Clemenza is an honorable man. He was told to get rid of Paulie, and so he made it happen. He promised his wife he would come home with dessert, and so he did.
exactly. a man is not a man if he doesn't spend time with his family. clemenza's wife wanted dessert and he's going to bring it to her like any good husband would do.
@@iamchillydogg just because the line was improvised doesn't mean the other actor didn't laugh, but they thought it was funny and did another take when they were expecting it. That happens all the time.
You're not entirely wrong. I've seen cannoli made several different ways. If by chance those cannoli are made a specific way, and came from a bakery/sweet-shop nearby to where the Corleone family was based, it actually could be used to trace it back to a general area. Only things is, good luck getting a judge to sign a warrant based on the shell or cream composition of a snack. Like I said, not wrong, just improbable. /Edited because I'm apparently a dip-shit and can't spell 'cream'...
M C I’m not wrong at all. It may sound funny but the cannoli was much more traceable than the gun. The cannoli was packaged. He didn’t take the cannoli because he wanted to eat it. He took it so as not to leave evidence.
Later, a CSI team arriving at the scene is confounded by the lingering smell of Italian food despite no apparent source and nothing in the victim's stomach.
To all those who didn't already know, that line wasn't scripted. It was pure improvisation by Richard Castellano, which just goes to show how good this movie is from the great direction to the great scripting to the amazing acting. Everything fit together perfectly.
pooopile It wasn't scripted doesn't mean they can't prepare, learn definitions. There's a difference between ad libbing and improving. Heath Ledger's make up wasn't scripted but made by him but obviously the make up department would do it for him before sets.
+Viv Varghese ...he died too young. He did a few sitcoms in the 1970's, surprised that they haven't received more attention. Too bad RC wasn't in Godfather II.
This was an improvised line - amazing. Likewise, hitman Luca Brasi's iconic speech in his first scene was improvised. "And may her first child be a masculine child." The actor was nervous and was just trying out phrases before the audience would start. So they filmed him sitting outside the office.
My grandfather in Galveston TX, once gas rationing started took all his kids (4) to get " hardship" drivers licenses, so each could apply for ration stamps, which only he used!!
i dunno why but i always found clemenza to be the most realistic and sort of scariest character in the film. im not saying the other characters wern't realistic, they all were, but clemenza was always the one i remembered the most and whenever i think of this film i always think of clemenza first. mustve been something about his performance that stayed with me but i dont know what
+Carol Van Pala There was an earlier scene where they pick up the cannoli. It was just a bit of scenery and not important. The line was "Leave the gun." The ad lib was to add "take the cannoli" on the spot - and it really improves the scene.
Robert Gift The reason is exactly what you said. If you keep the gun and you're later caught with it, the bullets from the murder can be matched to it. If you can otherwise ensure you leave no trace on the gun and the gun itself cannot be traced (both difficult), leaving it makes the most sense. Of course, in this case, Clemenza and Rocco had plenty of time to just dispose of it in some other way, so it may be more of a statement that they are untouchable ("you even have the gun and you can't do a thing about us"). Paulie was killed because he was paid by Sollozzo's/Barzini's men to "call in sick" as Vito's driver, leaving the Don under the dubious protection of his son Fredo and making the hit on him go smoothly.
Did the directors of this film seriously believe getting a bullet to the head causes you to slowly lay your head down like you’re taking a gentle nap??? Even the family guy parody version was more realistic.
i just read the book. Clemenza never says that sentence. He merely says, "Leave the gun." Also, Tessio never quite says, "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes," either. The book is a joy, yet filled with side characters that Coppola wisely left on the sidelines, or omitted completely.
back then when folks could be ignorant asf and yet.. obviously, as of his now hes got some plenty responsibilities and prolly forget his password but his wisdom hasn't
I'm French, this scene is simply fascinating. On its own, it represents a very dark face of America. The wind blowing across the wheat field the tragic music Clemenza's face and his routine, moral detachment from the murder. As if he were going to buy a loaf of bread. Also the Statue of Liberty in the background. It's not the line that fascinated me the most, but it's still excellent. great cinema This scene, short as it is, says more than a book on organized crime.
This is why if you're going to kill someone you always use a disposable gun that can't be traced back to you and you always leave it at the scene of the crime. If the cops recover the gun at the scene, they can't find it in your possession later and use it as evidence against you.
+Joe Snow There's always a guy who wants to be the smartest person in the room. Thanks, Joe. I don't think anyone ever figured out before why they do that!
+Joe Snow If the cops recover the gun at the scene, they can't "find it" in your possession later and use it as evidence against you. I took the liberty of adding quotes.....to allow for the possibility that the cops might plant the gun in your home.
The best canoli in the world is made in the neighborhood of Mooca Sao Paulo, Brazil In Mooca is the large concentration of Italian immigrants. #amomooca
@PepperWhite62 in the book they describe how they wanted Paulie Gatto's body to be found as a warning to other would-be traitors in the Family. Normally they would have just made the body disappear but this was a special circumstance. Plus, it wasn't Clemenza's own car, it was Paulie's.
I own this film on VHS and DVD and have seen it no less than 200x. But right now, 11 yrs after I first saw Godfather part I, this is the moment I have bit into my first cannoli and who else to celebrate this momentous occasion with other than Clemenza?
I've always wondered how something being older makes it less cool. Mozart must be very cool otherwise people wouldn't be listening hundreds of years later. The same thing will be with The Godfather. In 100 years people will still be watching it.
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli and the car. Dump the bloody corpse with the gun. Take half the cash from his wallet first. Take his own personal firearm if he has one, and any spare ammo. Get a trusted person to clean up the car. Bribe some clerk to change the registration of the car. Then find the chef who made these cannoli and put him on the payroll.
