with.
4:30, to me, cemented Michael stepping over Fredo in Vito’s eyes. Should anything happen to Sonny, Vito now saw Michael would step up. When Fredo had the chance to do so at the fruit stand he failed.
If I was the nurse, I would have just left my shift immediately after he said "men are coming to kill him". Why should she risk her life to protect some gangster? Leaving would be perfectly justified at that point.
Now that’s loyalty…… was told there would be danger and Enzo said I will help you “for your father for your father.” I wonder what Vito said/did when Michael told him how Enzo stepped up. Poor guy, he was shaking like a leaf in a storm after the goons left. 🤣. Give that man a 🥃🫡
3:04 No matter how many times I watch this movie I always get on the edge of my seat when I hear that loud thump. Thinking that someone might come to kill Vito.
The song at 40 sec is perfect. Let’s us know exactly how terrified Michael is that someone is coming to take his father away. / Confusion, and most of all how terrible the situation has just become.
The Don's reaction to Michael saying he's with him now wasn't joy. In spite of everything, he was still shaking his head no: because he didn't want that life for Michael. He was always the key for the family going totally legitimate. Michael did take the family legitimate, but by means that his father did not want for him: and he stated as much before his death, when he envisioned Michael as a Senator.
I've always loved Enzo. Comes to the hospital to see the man who gave him a life, walks into a situation he completely doesn't understand, mans up without asking a single question.
That's fucking gratitude.
After this Enzo drove Cadillacs for the rest of his life
@@sockerfield That's the fastest I've ever seen someone admit they're a bitch in real time.
@@sockerfield bro just type in whatever language you speak and trust Google Translate cuz that shit made no sense
What a badass
_"For your fadda"_
_"For your fadda"_
I’ve always found this scene genuinely scary. Imagine they’re coming for your closest family member and you have minutes to prepare. The panic could be enormous.
and you're unarmed.
Michael was always smart and sensitive like his father.
This is where Michael's survival instinct/danger sense kicked in.
Most of us would have waited and waited till someone showed up at the desk.
He probably already had great natural senses but his combat experience further heightened these.
It was too quiet.
It's also shot specifically to heighten the tension. We see a seemingly empty hospital, and then while Michael runs, we only see him and not what's ahead. Then we see the empty hallway that should relieve the tension, but the preceding shots only make it more eerie.
@@doodooswaggy3825 Yes, and the music, the broken record. It all feels surreal, exactly like a nightmare. And the "killer" brings flowers instead of a gun. With the sick father and all, I'm sure Freud would've had a field day with this scene.
Enzo just bought himself a lifetime of protection and anything he needs
I was about to comment that. His business just turned into an empire.
Legend has it that Enzo is still standing guard in front of the hospital.
Hey guys I'm curious. Why didn't Tessio warned Sonny about his men forced to leave Vito defenseless? Was Tessio already working for Barzini at this point?
I wish Vito Scotti had appeared with Enzo in Godfather 3.
@connie rahim Guess i have to watch it. I kept thinking I just missed him in the first 2 movies
"I'm with you now, I'm with you." That's the moment when Michael declares himself. He is now part of the family business. Never looks back after this point.
Up until the third movie at least.
very strong catch you made there.
@@knightscroftsquire-muldoon we don’t talk about that one
Also, the record stuck at “tonight tonight tonight…” it’s ominous because at face value it’s heralding that tonight will be the end of Don Corleone but actually the opposite - tonight is the birth of a new one and an end to Michael’s old life.
It’s why I just looked the scene up, it’s such an amazing honorable story about father and son but it’s over something cold and dark
5:00 my man, Brando, nailed this scene. The pride and gratitude in his face when Vito realizes his little kid, the one he cared and protected all his life is now a grown man in charge and it is his turn to protect his father. Priceless scene.
A skipping record is an indication that something is not right but a cop's unfinished food is a clear indication that something is most definitely wrong.
Lol
“For your father, for your father.”- Enzo Two Times
Im gonna get the papers get the papers
Who got that nickname cause he said everything twice like
Just gonna say that.
@@Charlie-zp6hf yeah yeah. Sandlot. I think.
I like that. Goodfellas reference..
Enzo came to pay his respects to the man who let him stay in America with the love of his life and on that visit with the son of Don Corleone offered his life on that spot unarmed protecting the very man who was generous enough to do him that favor; this man is loyal and earned himself full protection from the family!
I love Vito’s reaction to see Michael. Even despite everything that’s happened seeing his son again brought him so much joy.
Why should I be afraid? Strange men have come to kill me since I was a boy.
Michael is the only son Vito haa confidence to rule the family businesses
@@asifjawad9803wasn't that only on the book though? I remember Vito not wanting this life for Michael, in the movie at least.
Why does no one talk about the nurse who helped save Vito’s life . That’s the ultimate nurse risking her life to protect her patient .
That part! Sure, Michael could've moved his father by himself, but that would've taken more time. Her assistance made a big difference and she deserves as much praise as Enzo. Both are civilians who inadvertently showed up at the right time to assist Michael in saving his father's life.
I hate to say it but I just think nurses do it all the time. They're typically huge patient advocates and will fight for them.
because its fiction and she does not really exists.
wtf? Who cares? “Why does no one talk?” Ridiculous garbage question
Because its just a movie, weirdo!
This is the scene where Michael shows why he, not Sonny, not Freddy, should take over the reins from the old man. In a stroke of luck, he arrives at the hospital in that narrow window between when the guards are hauled away and the killers arrive. He sizes up the situation and then does everything right.
First, he calls for help. Next, he moves the old man so that the killers will have a harder time finding him. Next, he arranges a false show to make it appear to the killers that everything is normal, using the timely arrival of Enzo, the son of the baker whom we saw in the opening scene of the movie. By the way, Enzo just assured himself that he will be well taken care of from now on.
Jerome Taperman Totally agree. And then the double meaning when he says "I'm with you now" implying that not only is he there with him for support... but also officially "with" the family business. Beautiful scene.
Jerome Taperman I'm going to piggy back on this. The line he delivers to the nurse in incredible. "You know my father" is a statement not a question. He follows that with, "Men are coming here to kill him." Another definitive. He makes sure she understands the severity and urgency with, "(Do) you understand?" He follows with the plea of a son trying to save his fathers life, "Now help me please." I really love that piece of dialog.. It's possibly my favorite line in the whole movie.
Jerome Taperman Also Enzo is a total bad ass.
+Jerome Taperman I also enjoy when he lights the cigarette of Enzo. Michael's hand does not shake at all and he looks at his cigarette lighter. It's at this moment when he realizes his destiny is with The Family.
+Jerome Taperman Who do you think made all the cakes for every Corleone family celebration from there onwards? :D
Over fifty years later, and I still cannot get my head around just how good this movie is. It’s like someone made perfection. The gold standard against which every other great movie will be measured.
Oh fck, 50 years passed already...
It really is superb and equal to anything in the Golden age of tge 40s and 50s.
the greatest movie ever made
5:12 was honestly my favorite part in the whole movie. I wished it showed the part where Enzo had trouble lighting his cigarette in the end showing that he was brave and also scared to death.
I agree, I do not understand at all why that was cut off... Oh Enzo. Thank you.
Just seen that bit and more another another clip just look up the master piece..
Great bluff reaching slowly into your pocket,never taking eyes off your enemy ..
Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it
Yes and by contrast Michael, who also never did anything like that before, is calm and collected - he’s born for this and didn’t even know it til then.
This scene is what is called pure cinema. We are shown what is happening rather than being told.
Absolutely! Greatest movie IMO
"You know my father? Men are coming to kill him. Do you understand?
We definitely were told there
@@soba1180 Yeah just ignore the 2 minutes of no dialogue showing rather than telling. Micheal and the audience already know what is wrong, the nurse doesn't. Wouldn't make much sense for the nurse to help him if he didn't clue her in.
When that nurse appears out of nowhere, it was totally a jumpscare for me
I just love the way films in the 70s looked. Perfect amount of film grain, and a picture quality that seems to age like fine wine. 70s films never appear dated the way films in the 80s and 90s do.
Yes, but why?
Dude yes... You read my mind. Such a unique look.
I will say though that despite what people say about The Godfather Part III, it’s an incredibly good-looking movie even before the restoration.
@@jeffplissken8996 I agree every shot looks like a painting. It would look much less refined were it made today.
Yeah that’s so on point. You can recall the scenes much better for it as well.
They didn't include the crucial moment where the baker can't light his own cigarette and Michael lights it for him and realizes he's not shaking, he's not overcome with fear.
Legend has it the nurse retired comfortably in Boca Raton w/a gentleman's gentleman & customer's man at her service.
terrific, I don't go down enough
At about 3:12 the godfather almost gets his hand caught on the door and Michael makes a funny face haha
Very observant of you.
Thank you! 30 times and I never spotted that
👌 Awesome Emily ty
The doorframe is now sleeping with the fish
Haha i didn't noticed that
what a masterpiece of a movie. love this scene
I love Enzo! What a guy! Glad to read, in the book, that after hearing about Enzo’s loyalty and heroism, Tom murmurs, “He’ll be taken care of.”
Those beds are frigging heavy to move wheel or not
My dear mother was a registered nurse for several decades in New York City. (And she married my Sicilian father, who was a lawyer for the City.) She always thought this was the best scene in the film.
best scene in the movie, full of tactic and intelligence not brute force.
but also man needs true friends who don't forget what you did for them like enzo the baker.
4:57
Am I the only one who thought that this scene was very touching? Son helping his helpless dad from danger at the hospital? :(
+KiamarMasterT This is probably the most underrated part of the entire series
I would've done the same and every normal son would've done that
It's my favorite scene in the movie just for that reason.
This is the scene where I understood the beauty of this film. It's about a son protecting his father
Michael should have rewarded the nurse too. She helped him save his father's life. Most people would have just run away.
You should not comment about things you know nothing about
Remember, always be kind to your baker.
You never know when you're really going to need him.
"You know my father? Men are coming here to kill him. You understand? Now help me please." THAT was the moment.....Love it.
"Nurse, wait a minute. Stay here" and she did. Natural Born Godfather.
Her job is to help, not hurt.
@@DrJ-hx7wvyou are not Italian, you are not Sicilian and you didn't understand what I meant. No problema😉
For me, this is the most eerie scene in the whole movie, particularly the part at 0:19-0:27 where you can hear what I'm assuming is a record player stuck on a loop.
About to make a beat out of it
Dude i so agree that record player or whatever makes the hospital scene eerie and creepy… best scene in the movie in my opinion
What makes it worse is I think it’s repeating “too late”
@@tatetym4301 to me it sounds like "tonight, tonight"...
Frank Sinatra Christmas song by Mel torme.
I was in the hospital for major surgery ten years ago. When I was coming out of the anesthesia in my room all I could think of was Brando's expression in this scene at 4:57 . It made me realize how truly great a method actor Brando was because he nailed it perfectly.
Have the words "I'm with you now" ever been more powerful than they are in this scene?
Tessio's men not being there should have been a red flag to Sonny and the rest of the mafia family.
Tessio's betrayl goes back a long way if it started here. I agree it's possible.
Tessio was very much part of the family in this scene. His men were removed by the corrupt police office, McClusky
Tessio was loyal to the Godfather until he died. It was only after the other families started chipping away at the business that tessio switched sides to Barzini. It was the police captain mcclusky on the Turk's payroll who removed the men full the hospital by force.
Actually if you read the book, the reason Tessio's men aren't there is because Captain McClusky had been paid to remove the men and detectives minutes before sending the killers. That's why the hospital was empty.
When I first saw the film I thought it was Clemenza. The more I watch I see Tessios betrayal.
Has there ever been a better depiction of a son's love for his father...?
Enzo's cameo in Part III put the biggest smile on my face.
The record player skipping and the actual set inside the hospital from the 40s was SO evocative. Just a tiny bit of the amazing authenticity of the original GF scenes. I worked in a 40s era hospital in 1988 and it's amazing how this set eerily recalls the look of what 'state of the art' healthcare looked like back then. All the STAIRS would never make it today. That baker, Enzo, had guts to hang around with Michael. Enzo knew about loyalty and how to make buttercream rosettes on Connie's cake! I miss those old, neighborhood Italian bakeries but retail neighborhood is a brutal racket. The reason they thrived back in the old days was that they were true, family businesses. But you'd better like getting up a t2:30 am to start the bread and sfogliatelle!
Vito was the warmest when he was around his youngest son (and his grandchild)
The actor who did Enzo is amazing, when first he came in he acted so caring and loveable and later outside when needed to he delivered the acting of being one of Corleone's man.
Michael's turning point 👉 is when he kisses Vito's ring and says ,"I'm with you now ".
Destiny set and accepted.
Love this moment.
Coolheaded, firm, authoritarian but not harsh or strident, he handles this well.
Enzo might have been stone cold scared but that gaze at 6:00 was legit
"I wont panic" that phrase gives me 15 years of life!
I've watched this scene like thousand times and every time Coppola gets me.
You feel anxious and uncertain even though you already know what happened. 💯🐐
The footsteps of Enzo coming up the stairs is always so intense even though I know it’s him. I remember the how nerve racking this was the first time I watched…how I wish I could experience that again
When a man gives love sincere love, he gets love in return!👏
Unfortunately, this is often untrue
"I'm with you now"
*Kisses ring*
*Silently the theme plays*
Love it, it's like when in Anakin gets angry and imperial march plays for a second.
"I'm with you"
"For your father! For your father!"
Godfather movie lives forever!
Saying it again but at 5 .30in the morning this scene flashes in my mind and I just had to get out of bed onto RUclips to see it again after 30 odd years .what a film what acting one of the all time greats ..
we could all use a friend like Enzo
One of my favorite scenes in this great film. Enzo is a stand-up guy.
4:58 i just love that smile: "that's my son"
That was the last time Enzo offered to help anyone willingly 🤣🤣🤣
4:29 that’s the most epic part of the movie imo
To me, they should have put Enzo in the films more than those few appearances. He offered protection to Michael's father and not many people would do that in the situation they are in, Enzo is a loyal man he deserved more scenes.
That hospital has to be the most dreary looking, depressing thing I've ever seen. It's straight out of Jacobs Ladder!
Nah, just dimly lit because it's night. I've been inside numerous hospitals and other buildings from the era portrayed here, and they always have a noticeably positive feel to them, unlike modern buildings.
It’s always that dreary green wall color with a crucifix above the bed .
St Francis hospital in Mee Castle Pa which has been closed for years . Almost identical
Enzo was the only person Michael had at this point, and he came thru. I like him.
Hey I'm curious. Why didn't Tessio warn Sonny that his men were forced to leave Vito? Was Tessio already working for Barzini at this point?
Enzo saved Michael's life
@@Greenchecks101 Tessio did not know. McClusky had the men taken away (probably arrested) and the detectives removed. In the book it's clearly written that this was done minutes before they send the killers, so that no one would know anything. Michael just happened to be there on luck.
That’s a good son
Can anybody tell me which actress played the part of the nurse? She is not in the credits. However, I think she did a good job, and was more than just an extra.
Yeah she’s an unsung hero, helping Michael and listening to reason to help her patient.
Carol Morley
The hospital that was taken place to be filmed for this scene still exist. It's the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary located in Manhattan on 218 Second Ave Between 13th and 14th street. It's over 120 years old and plans were underway to demolish the establishment until it was halted in the meanwhile as it's in dispute to preserve it.
What I liked in this scene is that Michael also helped keeping Enzo safe while they both protect the Don: making sure that Enzo looks and keeps the look of an experienced button man, assuring him that he'll be okay and not to panic. Then after the hitmen drove past the hospital, Michael immediately led Enzo away from the gate to escape while he faced the ire of the policemen.
In this scene, the Enzo has become a "made man" himself side by side with the future Don, without the bloody encounter.
This is my favorite scene of the movie, this is when Michael finds his true self
Secured the target, provided a presence, thwarted a hit. Bravo Mike! A natural.
Enzo's the real hero here
Yeah I think things would have gone much worse if it was just Michael standing alone and pretending to have a gun.
@@poppyonline4034 Yep. One guy standing there is questionable... however, two? That is actually a sign that he is guarded. One of the best scenes in the trilogy.
@@ghostsade3 Definitely!
Always be mates with a Baker , it pays off in ways you do not expect !.
especially if you knead a little extra dough.......
@@HowRJ Bon mot, thanks for it !
✌️ ☮️
That half a sandwich looked legitimate
I agree as fuck, that looked like a LITERAL real sandwich with a fucking vertically quartered pickle in wrap that you'd get from any decent small-time sandwich shop. Godfather is the realest movie I've ever seen (Children of Men is also extremely real and one of my faves ever).
I noticed that too. Like someone just left it there after making it.
3:28 honestly one of the psychological thriller movie cover of all time
Michael would be standing at the entrance by himself if the Godfather hadn't granted the bakers request of keeping Enzo in the country to marry his daughter
George Lucas assisted in the editing of this scene
Legend says that Enzo is still shaking til this day hahaha but damn.. my dude is protected he would've been untouchable after this even his childrens
Michael was brilliant in this scene
First time i watched this, it’s like a horror movie.
Why 70's movies were so dark? like a derelict period? I'm not complaining... i root for it in fact.
A couple of convergent reasons, one aesthetic, one technological. There was a new artistic stress on naturalism, which meant away from the "staginess" of Hollywood productions: brightly lit sets, saturated technocolor. Then there was the arrival of new color films that needed less light to properly expose. That meant you could shoot more indoor scenes, night scenes, scenes with indirect light, etc. The flipside is the images were less color saturated and more grainy.
Altman's films are my favorite example of that aesthetic. In the Godfather it's great how the sunshiny Sicily scenes play off against the indoorsy / night world of the NY mob.
NYC was a true shithole...not just a mildly lousy place, but a truly dangerous place with high crime rate...now is a tourist town (at least downtown) compared to then. And corruption was heavy and so was laziness...garbage was everywhere.
@@johnspence8141 it's headed back to that same environment......
@@HowRJ like which movie are you referring to?
If you all notice, Enzo is also the baker in Godfather III. The family always took care of him after this act.
0:17 anyone knows the name of that song repeating
In this scene, Sonny still thinks mike is a kid and panicky
The policeman assumes he can hit Mike and get away
Tom holds Mike as if Mike is a kid
In this clip, we see a transformation of mike from quiet unattached son to that of a loving son who will go any length to protect his father and family
He is alone and unarmed but still plans to protect his family
In the last scene when he kills the heads of four mafia family he is all alone too
If anything Sonny seemed panicky.
Like how he kept his cool and respect for the nurse by simply asking her to help him save his father
“For your father for your father” Enzo the baker
Should have shown Enzo’s hand shaking trying to light his cigarette. Classic.
At 0:29 the portrait looks like it depicts Albert Camus
This scene is pure gold
Suspence at highest level
Those echoing footsteps as Michael's looking through the door window...it's actually a rather suspenseful scene, to be honest.
Greatest movie ever
Notice how the scene is silent up until Michael says "I'm with you now, I'm with you". Then the godfather's theme starts playing become Michael "is" with his father now. Meaning in the mafia, which he originally intended to stay apart from.
1:26 I watched this movie in theaters and the nurse popping up made me jump 😂
All through the years...everyone loves Enzo.
Had the entire Corleone Family been as smart as Michael they would have swallowed their enemies whole!! If ever a man was a natural at leading a family it was Michael Corleone. By fluke luck he arrives at the Hospital with minutes to spare. No detectives. No police protection. Just him and his wits. And Elephant sized balls!! Not an ounce of hesitation or trepidation. More guts than a Kamikaze charging a machine gun nest. Enzo is left shaking and trembling while Michael's pulse rate doesn't raise a beat. Captain "Moron" McCluskey had no clue of the Devils Brew he was about to drink. Neither did Virgil Solozzo, Moe Greene, Emilio Barzini or Philip Tattaglia. The Five Families were like Five Little Five year olds in his hands. Even more amazing is that even his own family so badly underestimated his incredible talents. A delicate faced pretty boy with the stealth of an invisible Cobra. In their haste to eliminate the mighty Vito Corleone, the Five Families unleashed an enemy more deadly than they could possibly imagine. Or possibly contend with.
Best scene in the history
Handle the situation, don't Panic, don't blame others , handle the situation.
4:30, to me, cemented Michael stepping over Fredo in Vito’s eyes. Should anything happen to Sonny, Vito now saw Michael would step up. When Fredo had the chance to do so at the fruit stand he failed.
Im with you now. The transformation.
If I was the nurse, I would have just left my shift immediately after he said "men are coming to kill him". Why should she risk her life to protect some gangster? Leaving would be perfectly justified at that point.
Um... because he's a gangster?
Now that’s loyalty…… was told there would be danger and Enzo said I will help you “for your father for your father.” I wonder what Vito said/did when Michael told him how Enzo stepped up. Poor guy, he was shaking like a leaf in a storm after the goons left. 🤣. Give that man a 🥃🫡
The best of all films ever
3:04 No matter how many times I watch this movie I always get on the edge of my seat when I hear that loud thump. Thinking that someone might come to kill Vito.
best piece of cinems history ✌️
The song at 40 sec is perfect. Let’s us know exactly how terrified Michael is that someone is coming to take his father away. / Confusion, and most of all how terrible the situation has just become.
Enzo can get rid of any problems that get in his life from that night on. 1 Phone call and problem gone, the Corleones will take care of him.
3:12 Michael's expression was like : Oh shit! sorry Father. I almost pinched your hand
The Don's reaction to Michael saying he's with him now wasn't joy. In spite of everything, he was still shaking his head no: because he didn't want that life for Michael. He was always the key for the family going totally legitimate. Michael did take the family legitimate, but by means that his father did not want for him: and he stated as much before his death, when he envisioned Michael as a Senator.
Michael has nerves of steel.
Training courtesy of the USMC
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TIMES GODFATHER LOVE U👍