You are so right. Even though Vito is a murdering mobster, I still cannot help but say that I want to be like him when it comes to devotion to my family and friends.
Michael didnt turn extremely ruthless until apollonia was killed in the mistaken car bombing. Its often said thats when he became a cold hearted don. If apollonia wouldve survived michael wouldve been a much different don
@@hahvigotti5780 Yet, that cunning and ruthlessness was still in him. Apallonia and everything else that happened is what unlocked that cunning/cold-heartedness that he never saw the need for.
Rohit Sharma All of the deleted scenes should have been left in. They are all great scenes. If I had a magic wand I would make a few other changes too: #1 FFC should have paid Clemenza whatever he wanted for the GF2 #2 FFC should have paid Robert Duvall whatever he wanted for GF3 #3 FFC should have never let his daughter star in GF3. Winona Ryder wouldn't have cut it either - already too much 90's in a film that should have been more 1979
This scene is in the book; it's Genco's olive oil company that Vito uses as a front for his operations in the early days; Genco is so mesmerised by Vito's power that in his delirium he is sure the Godfather can fix it for him to not go to hell. Vito tells him in the book that he's blaspheming and to resign himself. Brilliant depiction of power.
@@PSN_OGRE iirc they did gambling and bootlegging back when alcohol was illegal. maybe other stuff as long as it wasnt drugs like you said or prostitution
This scene can be seen on the version "The Godfather Saga". When The Don is accepting all requests on Connie's wedding day the hospital called the house & advised Tom that Genco wouldn't make it thru the night so Vito told him to round up all his sons to go pay their respect. Epic scene
i dont know what was happening with them. This scene is so good when i saw it first i swore it was in the movie. It's part of it after the wedding he goes there. this scene make me teary eyed evry time.
If you can find The Godfather Saga on one of the movie channels you can see this and several more cut scenes. That's the original and Pt 2 with many cut scenes included. This is a very powerful scene.
Agree like Luca Brassi Francis should try to stretch his role a little more this was the guy who dismembered Al Capone's guys an incinerated a new born for crying out loud without Luca there wouldn't be Don Corleone
@@osamafar8782 Genco is never shown in the movie in the book he's the original chancillieri a very important figure for the family in fact Vito's olive oil co it's named after him iin short he helped Vito to achieve his empire
I loved the book. A lot of people didn't like Puzo's writing style, but I thought it was wonderfully candid and unsentimental. Best film adaptation of a novel ever. (Hardly a controversial statement!)
The man in the theater with Vito was Genco. The owner of the store was his father and they worked together. Young Tessio was first introduced in the dinner scene when they discuss whether or not they will pay Fanucci.
That's right, the first guy you see is Genco sitting next to Vito at the theatre. Then Clemenza stealing the carpet and then Tessio during the dinner scene where they discuss Fanucci
Genco became the consigliere to return the favor that was given to Vito by Genco's father - to allow him to work in the food store - an act of kindness that allowed Vito to have a job, this was in Godfather part 2 when DiNiro played the Don. But I love this scene, it was shown on TV when they first aired it - as I saw it years ago, but we're lucky that it still exists at all.
Michael wasnt bitter ... As he said in 2 , by attempting to save his family he ended up destroying it. He even asks his mother about it He never wanted anything to do with the "family business" but had to step in to save his family when Sonny was killed , and ever since that he tried to make it legitimate only to be " dragged back in " Thats where the tragedy is
Pure perfection, this scene is portrayed beautifully. It would have made the movie even more perfect. This scene is just as I have imagined when I read the book. Marlon Brando IS Vito Corleone. Thank you for posting this!
In this moment Vito is not a mobster, or a Don. He is a Monarch, a servant to his subjects who provides comfort to one who has given him dedicated service.
don't forget though that Michael's life turned different for 2 main reasons..the first is the fact that he married a strong willed american woman that was against his line of work and not one that was silent and obedient like Carmela Corleone..the 2nd reason is because he was obsessed with revenge and did not let go, leading to his downfall and his eventual personal crisis..if Apollonia was to be alive and he learnt to let go (like Vito did with the death of his son) things would be different
This scene should've stayed in the regular version of the movie. But there is some additional footage that is missing within this scene. That additional footage has Vito and Michael talking to each other after leaving Genco. Vito congratulates Michael on his military service and for returning to college. Then he tells Michael, "I have plans for you after you finish school." That should've been added to this scene as well.
Even Michael in Part III says it, when he talks to his lawyer BJ: "My father hated foundations. He loved doing it by himself... man to man. But we, we're different.". Michael became so great and powerfull that he had lost touch to the outside world. Even he regrets it when he talks to Don Tomassino's corpse: "You were so loved, Don Tommasino. Why was I so feared, and you so loved? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me?". It kinda makes you feel sorry for Michael.
I wish I could see a cut of the film with this edited in. I think it would've been great for the film to show that there's things even the Don can't do. In the wedding scene you see him fulfill request after request by people who talk to him as if he could move the very Earth itself. And then you come to this scene and realize that at the end of the day, he's still just a man, and death is something he has no control over. He is not the god that everyone assumes he is.
Michael, became Don to save his family. Michael was always somewhat resentful cause this life was forced on him and was torn as to if he made the right choice. I agree that being married to a strong willed American woman who was against his work didn't help. His appetite for revenge against his enemies and his inability to let go was in large part due to his anger at feeling he was put into a life he didn't create for himself. In a way, Michael Corleone was a lot like George Bailey in "Its a Wonderful Life."
A loyal servant and friend asks a favor from his King. His King grants him the gift of his time to show how special Genco is to him. Say what you want about his kingdom, but Vito is a true monarch.
definitely a bad idea to leave this scene out. I didn't know who was Genco until Godfather Part 2 and he did not catch my full attention until I learned from Wikipedia that he was one of the Corleone's founders and the family's first Consigliere.
The only difference is, Micheal took on that life to save his family, a life he did not want. A life that his father bestowed upon him, A life that his father forged in a different time for different reasons.
if you watch godfather I closely you'll see vito had the same sense of regret as michael, saying "i never wanted this for you". the idea of the movies is that these men chose a path that would lead to pain and loss and regret.
This scene was much more dramatic and fitting in the book. Here it's kinda silly. But in the book it's clear Genco is terrified of death because he knows all the terrible things he and the Don have done, he knows he's going to hell.
@TheLydianRocks this scene is not dumb and Genco does not have a mental serious illness.as far as I remember he is dying from cancer, he's terminal, in great pain andkind of delusional because of cancerbut in no way he had a mental illness actually that's his deathbed and in the book, a couple of hours later Don's visit, Genco dies and Tom Hagen replaces him. I recommend reading the book first. Also, this scene is really a nice metaphor to show the depth of Don's strength as presented by Genco
ES QUIEN LO RECIBE COMO UN PADRE, ES QUIÉN LE DA EMPLEO Y LOTARAT COMO A UN HIJO, DESPUÉS INICIA LA SOCIEDAD GENCO OIL CON EL PADRINO VITO CORLEONE, EXPRESA SU GRATITUD LLEVANDO A TODA LA "FAMILIA" UN GRAN HONOR PARA CUALQUIERA, HABLA DE LA ENORME GRATITUD QUE SENTÍA POR EL...
@cihanm Exactly. It just shows you the kind of aura Vito had. Genco wanted the Godfather to stay, because he thought that Vito - as powerful as he was- could maybe cheat death, or that maybe death himself would be too scared of Vito. Genco wasn't mentally ill- he was scared looking into the eyes of death.
Genco's father owned the store Vito worked in. Don Fanucci made Genco's father hire this nephew and he had tog et rid of Vito, in the scene where he told Vito and gave him groceries. Fast forward to Vito being the new Don after killing Fanucci, they started the Genco olive oil company as a front and tribute to Genco's dad or Gen(co) CO(rleone).
That's true. And I guess at that time in the story, Sonny was also expected to be head of the family when Don Vito retired or after his demise. That's probably one reason they show him dealing with family matters much more than Fredo or Michael early in the movie.
They should have left this scene in, if for no other reason than to let the audience know who Genco is when he is referred to in other parts of the film. That's the only problem I have with the whole trilogy - certain truths are expected to be known by the audience without prior information. This for example and also the time scale in 1. Maybe that's what Coppola was trying to get you to do - watch the film again to see what you missed.
@ridgerunner721601 Both Michael and Fredo are in this scene. I've seen pictures of Vito and Michael talking to each other after they leave Genco's room. I believe I've also seen that extra bit of footage on the bonus disc of special features that has the deleted scenes from both Godfather 1 and 2, the making of and movie trailers of all 3 films, and both a Corleone family tree and timeline included on that disc as well.
When Vito became the new Don of the neighborhood, he hired Genco to act as his consigliere, and named his front company 'Genco Pura' after his friend. Genco served him loyally, showing incredible insight. When Vito's son Sonny wanted to join the family business, the wily consigliere had the youth assigned to his father as a bodyguard so he could closely observe the family business, as well as be kept under Vito's control.
you can see this scene the Godfather saga a A.M.C they show scene in in the movie. note you have to look up when and what time they will show it because it is done in tree part with the flashback as part one. the first movie with almost two hours of add scenes in part two. and the second movie with out the flashback as part 3
This scene does not appear in the versions I've seen the Godfather. Where'd you get it? The book describes it but .... Are there other scenes "eliminated"? I would appreciate your help.
Well the story takes place from 1945 to 1955 but it's not entirely clear (at least to me) the time scale in which events are happening. This is important to me for context and continuity. But I'm not terribly bothered because it just makes watching the film again and again more interesting. :)
In the book he says ‘stay with me godfather we can outwit that bastard just like we have done so many times with our enemies before’ I suppose they wanted the blasphemy cut out
One of the few Godfather scenes i didn't like. His friend just sounds crazy & makes the situation all the more awkward. Not to mention he adresses him like he's some God. I mean they were friends..
The whole premise of what the Don as a figure head is supposed to be is pure B.S. fantasy, There is supposed to be all this loyalty and respect, but there is no loyalty or respect among thieves and murderers. Just take Micheal for example, in the end he has no respect for , nor is given any by: his brother Freto who betrays him so he has murdered,(nice sibling relationship THERE!) his first wife is betrayed by someone in his family and IS accidentally killed in place of him, his second wife despises him and their marriage so much she has his unborn son killed just so he doesn't turn out to be like him (an act of utter disrespect!) then divorces him, He in turn helps destroy his kids relationship with their mother by not allowing her to raise them, about all of his Capos end up either turning on him or visa versa so are then murdered by him, All of his business peers I can think of in the end can't be trusted and are thus murdered as rivals,, He even disrespects and distrusts Tom, his so called Brother,But I suppose the real life versions are even more of a bunch of scum bags and are really just romanticized by Hollywood.
