You made some good points. I'd add that Vito learned from Fannucci how NOT to act. Fannucci made threats to everybody; Vito almost never threatened, until after being reasonable had failed. Instead he did favors for people. Fannucci tried to instill fear, Vito inspired loyalty.

@gbonkers666

2 күн бұрын

....and instead of money from those people who he helped...he just asked for favors in return. When Bonosarrio asked the Godfather for to help him with the "scum" who hurt his daughter, Vito didn't ask for any tribute in return. He just may need a favor sometime.

@SciHeartJourney

Күн бұрын

You make a great point, and the whole family suffered for sticking with those principles. It's what led to their decline; everyone around them grew powerful with the corruption, but they grew weaker. No good deed goes unpunished. 😒

Fanucci fucc'ed up when he said he was going to send the police to shut down their rackets. No mobster would do that.

@gbonkers666

2 күн бұрын

or unless the cops were in league with the Mob...you know...give them their cut of the pie.

@DogBreath-fo9of

2 күн бұрын

WHEN HE TOLD VITO THE POLICE WOULD COME TO HIS HOME AND DESTROY HIS FAMILY.

@Lars1224

2 күн бұрын

Cops on the take...

@EnkheeDJagar

2 күн бұрын

Police could do that if they are on mobsters' payroll. Don't forget captain Mcclaskey . . .

@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available

Күн бұрын

Exactly. Snitches get stitches.

a deleted scene is not the act of a friend just charge a bit more, after all we're not communists

@memati7199

3 күн бұрын

I don’t want it near schools 😡.

@MovieMafioso

3 күн бұрын

LOL

@MrUndersolo

2 күн бұрын

I promise, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to show more deleted scenes here.

@qdawg2565

2 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@flintironstag2381

2 күн бұрын

That was a good one. I tip my hat to you.

When he saw that Fanucci didn't exact retribution from the punks who slashed his throat -- he killed one but allowed himself to be bought off by the families of the other two. No true mafiosi would have allowed himself to be bought off in this manner -- he would have killed the other two as well. It's all in the book.

@tsiqueido

2 күн бұрын

I thought it was interesting to read that Tessio & Clemenza were unaware of Fanucci's facade,...especially when Fanucci states that he and Clemenza know each other. 🙂👍

@k.r.seetharaman8855

Күн бұрын

This is the most important point

when he made the verbal threat of going to the police

@SciHeartJourney

Күн бұрын

Yup! I feel stupid that I didn't see that myself. 🤦‍♂ Being a "rata" is a death sentence in this criminal underworld.

@franktreppiedi2208

Күн бұрын

But there were cops on the mafia's payroll. I don't think that threat was far-fetched at all. The real capper was that he was always alone. Real gangsters always have back up, all the time.

Hey, turn up the music I can almost hear the dialogue

@johnnyoldenjr.

Күн бұрын

😂😂

I think if you tried real hard, you might be able to get the background music a little louder. I know it would be a challenge but I believe you could do it.

When you've been discovered to be a paper tiger, you get taken out even more critically..

because he saw 2 teenagers jump Fanucci and slit his throat behind Abandando's grocery store. (deleted scene) He also knew guys like Joe the Greek from 2nd avenue that told Fanucci to Eff himself and paid 0 tribute. Tessio and Clemenza spaghetti scene. Fanucci was always alone too. never had any crew with him.

@CitizenDissendentVI

3 күн бұрын

didn't even watch this. good job

He was taking money from his own people and yet provided nothing in return but threats. A true godfather actually does provide for "their" people. Just as in the opening scene of the godfather.

Don Fanucci didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete

Vito saw Fanucci get attacked by some young punks, getting his throat slashed.

@xrossmiller3491

3 күн бұрын

And that's when he positively absolutely knew he was a fraud

@wardenwilson6725

3 күн бұрын

@@xrossmiller3491 'The Godfather Saga' contained deleted scenes, that explain so much.

@williamshakespeare9815

2 күн бұрын

True. Imagine a mobster getting beat up by kids, and then there are no consequences.

@musicaleuphoria8699

Күн бұрын

Hell, back then in the 1890s-1900s NYC before organized crime was really established, kid gangs had a rep of being very merciless, robbing in order to survive.

@andrewvelonis5940

Күн бұрын

Yeah, we know, it's in the video.

make the music louder I can’t rly hear it

One thing that puzzles me is that he apparently name dropped a real mafia boss.. I mean, it looks like he was extorting a lot of places. You would think one of this mafia boss's soldiers would have eventually tried to extort businesses in the same area of new York and found out an imposter was extorting businesses in his bosses name? I guess vito figured it out before that happened?

@Jay-wz4sb

Күн бұрын

Good point. Little Italy of all places would have been controlled by a capo.

@Rockhound6165

Күн бұрын

More than likely Fanucci was an associate himself who played himself off as a boss but he paid his boss his tribute and was probably a good earner so the boss might not have cared that Fanucci played himself off like HE was the boss.

@davidlean1060

Күн бұрын

@@Jay-wz4sb If you remember, near the end Tom visits Frank Pentangeli where he is being held by the Feds. They have a conversation about Frank being one of the first to impliment the Capo Regime in the US, basing it on the command chains of a Roman Legion. Frank was probably Vito's age or slightly younger, so there was no system of Capos when Vito killed Fanuchi. That's the point Tom is making to Frank, there was no recognised structure before, just individuals like Fanuchi trying to f**k his own people over.

@RhysapGrug

Күн бұрын

There were no soldiers ,capo or underboss, or five families during this time . Lucky Luciano organised the mafia in the late twenties.

He knew when he negotiated with him when he said he didn't have all the money. That's a clear sign of weakness in the streets.

@EnjoySackLunch

Күн бұрын

lol is it?

@disturbedconfessions

Күн бұрын

@@EnjoySackLunch yes it is

@EnjoySackLunch

Күн бұрын

@@disturbedconfessions lol you don’t know shit about it

@disturbedconfessions

Күн бұрын

@@EnjoySackLunch oh you can google me

@jdee8407

Күн бұрын

@@EnjoySackLunch Do you get a knuckle sandwich with you sack lunch? Or just hot Cheetos?

Music is too loud. 😂

Music too loud can’t hear the narrator

Excellent!! You unraveled that brilliantly.

Very good analysis on a key part of the movie. The Fanucci storyline not only explains how Corleone got his foot in the door with the mob but also how adept he was at reading people and situations. This is what set him apart from the other Dons.

Legend has it that one of the punks who cut Fannuci was a young Barzini.

@paulleverton9569

2 күн бұрын

A young Luca Brasi, born 1894 (Vito was born Dec 21st 1891 - his 50th birthday was the day the Japanese did their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor) would have destroyed Fanucci. Maybe Brasi hadn't moved to New York from Rhode Island [his birthplace] yet? I think Fannuci died before Prohibition - during which Luca met two Capone soldiers, sent from Chicago to help Maranzano/Mariposa against the fledging Corleone. He murdered one in such a brutal way that the other one had choked himself to death by swallowing a rolled up sock stuffed in his gagged mouth, by the time Luca turned to him. Earlier Luca made Philomena the midwife throw a newborn baby into a furnace. It was his own baby with a young Irish prostitute. He killed her days later. SOME STORY. SOME LUCA!

@EnjoySackLunch

Күн бұрын

Wrong

@donarthiazi2443

Күн бұрын

@@paulleverton9569December 21st huh? You didn't do well in school did you?

@Rockhound6165

Күн бұрын

@@donarthiazi2443 I was just going to comment on that. 🤣

@donarthiazi2443

Күн бұрын

@@Rockhound6165 Yeah really bro. The worst kid in school knows the _"December seventh, a date which will live in infamy"_ speech. Pretty much everybody in the US... and more than a few abroad for that matter. I had no idea it was December 21st 🤷🤷

When Fanucci call the cops in the alley Vito knew Fanucci was a fraud

Sonny followed Vito across the rooftop and saw his dad kill fanucci

@tsiqueido

2 күн бұрын

I thought it was interesting that in the Puzo screenplay that became "The Family Corleone" novel,...the crime Sonny witnesses is Vito, Tessio & Clemenza killing Tom Hagen's father.

@donarthiazi2443

Күн бұрын

​@@tsiqueido Admittedly I've never read the novel _The Family Corleone_ but your comment seems highly unlikely. Vito took in a homeless juvenile Tom Hagen at Sonny's insistence. Vito loved and provided for Tom and even had him treated for an illness that would have left Tom blind. But Vito ALSO refused to adopt young Tom because Vito thought that act would be *disrespectful to Tom's father.* So I would be interested to learn the backstory of how killing Tom's biological father is explained.

This is awesome and yes it makes complete sense. After all these years thank you for pointing this out!

@MovieMafioso

Күн бұрын

Thanks!

Your analysis is impeccable.

@redswingline262

2 күн бұрын

Not really. Just restating the obvious

@MovieMafioso

Күн бұрын

Thx!

@donarthiazi2443

Күн бұрын

@@redswingline262Exactly. Everything presented is all perfectly explained in the book.

@Brotherken1234

Күн бұрын

​@@MovieMafiosoHe's right. You totally nailed it! 👍

Fanucci was a real deal, but Vito killing him just showed that there's always someone more hungry next in line and no matter how powerful you are ultimately it always comes down to a man vs another man game. Later on Vito repeats Fanucci's fate when he becomes a victim of Sollotzo who is a much smaller, but hungrier player and he is not fearful of Vito's power.

2:06 The first introduction to the world of crime in the US. The first was when Vito's father and brother were murdered in Siclaly.

@GRice999

Күн бұрын

And mother!

@riff2072

Күн бұрын

@@GRice999 That was bad of me forgetting Ma.

It was a deleted scene. Teens kick his ass and he runs yelling for help after they cut him. There was no reprisal.

@tsiqueido

2 күн бұрын

In the novel, Fanucci finds/kills one of his attackers, and is paid tribute from the families of the other two boys in exchange for their lives. 🙂👍

The book Explains it.

@Lars1224

2 күн бұрын

What does the book say?

@mr.hansholmes2367

2 күн бұрын

@@Lars1224 I highly recommend you read it. It goes so much deeper than the movie can. But it says anyone who works with the cops wouldn't be a High ranking member of the Black hand.

@Lars1224

2 күн бұрын

@@mr.hansholmes2367 but it's not exactly working with the cops if you're bribing him. He would be an employee so to speak. A dirty cop.

@mr.hansholmes2367

2 күн бұрын

@@Lars1224 Read the book.

@donarthiazi2443

Күн бұрын

@@mr.hansholmes2367Yes the book goes into more Vito detail and it was very good, but good God there was WAY too much devoted to the Johnny Fontaine part of things. Almost a full third of the book was devoted to a subject that was only mildly interesting.

Grandstanding on the street during the San Gennaro Fest by himself is also telling. If he was a real Don he wouldn't feel the need to do that. Also, he would send underlings to shakedown the Theater owner, not do it himself. The young hoods getting the drop on him seals his fate with Vito.

Vito knew he was a fraud when Fanucci said, “ I told them I wanted a cut of the action, and those punks took it literally hehe.”

Read the book - its in the book.

All great points. The guy did his own dirty work too. Real gangsters of standing, I imagine, would be keen to avoid that.

Interesting analysis. Question - if he was a fraud, wouldn't other established mobsters move in and take over Fanucci's hustle?

@clybournstreet9628

3 күн бұрын

He was probably paying them off to stay away and was enjoying the status he had.

@redswingline262

2 күн бұрын

Small time neighborhood with small time payout. Why bother?

@miami8089

Күн бұрын

They probably looked at it as nickel and dime stuff. Most likely wasn't worth it. Also, Fanucci was probably paying them a cut to operate.

'Mafia' used to mean something like 'refuge'. You went to them for protection when nobody else could.

Nice man!

@MovieMafioso

Күн бұрын

Thank you👍🏽

Fanucci extorted Italians. That upset Vito. 😊

What was the famous line at 2:58 ? There are a lot of famous lines in the Godfather movies, but the rest are understandable.

Excellent breakdown and explanation. A Master class in psychology

@MovieMafioso

Күн бұрын

Thank you!

Lower the background music we can't hear you. Him living in an ordinary apartment wasn't a give away. Many in those days lived in normal apts to stay close to the neighborhood. As far as showing off wealth most hid their wealth so as to prevent the authority on spotting them. The fact that he had a flashy suit and only one is a dead giveaway.

I’m so slow this whole time I thought genco and tessio was the same character this whole time!

What’s a matter with you!? Never tell anyone outside of the family what you’re thinking!!

I remember that deleted scene. I think it was in a director's cut or something

“Just my enemies”

Just a bit of advice, tone down the music. Made it very difficult to hear your dialog. Otherwise, excellent video.

Enjoyed the video, but music was too loud and competed with the narration.

6:24 holy shit i didnt realize this was an AI channel until this lol

I always thought Vito's friend that had words with Fanucci was Tessio. I've always thought that because of the eyebrows lol. I don't remember hearing the guys name in the movie but I haven't watched it in over ten years. I didn't realize it was Genco. Edit*I just seen Tessio. I just didn't remember seeing him.

He was not a fraud, he just had no crew.

Don fanoik

I think that deleted scene changes the whole dynamic of the hit on fanuchi after all why would a mob boss expose himself to heat from cops making collections when his soldier's are supposed to do the day to day running of rackets

no bodyguards, no entourage

Because that's how the script was written.

@michaelhunziker7287

Күн бұрын

People acting like Fanucci was a real person...

All frauds know the day will come when they're exposed. Kudos to Vito.

I'm not Don Fannucci🤣

Enzo The Baker told him.

@fuggedaboudit223

2 күн бұрын

That scene where Enzo helped Michael at the hospital made Enzo a lifelong amico della famiglia

I do not believe your theory at all. If he was a fraud just using the name of the black hand, their people would’ve got wind it and he would’ve been dealt with by them.

Fanucci did not need a gang ya see. He was backed or supported by the coppers ya see. He used them to his advantage as much as they used him to theirs ya see. Yeah yeah thats it.

Can you lower the music level, it's hard to hear you as I'm having to fight with your voice being on par with the background music, so it's distracting. Besides, you have a good voice, it should be the showcase for these videos.

@MovieMafioso

Күн бұрын

will do!

Mr. Belvedere was in the mafia.

You obviously never read the book. If you had read the book, you would have noted Fanuccis scar that runs ear to ear across his throat. That scar was given to him buy street punks that jumped him during an ally robbery when he was on his way home from collecting. Vito knew the story and also knew that if he was actually a member of the Black Hand, that would have never happened.😎

Simply he tought Fanucci was a Little obstacle to gain Is incredibile fame

The book explains it

He knew he was a fraud because . . . he was in the Mafia. DUH!

They probably did, but during war no one makes money

Because he read the script

Wow.

Ok, y'all know these are fictional characters, right? None of this ever happened.

i thought a don is not allowed kill a don directly?

Fanucci was the man!

You left out the most important point, it is all explained in the book. Read! Just like mother said.

yeah sure. a real mobster whose apartment is in a tenement up 5 flights

It was easy to tell he was a fraud, "he didn't have any goons with him, or nothing"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:22 he was a fake...IT till you makeit type guy...

Robert Deniro ruined his legacy with his political views.

Also, if I were in charge of a mafia, I would not get my kid a job as a grocery store employee. I'd get him a job like Hunter Biden. ;-)

Were most of Fanucci’s victims old people or recent immigrants?

@jaycareaga9929

2 күн бұрын

Local Italian business owners who didn’t trust the cops to protect them. A perfect example is Gencos father.

Mmmmmm. Organized Crime.

its just a movie ffs behave

@liamg1706

2 күн бұрын

Shut up

@malvo5190

2 күн бұрын

Go watch your marvel movies, literature and art have depth that get talked about and explored

Because he knew it was Gastone Moschin from CALIBER 9 😤

Donald Trump reminds me of Don Fanucci.

@bobbachelor5930

Күн бұрын

Excellent observation .

@jdee8407

Күн бұрын

Thats only because Trump lives in your head 24/7. They have programed you to see Trump in your nightmares and you can't even control it anymore.

@JacktheKnife883

Күн бұрын

Joe Biden reminds me of Don Ciccio sitting in the chair

@jdee8407

Күн бұрын

Thats scene of Don Ciccio being cut open like that, reminded me of Biden in the debate LOL brutal!

Homer Simpson as Don Fanucci? Makes sense-he's always been Springfield's ultimate usurper! 😂 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nX6YmpSym8S4hbg.htmlsi=h2pQ3LanYFWC_LCT

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