Why Did Fabrizio Betray Michael Corleone? Did Michael Get Revenge?

[@SMbigpapi]

I always wondered how the story would've changed if Apollonia had survived and came to America with Michael?? I'm Pretty sure Don Vito Corleone would've loved her

[@BigBurg97]

Michael wouldn't have been as paranoid

[@seanmetro3496]

APPOLLONIA would have been the perfect mob wife and played her position unlike baby killing KAY.

[@kapitan19969838]

@@seanmetro3496 Yeah, Kay is ironically a murderer too, despite distancing herself from the Mafia

[@masterjay4992]

It would had reminded the Don of his mother.

[@soc3266]

Apollonia couldn't live in the context of the Godfather. Michael was a doomed character from the beginning. Everything he touched eventually collapsed

[@zacqueeentertainment7336]

As soon as Apolonia is killed, that was when Michael Corleones humanity dies. His descending into darkness begins as soon as he returns back to America. That kind of heartbreak numbed him. The death of his older brother Sonny, the attempt on Vito’s Life that nearly killed him and the murder of his Sicilian wife all molded him into the cold blooded calculated Don that became so heartless that he ordered the murder of his own Brother Fredo.

[@mr.hawklingiii8739]

I'd say it was earlier than that, when he took out Sollozo and McClusky. He knew that it wouldn't end until Vito was dead for those gunning for the Corleone Family.

[@contempris2383]

@@mr.hawklingiii8739 I agree with OP. Even after those murders Michael was still compassionate. Vito never lost his humanity even though he took out two Don's when he was younger. Apolonia's assassination was it. He never trusted anyone outside of his family after that.

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@mr.hawklingiii8739 I wonder if Michael wasn't fundamentally changed when he got back to New York after the war. He talked to Kay at Connie's wedding about that's "his family but not him"... but he didn't sound or act convincing at all. He methodically walked around like his head was waaay far away... instead of celebrating and drinking/dancing and having fun like Sonny. Whether or not that is true there's NO doubt that you're right about killing McCluskey and the Turk... he was totally changed after that.

[@hb-fq9fm]

That was the first time he felt the major sting of betrayal too, he trusted fabrizio, must have been quite a shock..

[@zeebest1004]

If not that then something else. This isn’t the Boy’s Clubs of America! He was in Italy because he did a DOUBLE MURDER IN PUBLIC…

[@Silly81]

Michael taking out Fabrizio would’ve been an epic scene.

[@romelloskuggz5728]

It’s a deleted scene that actually happened. He blew up in her car

[@Silly81]

@@romelloskuggz5728 No, I’m talking about Michael shooting him with the shotgun.

[@romelloskuggz5728]

It’s all in the deleted scenes

[@malcolml309]

In the book, Michael, eliminated Fabrizio during his infamous hit on the Five Families.

[@romelloskuggz5728]

Try to type it in on KZbin it should come up

[@batfink5961]

50 years later, and people still talk about this movie. Huge impact on cinema culture, thanks to Francis Ford Coppola and the rest of the cast and crew. A true cinema masterpiece.

[@leonardodalongisland]

My exact thoughts.

[@reignkaida]

It’s called nostalgia 😂

[@jaevargas5625]

Absolutely and that book was perfect

[@notjeff7833]

​@@jaevargas5625the movie is considered to be far better

[@sandranorman5469]

@@notjeff7833The book is so inferior to the movie. So glad Mario and Francis took the nom-essential characters out of the movie.

[@MasterGuideInc]

Fabrizio exits pizza shop, looks around, confidently gets into car. Tries to start car but engine stalls a little. He looks up and sees Michael standing on the sidewalk. Car blows up. This allows Fabrizio to know who and he will know why. It also shows Michael getting justice for Appollonia

[@blizzy6392]

Too cartoonish. Fabrizio has been paid for a job by the enemies of the Corleone family. His fate catches up to him and he is killed by a bomb in his car. The enemies of the Corleone family (the only ones that count in this story) get the message. That is a mafia story line. As in the words of Hyman Roth, Fabrizio was 'small potatoes'.

[@sunnylife7934]

I believe in the novel, Fabrizio is living in NY working in pizzeria. A button man takes him out saying ‘ Michael Corleone sends his regards.’ That’s my recollection.

[@MarkWilliams-dt1ty]

@@sunnylife7934y recollection as well, and I thought the timeline in the book seemed closer to the taking care of family business thar Mike referred to on the day of the baptism.

[@ArizonaJoeHines]

@@sunnylife7934 IIRC, it was in Buffalo, NY.

[@terrymansfield7957]

This would've made a bomb 💣 ass scene. As long as he knew it was Michael who was KILLING him

[@cherylvergin1757]

Appalonia had to die in order to escalate Michael's psychopathy, just as Vito seeing his mother assassinated traumatized him and turned him dark.

[@charminbaer2323]

That didn't turn Vito dark. Vito grew up poor and humble, had a wife and children and was happy. Even when he turned to a life of crime, he was still humble. It was Don Fanucci and seeing how he took advantage of other Italians that reminded him of Don Ciccio, that's when he turned dark, but at the same time he still was compassionate and loved his family as opposed to Michael, who became very cold blooded.

[@crackmanjones1710]

Sad but True.

[@williamcooper9379]

Look up psychopathic and look up duty michael wasn't or didn't grow into psychopathic he protecting he's family duty if someone tries to harm you or your family what would you do

[@Varangian_Axe]

His mom wasn’t assassinated. She got killed because she got in the way of avoiding exactly what happened. Guy wanted to kill all the men precisely so Vito couldn’t come back and do exactly what he did. Vito justified his mom getting killed by doing exactly what the guy wanted to kill him for

[@slcRN1971]

Fabrizio didn’t hide his longing to go to America, so I believed that he was the weakest link in Michael’s security. To me, Fabrizio was deeply envious of everything that Michael had: money, a beautiful young wife, a powerful family, etc. He coveted everything that Michael had. As for Michael’s revenge for the death of Apollonia and their unborn child (in the book, she was pregnant when she died), he most likely would have wanted to settle that old debt with a personal touch).

[@stevekaczynski3793]

There is a sort of pattern in The Godfather that betrayal is the smart thing to do. Fabrizio, who is somewhat clever, speaks some English etc. betrays. Calo, the other bodyguard, who is rather simple, does not. Tessio betrays later on and Michael comments that it is the smart move and Tessio was always smarter. Clemenza does not although the book has him thinking that it is better to stay put under pressure from the Five Families, unless the situation becomes intolerable.

[@TammyJones-v5e]

Exactly

[@molasorrosalom4846]

If he stayed loyal, Michael probably would have brought him to the US and given a huge reward

[@TheJetstream10]

Yes, but he was in love with Apollonia. He figured, kill Michael in the car explosion, get the money from Barzini, take Apollonia to America with him and open up a pizzeria and have lots of kids with her. That was his plan. It was revenge for Michael swooping in and taking Apollonia from him and a way to get to the U.S. with cash in hand and the woman he loved. In Sicily is it all about passion, people kill for money and they kill for love.

[@molasorrosalom4846]

@@TheJetstream10 She was pregnant with Michael's kid though. Also, wouldn't he see her as damaged goods since she was no longer a virgin?

[@mariolisa2832]

@@TheJetstream10 I'm sorry but where in the book or film us it even mentioned that Fabrizio was in love with Appolonia or was jealous of Michael because of her? This text to speech guy who made the video said it doesn't make it true though

[@brandonmedina494]

@@TheJetstream10 yeah in the book it's hinted that he was smittened by Appollonia which Michael suspected. Fabrizio is like Fredo, envious and unable to appreciate what he had. Fabrizio might've been poor and hungry for a chance to go to America but had he remained loyal he would've been granted Americam citizenship and a generous financial gift. Fredo was wealthier than Fabrizio but had the same resentment and inability to move past such feelings.

[@brandonmedina494]

@@TheJetstream10 wait taking Appollonia away from him? Fabrizio never had a chance with her.

[@ravanpee1325]

Fabrizio to US soldiers: "Take me back to the US. America, America" Hitman to Fabrizio: "Greetings from Michael Corleone".

[@proudcynophile1901]

😂🤣

[@jrreedve2825]

While I do like the idea of Miachael doing it himself, taking into account the emotionally COLD/emotionless person he became, it does make more sense that he’d send someone else to do it. In the end, the move of having even Fabricio, a lowly pawn, taken out at the same time as the other heads of the families was more valuable in establishing his power and fear. It sent the message that it didn’t matter if you were a Don or a peon, cross Michael and you’re dead.

[@slundgr]

Isn’t revenge a dish best served cold?

[@DeepMedii]

@@slundgr 'revenge is like serving cold cuts'

[@wadehampton5116]

Michael doing the job himself would've elevated the rat's status. You send a hitter and make sure the turd knows who made it happen. Message sent to others would be the same..."Don't mess with the Corleones."

[@metalstorm7506]

Back when I was a teenager, I would have definitely said that Michael taking revenge on Fabrizio personally, would have been the best scene in movie history. However, since number of years had passed by since the car explosion in Sicily, during which Michael would have gone through numerous steps forward into legalizing his family’s business and cleansing their reputation. So the more mature and experienced me nowadays would suggest that sending someone trusted to do the dirty job is far more sophisticated and strategically better move than spilling blood personally like a small ghetto fish

[@Therealw1]

It would’ve been a great alternate ending for Godfather II or opening for three. I could see it ending with him before a judge having been tried with murdering him, because he had to do it himself for revenge just like his father. In fact the whole scene could’ve been played out like how Vito killed the boss who murdered his family.

[@edtallman7264]

Bingo Metal. Extremely well said.

[@rainbowwarrior2635]

It is true it's much like why movie stars aren't allowed to do their own stunts. If they get injured the film is over and Michael would just be to valuable to take the risk with.

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

_"Michael Corleone sends his regards."_

[@jenibfb]

Food for thought 🤔

[@robertjohnson6601]

I can understand Michael wanting to kill Fabrizio himself but he was a Don when he found out where he was. As a Don he could not afford to place himself in peril. He had a family to run. So it is understandable why he deligated the hit to someone else.

[@aracelymoran2504]

+ Robert Johnson He was a Don when he faced his brother in law for retribution against the domestic abuse he inflicted on his sister and the daughter of an ex Don. He could easily have done the same with Fabrizzio. Personally, I go with the explosion. Give him the ending he gave his wife.

[@philliberatore4265]

Michael being present at Fabrizio's death would have been good drama for the moment. However, this is a huge tactical mistake. It would require too much exposition on how Michael covered his identity, or leave a huge plot hole in the rest of the movie. It would just end up being a rehash of the Salazzo assassination.

[@sabrinagrant8003]

I think the car explosion was fitting because that’s exactly how Apollonia was wronged.

[@TheY2AProblem]

Call it “carma”

[@sabrinagrant8003]

@@TheY2AProblem Exactly, it’s always been my thought that when one wrongs another the retribution would be the same in kind.

[@javierpatag3609]

I'm with you here.

[@laylahernandez1912]

@@TheY2AProblem “car-ma”😂😂😂

[@leeeastwood6368]

@@TheY2AProblem, lmao!

[@hectornegron9155]

And 50 yrs later we're still talking about this film as if it had been released yesterday. Few films have had that impact in our society. I for one, can't watch a movie more than once, perhaps twice. I own copies of all 3 Godfather movies and every time I watch it I always find another reason to watch it yet once again. No other movie does that to me.

[@calisongbird]

This video is using clips of deleted scenes, from the extended version.

[@GilmerJohn]

"Crime" videos do have that quality, don't they!

[@hectornegron9155]

@@GilmerJohn Not exactly, at least in my case. I've seen other crime movies and none have had that long lasting effect in me as this one has. None. I started watching The Last Don recently and found it boring so I stop watching.

[@LushCrush828]

Same here 😊 greatest movie ever made! Can't count how many times I've watched it

[@ochiaichannel1189]

I do the same. Back in high school, I watched it to practice my English, which was a terrible idea since half of the story was spoken in Italian. NOW I watch it when I think about my kids, my friends, my work and my life itself.

[@bachthe1st557]

In the deleted scene where Michael is given those pictures , this was the only time you saw a prime Michael Corleone full of tears.

[@iabhinav.shukla]

Where can I find that

[@iabhinav.shukla]

Please tell me

[@vidhanchaturvedi2760]

@@iabhinav.shukla search godfather deleted scene , get me fabrizio

[@iabhinav.shukla]

@@verdifine brother you see that the head of the all 5 families emerged and paved their way - fighting all the odds , poverty, injustice in society just like Vito - the difference is we know how Vito became so big & we don’t know abt rest of them Tattaglia,Barzini,Cuneo,Stracci

[@pjb2528]

He cries pretty openly, when his daughter is shot, at the opera, in Episode III

[@jasonbodine6033]

In the deleted scene/extended version where Michael had Fabrizio’s car Apollonia’d, I always felt two things: 1) the scene should’ve been in the actual movie and never should’ve wound up on the cutting room floor; and 2) if it had been me, I would want to look into his eyes.

[@mariolisa2832]

100% correct

[@tonaloko2]

He got off way too easy, i would have gone Sonny corleone on his ass

[@mrmeerkat1096]

Yes his death was too quick for killing Michael's wife. At the very least I would have dragged him to the car, him knowing there was a bomb in there and handcuffing him to the wheel.

[@seanmetro3496]

The still photo of DON MICHAEL holding a shotgun should have been after the end credits blasting FABRIZIO.

[@michaelwilks6268]

Me too he actually should have been chopped up and fed to some wild dogs Luca Brasi style, ha, hahaha hahaha. Oh what a wonderful day that would have been for Mike. Only thing by that time Luca had been swimming with the fishes for many, many years.

[@JustMe-og2cb]

Kay was probably one of Michael's biggest mistakes. I couldn't stand her from the very beginning. The Godfather was right in not supporting their relationship. She dated into a mob family, married a soon to be Don, then betrayed him in one of the worst ways possible, acting like she was above the very life she very knowingly entered into.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm8047]

Kay could’ve given Michael his humanity back but instead she ripped it out and left

[@meenalena06p46]

She talked too much for me and asked too many questions

[@gloriafischer2751]

Michael lost the vision of himself as the family rebel when he resigned to pulling the trigger on McClusky & Sollozo. But, his heart was truly broken at the loss of complete innocence in Appolonia's murder. After that, we don't really see much genuine emotion from him except toward his parents. Unlike his father who never lost his sentimentality, everything and everyone in Michael's world become pawns in a power game including Kay and his kids.

[@Lag1914]

I don't remember where or heard the quote that each of Vito's sons were an incomplete portrait of the father and each represented an aspect of the father's personality. Michael: The cold and calculating business man Sonny: The fiery and passionate disposition Fredo: The compassion and tender regard for others

[@sobradodelobo]

and Connie? dude what a comment

[@alexcaruso530]

Fredo is compassionate and has regards for other? He agreed to have his brother clipped. That doesn’t sound like compassion nor having regard for others.

[@kietvo2633]

@@sobradodelobo dude connie is woman , lady can't be don you idot he only mention vito's son to become don .

[@kecade3025]

@@alexcaruso530 i just watched the movies and he was insisting on the fact that he didn't know that it was supposed be a hit on Michael, which i don't think was a lie. He was always shown to be a little more emotional and empathetic, for instance at the end of Part 2, in the flashback where Carlo gets introduced to connie and Michael reveals that he will join the Military, Fredo's first reaction is supporting Michael and his decision while the other brothers think of him as rash and stupid. But i liked fredo from the start so this could be clear bias.

[@FIREBRAND38]

But both in the book and the movie the Don doesn't have a "fiery and passionate disposition". In fact, reference is made in the novel that the Don doubts Sonny's potential to run things since he always brings a club even "when a situation calls for a rapier." Now, when Godfather 3 came out there was a quote that Andy Garcia's character was an amalgam of the three brothers but I think you're misremembering it and applying it to Vito's sons.

[@alaistairhamilton8838]

The poetic justice of Fabrizio being blown up in a car bomb attack is in line with Michael's strategic mind and not letting his desire for revenge cloud his judgement. No matter how much he would have liked to have killed Fabrizio by his own hand, he would have known that doing so could have been perceived as a temperamental weakness in the same vein as Santino's temper. Michael knew better than to give into impulse.

[@brandashusband]

I have the extended version on VHS tape, I wish they would release this to DVD. I love the way Fabrizio meets his end in this, but I think I'd really have like to see Michael get his revenge in person.

[@patlynch3464]

Wasn't that Pizzeria in Buffalo?

[@maureenmeagher6415]

@@patlynch3464 yes

[@dagnabbit6187]

@brandashuband . As said on Law and Order “ Many times you have to take what justice you can get “ . What you proposed would have been convoluted and treacherous . Also stated in movies and other crime narratives . It is estimated that when you decide to commit a crime there is at least fifty ways it can fail . If you can figure out fifteen of them you are a genius .

[@ismaelnunez3888]

I would like to have it

[@iwishiwasthomasshelby]

I wish they released this on 3D so I could watch it with my VR headset.

[@lareh5501]

8:55 or you could imagine Fabrizio was on the other side of the door when Pacino yelled, *_"SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!"_*

[@josedelgado9592]

I like the way Fabrizio was blown up in the car. Mike wife passed that way, and the guy that cause her death,went the same way.

[@DanInAlabama]

IIRC, the explosion was more muted, so that Fabrizio would briefly survive it, knowing it was Michael's revenge just before he dies. He actually gets out of the car, or tries to.

[@rafaelramos2731]

Looking at fabrizio in the eye and asking him, remember Apolonia? That would have been an excellent scene.

[@edmaljones7152]

Even though it went against the book's scenario, I would have preferred the 'Michael blowing Fabrizio away' version.

[@Boxingbear]

I think the book version is the one that should have been put on film. The movie gets all the attention but Puzo's novel is a great work of fiction.

[@t.a6159]

Appolonia's death still makes me sad. Such a tragic demise.

[@angelareminiscenza6233]

No actor like Al Pacino! Everything he plays in movies. It’s so real. No one like him what an actor!!!!!!

[@jamesjwalsh]

Not everything. He can't get into character in "Godfather III". But much else is also wrong with that sequal.

[@monicanorman4681]

AL PACINO IS A GREAT ACTOR ! ! ! NO ONE COULD PLAY MICHAEL CORLEONE LIKE HIM ! ! !

[@kellyturner1341]

I totally agree. I have loved him for years .

[@DestinyFilmWorks]

I really wish they had left in Michael getting revenge on Fabrizio for Apollonia.It always feels like that bever got resolved the way Sonny's did.

[@Tommy_Gibbs_II]

Deleted scene of Fabrizio. In the book he moves to Buffalo and opens up a pizza joint as Fred instead of Fabrizio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJWwnZ6dotRlfMk

[@SalveRegina8]

He also didn’t do the sign of the cross after he tossed the rose onto Vito’s coffin. So either he wasn’t a Catholic, or he intentionally chose not to pray for the repose of Vito’s soul out of intense resentment, therefore demonstrating the longevity of his hatred for Vito lasting throughout eternity.

[@cptpapa]

The better clip would have been Michael doing it personally

[@malcolml309]

I tend to agree.

[@billporterfield9555]

Yes,and with a knife.

[@mariolisa2832]

@@malcolml309 Michael was don though he couldn't get his hands dirty like that anymore

[@kyleurban20]

@@mariolisa2832 he should take along Al Neri. It could be a bonding moment for them.

[@valeriependelton5819]

This is so good! I've seen the Godfather many times, but now I really understand the movie due to this analysis. Thank you.

[@mrpitman5496]

Michael knew at this point he could not make it personal so having his enforcer make the guy show him his tattoo was the best revenge he could get.

[@athulpthomas8550]

I really appreciate your understanding and insite on the movies and books of "The Godfather." Your passion and love for these mythos is obvious by the way you describe your perspective and your understanding of these great fiction and perhaps somewhat nonfiction stories. And I look forward to more of your insightful comtent; Brilliant Bro

[@kennethjohnson1225]

If I were Michael I'd want Fabrizio to know he was about to die just a split second before hand!

[@TheJetstream10]

There were a number of choices for the vendetta against Fabrizio, which had to happen. In the book, he is assassinated, shot dead. In the deleted scene in the film he is blown up in his car like Apollonia. And, there was a choice to shoot him via Michael's own hand using a lumpara--a symbolic weapon. The easiest choice to eliminate is the last one. Michael can not implicate himself with a personal murder. The assassin shooting Fabrizio is too removed. Instead, the choice was the car bomb with Michael in a vehicle nearby to witness the explosion and the death of Fabrizio. Honor would be satisfied and Apollonia revenged.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Lupara not "lumpara". Sorry, but I just couldn't let that one pass.

[@warrensmith8337]

Vccç

[@dalehood1846]

Thought the same thing .

[@pamelamays4186]

In the novel it's mentioned that Fabrizio had started looking at Apollonia more than Michael thought was appropriate. Michael intended to "straighten that damn shepard out" on the matter.

[@aira8022]

Michael Corleone's losing Apollonia is like Anakin Skywalker's losing Padme. Both turned to the dark side because of the loss.

[@DanielJordanOfficial]

I picture the scene of him killing Fabrizio similar to the scene in Scarface when he kills Frank. If it was like that it would have been incredible

[@jeffreyworthen7033]

Fabrizio getting blown up in his car was poetic justice, but to see Michael with a shotgun pointing it at Fabrizio to avenge the death of his first wife Apollonia would've been EPIC!!!! in all levels.

[@mbbno]

Yes he did. There was a deleted scene where Michael gets his revenge in the US. The Godfather Saga which was shown on with AMC or TCM included many deleted scenes. One of the many reasons why I'm against deleting scenes, especially for time.

[@Elevenbravo_ABN]

Without deleted scenes, movies would be too long and wouldn’t flow properly. Most deleted scenes deserve their deletion.

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

I totally agree with you. Almost every movie has deleted scenes that wind up on the cutting room floor. And I would like to see them in the director editions. And I can only think of 2 that the deleted scenes are added. Apocalypse Now. Redux. And the blu ray of Stripes

[@Speer788]

@@roryschweinfurter4111 I've always dreamt of seeing Sly's 1986 Cobra in the uncut edition. That film has such a creepy and unique atmosphere with the serial killer gang roaming around in the night of Los Angeles and the first half feels good while the film felt very rushed and didn't match up with the beginning. That would definitely be better if they threw back the 30 minutes of deleted footage.

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

@@Speer788 I agree. There's bunch of movies I'd like to see from the directors original point of view

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

And I read Cobra was originally a buddy cop comedy. But I don't remember who was supposed to star in it. And then Sly took the project over

[@Seishi41]

I'm amazed at how Michael seemed to have lost the ball while in Sicily. He bragged about being a wanted man which gave away his cover. In most of the movie he was focused but lost focus while in Sicily.

[@michaellalli7693]

The book by Ed Falco “Family Corleone “ describes Barzini then working for Don Mariposa, attempted to kill Vito in a civic parade. It was Barzini all along.

[@pandakicker1]

I think Michael blowing Fabrizio away while looking at him in the eyes would have been the best and sweetest revenge for Apollonia. I would’ve been much more brutal about it than that, but in person would be best if it was possible.

[@Dancin_Dave_Riverstone]

Fabrizio was already in love with Apollonia. Enjoyed your vid. Your comments regarding Fab's jealousy made me think. I remembered the way Fabrizio paused when Michael said "instead of gaining a husband," but it wasn't I until I saw your take, that the penny dropped. To me, that's when Fabrizio looks at him and thinks "You bastard. I've been in love with her for years. She's the only reason we were walking that way, and you just blow in......" To compound this, Michael, who had been astutely meticulous with his decision making up to this point, had already stated "there are people who will pay a lot of money for that information," because he was thinking with his dick. Then he makes a play for Apollonia, and Fab gives him that look. Suddenly, he had a way of getting to America without Michael.

[@calemcconnell7735]

Nailed it

[@mckinleymac3452]

I had no earthly idea that information about hats was so valuable!!

[@Dancin_Dave_Riverstone]

@@mckinleymac3452 I gave the first thumb. Good call. Good laugh.

[@robertlevine2827]

Brilliant. But did you have to call him "Fab"? That makes him sound like a member of Milli Vanilli.

[@Dancin_Dave_Riverstone]

Fair call. I didn't want to drag his name out twice in two sentences, and thanks.

[@tdavani]

A master piece of a movie. The writer, the director, the actors and the set up all perfection.

[@chrissytina6379]

To me it seemed kay wasn't a woman Michael truly loved the way he loved Apollonia. It's crazy to think that Kay was portrayed by Diane Keaton who was so boring and not very attractive (the character is who I'm referring to). But Diane Keaton herself is actually very beautiful and full of life and as an older woman the older she gets the more interesting and she shows a Grace, Elegance, beauty and dignity in aging.

[@proudcynophile1901]

I liked so many of Diane Keaton's movies. Baby Boom was one of my fave.

[@meenalena06p46]

I do agree and talked to much

[@mallanac]

Nice that you are back on track with interesting episodes.

[@928gto]

Really appreciated! Thank You

[@TheCultureMafia]

Glad You enjoyed it 🔥💯

[@ClaudiaVirginiaAlarconBenavide]

Even though I was a few months old when this movie came out. A few years later my father gave me the book to read first and then a year later I got the movie. To this very day I read the book and play the movie together so I can have both the narrative and the audio visual together! Thanks dad for both gifts! Thank you very much Mr. Francis Ford Coppala and Mr. Mario Puzo (forgive me for my spelling) for such a masterpiece!

[@garypipich9616]

The ending in the novel is best. Michael Corleone says hello. The horror Fabrizio must of felt at that moment. A more realistic scenario would have been to have him carved up into little pieces.

[@davidsmith385]

Been better if he got stuffed into the Pizza oven after being killed.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

Andy Garcia as Don Vincent Corleone Talia Shire as Connie, aunt and consiglere Leo DiCaprio as Vincent's son and heir, Michael Santino Corleone. Sly Stallone as Enzo Barzini, the son of Emilio Barzini Godfather 4

[@hamdinger7145]

Awesome. Thank you

[@Wyrmwould]

As much as I like the image of Michael with that hat and gun, I don't think he should have gone personally to get revenge. It makes more sense to me that he would simply use his power to put a hit on Fabrizio.

[@wserafin11]

While Fabrizio is in the back of his Pizza shop, I would’ve loved to have seen Michael Corleone come into to the shop and order a Sicilian Pizza. Then after seeing the look on Fabrizio’s face, I’d like to see Michael watch Fabrizio’ run out the back door to his car, jump in it and “BOOM!” Then pan back to Michael who then says to the guy behind the counter “And, Make it extra crispy!”

[@lawrencelewis2592]

He should have ordered it with extra cheese, peanut butter, tuna, orange slices, wontons and perogies. That would have made Fabrizio take notice, and he comes out of the back to wonder what kind of nut would order that. That's when Michael takes him out.

[@hellogoodbye4061]

Nah, the best end would have been Michael saying "Take the pizza, leave the body."

[@cleberolympio]

The best version is Michael himself revenging his wife Appollonia. This is related to honor, and strictly personal. Michael would not take it as a work for Al Neri or someone else. Michael truly loved her, he never felt the same for Kay. Appollonia was Sicilian, Italian, as Michael's mother was, a natural standard to Corleone's family; in the other hand Kay was American, wanted independence, was not really inside Corleone's family businesses. One was the life's wife and lover; the other was the business' life and not truly a lover. Maybe Fabrizio's pizza could be destroyed by explosion after his murder by Michael's gun.

[@nagone11]

Barzini had Michael tracked well..Lighting Fabrizzio up in his car was good though.

[@stacynels4]

I would have accepted Fabrizio's face seeing Michael's face a second before the whole car exploded inbetween scenes during eliminations to the five families...

[@yp3424]

The two "picciotti" who accompanied Michael in Sicily, were already known actors in Italy before casting for "Godfather" (1971-2). 1) In the role of "Fabrizio" was Angelo Infanti & 2) "Calo" was Franco Citti, who played in some films by P-P. Pasolini ("Accattone") e.t.c.

[@funkyunclenardi]

Fabrizio was incredibly naive to think that what he had to gain was worth more than what he had to lose by crossing the Corleone family. The connections were recognized, global, and deeply rooted even then. Tomassino was huge in Italy and even he was indebted to Vito since before he took over the olive oil distribution.

[@violapittman8039]

The God Father is one of the most amazing, awesome movies ever, though I was only about 10 years old , I remember hearing people talk about it. And everyone loved it !!

[@SummaGirl1347]

I just want to know one thing: Did baby-killer Kay know about Apollonia? Kay is as ruthless and vengeful as Michael. That dynamic changes EVERYTHING about their marriage but, it is never discussed.

[@timisaac8121]

very informative film: You really delivered the goods. Of course, the best would be Mike confronting the man who murdered Apollonia. Their love might have changed the whole story.

[@lesd2633]

My perfect scene would to have Michael sitting in the backseat of Fabrizio’s car when he got in. The Michael holds a gun to his head, he hands him a pair of hand cuffs and makes him lock himself to the steering wheel. Then Michael gets out of the car and leans into the driver window, he shoots Fabrizio’s knees and then he walks across the street and then they make one last deep eye contact as the car explodes.

[@dvdv8197]

Fabrizio dying the same way Apollonia did, is perfect.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Not really If you watch the clip he Is still alive after the bomb goes off so he actually felt the pain unlike Apollonia which makes the death more satisfying.

[@CaressLorthaya]

I've read numerous comments but no one has addressed Appolonia vs Kay. I think this is an appropriate video to do it on, so I'll say my piece. Appolonia was a Sicilian breathtakingly beautiful woman who was traditional, she understood nothing about America. Because of that (and her virginity before marriage), she had a childlike innocence about her that I think would have trusted Michael's every decision when he became Don. BUT that wasn't the case. Kay, an American woman met Michael when he was a war veteran. He wanted nothing to do with the family business. She remembered when he told her that it was his family but not him who were "ruthless", if you will. He said the family would be legal in 5 years, and I think every year after the 5th Kay grew more and more resentful. Kay wasn't a good wife for what Michael needed. She was too emotional, resentful and ignorant. I think Appolonia would've been more like Mama Carmela Corleone. But due to the nature of that business, Michael's first love was killed SMH.

[@jeffreyrobinson6988]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold," said Don Corleone. Michael did the right thing sending henchmen after his even most hated enemies.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Under Don Vito's tutelage, Don Michael understood the larger mandate and viewed Fabrizio's fate as 'small-potatoes'. A mere housekeeping detail.

[@jeffsmith8197]

I watched The Godfather when it first came out, maybe a few days after it's release. The line to see it was the longest I've ever experienced. Anyway, this version had hitmen going into Fabrizio's pizza parlor in daylight and saying "Greeting from Michael Corleone" and then shooting him several times while Fabrizio was behind the counter. Some years later I rented the movie and was disappointed and puzzled to find that the scene was cut.

[@TheCultureMafia]

🤯 So that scene was indeed included in the film at some point?

[@jeffsmith8197]

@@TheCultureMafia I lived then in CT and I witnessed that scene in the movie. IDK, of course, if different copies were released in different regions of the country, but I know what I saw. BTW, that isn't the first time I saw a scene which was cut after release. I watched "A Clockwork Orange" when it first came out and saw the scene of the character Alex smashing the skull of a woman he was robbing, using a large piece of art in the form of male genitalia. The scene was modified to delete the moment her skull was smashed, which is what you'd see in any VHS or DVD today. It was done to prevent a X rating.

[@jeffsmith8197]

I'd like to add: This scene with Alex wasn't supposed to be in the movie, but it was when I watched it.

[@funkyunclenardi]

It’s fun to think of Michael handling things face to face, but conceivably and logistically it would not have been practical. He was far too high-profile and easily recognizable by the time they tracked him down. Plus, he had risen innumerable levels above a throwaway like Fabrizio. Knowing and designing the when and how would suffice. It was personal, yet he knew very well how to override that aspect. Needing to keep up appearances, he’d have taken care of Fabrizio the way Fabrizio did Apollonia.

[@user-iy6rm6pm4j]

Interesting that the Families never used medieval torture for revenge, even against the murderer of a loved one. Michael's Plan A was to suffocate Hyman Roth in his sleep, Plan B was a bullet. Roth got a quick death. Paulie, Tessio and Fabrizio got quick deaths. Carlo suffered the worst death - Michael toyed with him, made him think he woud live, and then he was garrotted, but still not hacked to pieces or dropped inch by inch into boiling oil like in the Tudors. I guess it would have been hypocritical to take betrayal personally - they just got it over quickly. Did the Mafia have something like the Geneva Convention?

[@Rockhound6165]

In a manner of speaking, yes. There is a code like you can't kill a "made man" without the permission of the commission(think Tommy killing Billy Bats in Goodfellas then getting wacked himself for doing so). And there are "sit downs" all the time. Watch the Soprano's, they touch on a lot of the so called "honor among thieves" when it comes to the mob.

[@CabbageYe]

I think in real life they did torture people, like they put a guys head in a vice once. But I don't know if those stories are corroborated by law enforcement

[@lailaispremium]

I read once (in real life) a low-ranking capo was tortured for days with a blowtorch for breaking omerta, so it depends what for, and how efficiently it needs to be done I guess. Lol.

[@proudcynophile1901]

Other stories about mobsters incorporate torture in their activities. Casino was one of them. Joe Pesche put some poor schmuck's head in a vise and popped his eye out! This was art imitating life(or I should say death in this case!)

[@proudcynophile1901]

@@lailaispremium yeah that's pretty much always the case for breaking omerta! I heard something about that. They burned his entire face clean off!

[@FrancoCastro]

Apollonia is the prettiest girl I have seen. She has a mix of cuteness and femininity

[@tomantush4867]

I think that a filmed version of the novel's revenge scene would have been best. I agree, Michael would want to do it personally, but it could not realistically fit. The extended version/deleted scene from II was an expedient that tied up a loose end, but fit. I was sorry to see that storyline ignored.

[@kurtwpg]

You could have someone tremendously competent like Al Neri kidnap him, and once that has gone smoothly Michael can do whatever he wants to him without getting caught.

[@TitanicHorseRacingLover]

Thank you for making these wonderful videos. You and these wonderful folks who love these films as much as I do help me to understand the film and the characters a lot better. I would have liked to have seen Fabrizio being killed like Apollonia. It makes sense and Apollonia is avenged. I think Michael should be looking into Fabrizio's eyes as Fabrizio is clinging on to life and finally succombs to his injuries.

[@tanmaysharma1364]

3:53 "He had underestimated a Corleone" Literal Goosebumps 🔥

[@angelinalozada189]

Thank You.

[@brianlevine1479]

I think a Sicilian would get vengeance for a murdered wife face to face. Fabrizio hand cuffed (both hands) to a steering wheel. He looks down on his lap. Dynamite bundle with a wire going out wing window. Michael is a few feet away from the car. Fabrizio starts begging, crying etc ..Michael tells him in Italian it's useless. He continues walking backward. At the corner Michael says "Good Bye". Stepping around the building he presses the trigger.

[@sugs1191]

When i first saw the movie i thought Fabrizio killed Michael because he secretly fancied/loved Apollonia and wanted to steal her from him. Hence he asked if she was getting in the car with him. That my take. I did not realise it was for money/barzini.

[@Motochick203]

She really was so beautiful

[@dariog36th]

We all agree, Apolonia was the love of Michael’s life and Kay was a consolation prize.

[@johns8596]

Yeah. But if apolonia remains. Then shes like vitos wife. This sets up a completely different dynamic that they did a lot with, with kay. Shes in opposition to him. Far more interesting. Their conflict.

[@larreamma1519]

Michael putting two slugs in Fabrício would’ve been awesome

[@HEEZTV]

Any version would’ve still been Gold

[@deanjelbertaustria6174]

It's much better if he tortured fabrizio before killing him..

[@timheidel5849]

Michael was smart. Having someone else take care of Fabrizio was the smart move.

[@jkeegan154]

The car explosion was the most fitting for Fabrizio since Appolonia died that way.

[@alipashai8114]

👍 Good job. Keep it up.

[@sebastianmartellisr.3587]

I particularly liked the version of Michael getting his own hands dirty in order to get some well earned Payback for the tragic demise of his beloved wife Appolonia

[@olowasegun6829]

Great insight into the characters

[@alexanderbojneagu9175]

Michael was too smart to get personal vendetta, he could have sent someone he trusted to kill Fabrizio, but I think the best we could have hoped for would have been Fabrizio being kidnapped and havind one final exchange with Michael somewhere remote. Something blending Tessio's death from the book with Carlo's final meeting with Michael

[@onendfan525]

It's like Michael said to Santino...It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business

[@aparemfatos-o8z]

great video congratulations for your work,time and effort

[@lelonfurr1200]

should have been in his pizzeria and in person

[@crazyviking24]

In the book that is how he died.

[@alexischacon8226]

Michael talking out Fabrizio would've been better as such things (as someone killing one's wife) are highly personal.

[@douglascarr8045]

Personally, I'd rather seen the book version of Michael settling up with that bastard Fabrizio. I think that movies should stick to original versions of certain events in any movie. It's often the better one. My humble opinion. 😌

[@angelosliotscos5861]

This video left me speechless.

[@katperson1955]

Michael loved Appolonia deeply. He might not have hardened as much had she lived.

[@jlmoss5154]

Indeed an interesting revelation. This analogy actually brings to mind a once famous quote of being wary of “FALSE” promises, “IF something sounds too good to be true, it usually is…”

[@suzieque4438]

I enjoy #1 and #2 beyond words, over many years. The story is rich with multiple layers and strong characters. The actors are all better than excellent. But Brando and Pacino are at another level. Barzini's killing in front of the church by disguised cops is perfect. The symbolism of church and state is part of Michael's brilliance. Now my problem. I can't watch # 3. I simply can't take from my mind Michael's ascension to the top and possibly going legit. That's where I want it to stay in my mind. I just want to keep imagining it.

[@edtallman7264]

Yep, and Pacino takes it to another level again in "Donnie Brasco," playing aging Bonnano wise guy "Lefty." Pacino brings grace and tragedy to the other side of the coin to the all-powerful Machiavellian Don Michael ion the "Godfathers."

[@yesway980]

Barzini was killed outside a courthouse not a church

[@freedomisfromtruth]

Does not look like a church at all, but a court house or something govt

[@leonardodalongisland]

We don't need no stinkin third Godfather." I've seen l & ll about thirty times. I watched about half of three (Long time ago) and walked away. It hurt every molecule of my body and saddened my mind. Like our brains do their best t o erase physical and or psychological traumas, from the mind, the "anti-trauma" section of my mind, has done a great job of erasing f #3 from my mind (thankfully). I NEVER think of about it or include it in ANY GF conversation. All I (sadly) recall is how bad Sofia was as an actor...Money makes people do dumb things all the time and FFC has put $ before brilliant filmmaking more than once-but this is the worst.

[@guycalabrese4040]

Michael with the "lupara" is the best i m o. Powerful statement with a symbolic tool from the old country.

[@TheCultureMafia]

Exactly 🔥

[@TheCultureMafia]

And its what Fabrizio says to Michael when he was trying to convince him to take him to America,

[@kingpinstatus916]

Michael definitely got revenge!!! A few years ago when they FINALLY showed "The Godfather Epic" which basically combined 1 & 2 with all of the deleted scene's, They blew him up in his car on his way home after coming out of his Pizzeria he owned in Buffalo years later!!!!

[@CAMB2010]

I need to see these movies again. I seem to not have seen them fully, as my memory does not recall some of these scenes 🤔