The STORY Behind Carlo Rizzi's Betrayal...

[@keithdean9149]

The only thing that saved Carlos' life when Sonny beat him was the fact that Carlos did not fight back. Even Sonny could not bring himself to kill a sniveling coward like Carlos.

[@hondadog-yo2sr]

That's actually what Carlo was thinking in the book.

[@tobeyny27]

What saved Muscles Marinara’s life? Penne Arrabbiata fought back, even though his mother told him to could to ten, and he was spared.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Interesting point about not tipping off Barzini by taking out Carlo. By letting him live, they essentially used him to mislead Barzini and the other families that they were just moving to Vegas and weren't planning on killing them.

[@travisgames6608]

Carlo is only lucky that Vito was old school. Unfortunately for him, Sonny and Michael wasn't. Cause if that was my daughter..

[@3BK235Y]

"Cause if that was my daughter..."! I understand you. We are members of the same Order.

[@Death2Weebs]

Youll do nuttin

[@RealBallsofSteel]

In the book, Connie goes to Viti to tell him about the domestic violence. Vito tells her that she has take it because he's her husband. When she replies that he never hit her mother, Vito says, "She never gave me a reason."

[@TGGent92]

Willie Chichi was part of Clemenza's crew and Frank Pentangle's right-hand man. finding out Carlo was a bookie under Chichi explains why Clemenza executed Carlo.

[@travisgames6608]

@@TGGent92 Clemenza was chosen to execute Carlo, because he was Sonny's godfather.

[@Ahmet-yu7jr]

Book explained it, Carlo's worthless ass belongs to Sonny's Godfather which means Clemenza.

[@damianstarks3338]

Carlo Rizzi got what was coming to him. Not sorry he is gone

[@nancyvillines4552]

I heard James Caan didn't like the guy who played Carlo. Because he only got the job because he knew someone. And he just plain didn't like him. And that him hitting him with the trash can lid was his own idea 😂 He didn't think he deserved the job just because of his connections. Even Al Pacino had to audition.

[@3BK235Y]

3:19-3:27 Many people hate Carlo in the film, but it's hard to deny the wits in his set up that got Sonny killed." I am one of them. I think Carlo is one of the most rotten bleeders in the movie. The wits in his set up that got Sonny is not enough to make me think well of him. Just the opposite.

[@Ubu987]

I don't think Carlo came up with that plan, as he was a failure in everything else, indicating he was not clever enough. Looks like Barzini's idea.

[@Ahmet-yu7jr]

Carlo is Vito's biggest blunder. When Connie returned home with black eye, he should have got rid of Carlo. A stupid guy like Carlo could be dangerous, he should knew it.

[@JB-yb4wn]

But Carlo knew how to make sentences that agree in past and future tenses. That's why he was spared.

[@viqarkagzi3922]

Vito & tom talked about Carlo & figured out it was Carlo who did his own planning to make sure that he can have a place in the family business. Unknown to Carlo he never thought he would be sought out. Tom and Michael concocted a plan to make sure Carlo was not to resume his activities ever again. The interesting part this is one plan Michael went with, Tom had planned out perfectly.

[@jimslancio]

Commenters have wondered about Italian versus Sicilian. As of the turn of the last century, around the time many Italian immigrants came to the US, the unified Italian nation was a very new thing. People identified themselves as Sicilians, Neapolitans, Romans, Tuscans, Bolognese, Venetians, etc. Thanks to Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch, the modern Italian language is essentially the Tuscan dialect, but other dialects, such as Sicilian, still exist.

[@beingadeeb2345]

Half Italian Half Sicilian? Wouldn't that make him full Italian?

[@gnp1117]

Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy, but it has its own culture, traditions, and dialect Sicilians are proud of their heritage and their distinct culture Sicilian is often considered a separate language from Italian. Italian speaker would not be able to understand Sicilian.

[@Ubu987]

If I remember correctly, the book describes Carlo Rizzi as 'one of those weird German Italians.' There are German-speaking enclaves in the mountainous regions of Northern Italy. If he was raised there, he would have no understanding of Sicilian culture and ways.

[@beingadeeb2345]

@Ubu987 Actually no. The German speaking part wasn't part of Italy by the time Carlo's family moved to US.

[@jimslancio]

The Corleones were too obvious that they were shutting Carlo out of the Family business. “We don’t discuss business at the table” after doing nothing else but.

[@sonnysantana5454]

it was obvious as a duck carlo was always resentful of the way that the old man looked upon him as a pretty boy punk = it's all in the book , characters like carlo rizzi were more real life than what most people care to admit = he is the embodiment of the old eye'talian wife beater = hence the T shirt called the wife beater

[@nancyvillines4552]

Maybe I'm crazy, but when Sonny was killed, my first thought was that Carlo did it on purpose. I think that was the first thought of a lot of people. I definitely wasn't surprised when he was killed for it. Just sayin'. 😊

[@DrChili44]

I paid attention until you called Tom Hagen "Hahggin". Then I was done.

[@zejaguar]

Michael played it very well.

[@dannyd1034]

1/2 Italian , 1/2 Sicilian - wtf

[@leechapman-ri9rb]

What don't you understand about that?

[@beingadeeb2345]

​@@leechapman-ri9rb My guy has never seen a Map

[@mac76311]

My daughter. He'd be 6 feet under

[@BrotherShakur]

It was obviously Carlo lol

[@lynnharris3189]

I thought Italian and Sicilian were the same.

[@mikehughes8023]

Sicilian culture, dialect, and traditions differ from the rest of Italy.

[@thewestisthebest6608]

5:20 Or what now?

[@luisfer14240]

👍🏻

[@manuhurricane]

How can you be half Italian half Sicilian 😅😅😅😅😅, how?

[@TheJetstream10]

Italy was composed of many city states before becoming a country and Sicily was beyond the main body of Italy and so many people considered them separate than Italian. But many would only ID themselves based on their province or city--like Romans vs Sicilians vs Neopolitanos.

[@richardsanchez5444]

Furio in the sopranos even says that he hates Columbus because he's from the north and they look down upon Sicilians which were considered different. So even though it's in the same region they see themselves as separate.

[@Troy19]

@@richardsanchez5444not Sicilians he was talking about napoletains

[@djheavycee]

Hawgen...lol

[@rodrigodiazdevivar6183]

Sicily is part of Italy....

[@JB-yb4wn]

The Italians don't think so.

[@Ubu987]

@@JB-yb4wn The Sicilians certainly don't. Italy is a political entity, not a country.

[@mikehughes8023]

Different cultures and traditions though.

[@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb]

Sonny died squealing like a pig😂

[@travisgames6608]

@@PhilipVaughn-ri8vb in the book, it was described as a primal roar.

[@Ubu987]

@@travisgames6608 Sonny went out like Scarface, defiant against impossible odds.