It's funny because traditional italian americans tend to have this heavily romanticized dream version of "the old country". I think Sopranos had a funny take on it, where the gang all dream of going to Italy and then have the worst experience possible while there, all their dreams about the country proven wrong and ruined. But they countinue to live in denial once they return to america, lying to their friends and themselves that it was a wonderful dreamlike experience. They've even seen The Godfather and reference it throughout the series.
If there was a whole movie where Apollonia never dies and Michael stays in Sicily and just like raises a family and lives a normal life. I'd watch that too.
the weird thing is that you almost fell in love too at that moment. there's a kind of connivance between the actors and the viewers which makes this scene better than a masterpiece
@@vincal.3178 Exact ! The chemistry is so obvious in that sequence ! Thanks for surlineding that;) Is beautiful. It also make the rest of the chapter even more dramatic... Coppola as its best.
Lughnerson YES exactly Mario Puzo tough said the Godfather Brandos character was influenced by his mother Read his 1st book.b4 it The Fortunate Pilgrim GREAT book Short book about a immigrant family from Sicily Italy ..the things the mother of 5 kids goes through and heartaches poverty wisdom tradition I read It once a 1year for countless years Youll see why he says its based on his mother But yea Apallonia is the representation of Michael's ideals and what he wanted to be and was before the family bussiness and killing someone..he dod be come very ruthless after He ordered a hit on his own brother instead if sending him far away 4 ever. Yea he betrayed Micheal set him up. But he's a moron who didnt think about what he he was doing and the out come Or something Dam messed up loser Fredo.. Dummy
She represents beauty innocence and tradition she was perfect for him he loved her so much she left a hole too big to fill when she died so many what ifs had he had her by his side the rest of his life.
Why didn’t any of the inlaws ask Michael why he had a giant black mark on his face lol. It makes him look horrible & treacherous in that scene. Apollina realistically would’ve walked past michael his face looked like shit from his injuries
A brilliant stroke by Coppola. He just picks the audience up from gloomy , noirish New York and then suddenly you're in beautiful rural Sicily . It takes guts and vision to trust the intelligence of your audience , something many modern directors could learn from.
It didn't take much guts to get me to watch any of this masterpiece. And taking me to Sicily during the film was nothing short of a dreamlike vacation. Well, mostly.
Im greek american. Im 26 now. I used to watch this when i was 12. I hated america. My life. I was an outcast. Bullied. Id watch the godfather everyday and long to go to greece cuz the sunn6 lands, yellow grass, the sunny lands. The hills. The trees ALL LOOK LIKE GREECE. the villages. I wanted to go to the greece and meet a girl like apollonia it was my dream. I love apollonia. I hate the modern world. Sicily isn't like this anymore but greece was and is still rural many places like this and poor. These scenes werent as famous now but id watch all time.
I like how Fabrizio doesn't hesitate to say "lose a father" but does to say "gain a husband." Killing a man is nothing to him, but a marriage proposal gives him pause.
It's great and terrible writing at the same time. You create this myth, the thunderbolt, that can make a man change the course of his life in a few seconds and run with it. Luckily for us, it works.
As an Italian, and half sicilian, i must admit that Coppola recreate with perfection the pathos of our culture, especially the Sicilian one. It's a beautiful and difficult land. A truly masterpiece
Been to Sicily once, not the tourist parts, but the rural parts. The real Sicily. A straight-forward people for sure, and I appreciate that. It's hot there, and the food is unique, and the people respectful in their own dismissive way. Pride seems to have no place there, at least not for the self. It's all planted into the ground, nurtured by the sun, and all of it makes a land which oozes of pride and of history. You can see it in the eyes of those that live there, and there is no limiting norm on how far you can praise their hard work. In Sicily, exaggeration is a foreign concept, be it in praise or retort.
After reading a book, I started to notice small details that were explained in the book. Like, Michael with the handkerchief - he had a runny nose after that cop beat him. Or when Apollonia stumbled while walking together with Michael - they were not allowed to touch each other before the wedding and that stumble was not accidental... With every rewatch and reread of the Godfather, I appreciate this story more and more..
@@thegodfather1907 yeah, it looked like accident, but in the book her mother knew that Appolonia shouldn't have fallen on the road that she walked since childhood and knew every curve and bump. Read the book - it gives us more appreciation for the movie.
Not only that. Apparently, the killing of Apollonia symbolizes the killing of the last bit of hesitation on the side of Michael to become the ruthless mob boss he eventually became. When they killed Apollonia, they also killed Michael’s innocence and kindness. What they unleashed was the ruthless, cold hearted Michael that brought them hell.
It's a bit like Darth Vader. When the last thing you truly love is taken away there is no reason to hold back anymore. Fuck it you got nothing to lose, might as well do anything it takes to get revenge and power.
@@u.v.s.5583 Yeah Josef Stalin said at his wife's funeral "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died, and with her died my last feelings of warmth for humanity." Btw exploring someone's psychology and trying to understand them doesn't mean you forgive what they did.
My favorite part from this whole scene is Michael's proposal to the father. His pure confidence yet his show of utmost respect, to the father, and to traditional Sicilian values, at the same time letting him know he's financially stable... the father was blown away and accepted immediately
@@eva-maria7066 He said that line not in the context of immediate blackmail. He knew that people would come for him and maybe go to that man for information. And if he did give the info, Michael would have him killed. But if Michael was his daughter's husband, then obviously he wouldn't betray him and give info on him, so the daughter doesn't lose a father, but gains a husband.
Doesnt it feel as if the background is like the beautiful painting of a renaissance artwork? Like the ones describing the vast landscapes and the winery vines, the golden wheat, and the surrounding gentle hills
It was part of the book. But truly this sequence transcends so many things. On a character level, we feel for Michael's departure from America after killing. He goes to Corleone to see his roots, possibly the first time for him to go there after he was a kid with his family. Even when he sees the GI he might have been part of, he couldn't salute or show himself due to being in exile. The first good thing to happen to him is when he meet Appolonia. Then when she dies, he first gets betrayed by his own bodyguards (making him lose his sense of trust which affects his character for the rest of the film and Part 2) and his inability to love (with Kay). People say you only truly fall in love once. Michael fell in love once only and that was with her.
I’m literally in the hills of central Sicily right now and this scene came to mind. The cicadas, the hot dry air, the olive trees, the goats bleating, and sound of church bells in the distance. ❤❤
As true as it is, I think what lit the oil for Michael is that he was informed that Sonny was killed, just a few short moments before Apollonia was killed in almost a similar fashion.
It brought tears to my eyes too and made me feel for a short time sentimental. Amongst a respectful and lively family dinner such a graceful expression of passion and approval is conveyed by simple body language and no words. Like a divine fresco of a beautiful goddess.
The other day I was sitting at the dinner table with my wife. I said “There are people who would pay a lot of money for me to sit at their dinner table.” She responded “No one would pay shit for you.” Aah, loving wife.. ❤️
Hell, when I first watched The Godfather, I almost forgot I was watching a movie, period. Felt like I was watching someone's real life, I was so immersed.
After seeing "the Offer" and realizing how hard Coppola and others had to fight to get Paramount to let them film this on location in Sicily, this magnificent part of the movie is even more special.
Fun fact: The restraunt scene was improvised. The director didn't actually know how to make Michael look intimidating and respectfully to Appolonia's father so he asked Al Pacino to write dialogs and act it all out as if he were actually about to propose to a real Sicilian lady. Pacino actually did a decent job and that's why this scene feels so custom made for him
@@tejedestinos-petonboostead6733 Fun Fact: Al Pacino confessed in 2019 that he actually loved the character who played Appollonia and genuinely wanted to marry her. Their love scenes were actually real But at the last moment she married another guy and broke his heart So Al Pacino made the director write a new scene where she is killed in a bomb It was his poetic revenge Puzo said he hated the inclusion of this new scene because in his original story he wanted Appollonia to accompany Michael to America
@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 He said beauty. Not strength and dominance. You confuse Male beauty with male strength and aggression. Just because a guy can kick another guys ass doesn't mean that guy is better looking than he is. Capisue?
@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 The Rock doesn't get that many women either. If he does, nobody hears of it. If we are being honest, Pacino is wayy better looking than the Rock.
@@LordDamianHades you are right I miss read the original comment but thinking back probably wrong on both readings. Tho I do think "masculine beauty" is subjective and many would prefer a more muscular man to Al Pacino. He's like a skinny weird theater kid that grew up to to rich famous and good looking.
It is mentioned in the Book that Apollonia purposely did that in 8:30. She was accustomed to the Hilly Roads since she was a child and did that so that Michael could touch her.
@@kosik7910 be prepared for a (long) segment about an enlarged vagina that needs surgery to bring everything tighter together so the woman in question can finally be fucked by a normal dick and actually feel something. I'm not even joking.
3:40 Fun fact, in the books they explain why michael keeps puttig a hanckerchief to his nose. when the poice captain punched him, he actually fractured the bone. so his nasal cavity is deformed, and he refused to get surgery for it. the deformity caused snot to constantly drip from his nose. he got it fixed years later when his first baby was born. also, the guy who betrays him flees to america and opens up a pizza shop, and is killed during the final vengeance arc.
If only fathers protected their daughters like this today, and daughters appreciated the fact that a mother and father are ensuring you do not get used and abused by a man.
@@KuasiBeat i mean "worst people". Some people like to be alone, maybe other like me are not into relationships and just want to have someone to have a drink, chat and maybe fuck. What's so bad about it? Sometimes you gotta know how to stay alone for when you meet the right person... or you want to just try with everyone you go out with to built a serious relationship?
This was supposed to be The love of Michael's life. We don't find out how much he really loved Apollonia till P3 when his son sings for him and Apollonia's memory comes to him.
@@molasorrosalom4846 Michael was not a criminal in Sicily, her father had nothing to fear. Michael was under the protection of Don Tomassino, who was the local chief so no harm would come to her (they lived in the Don's house) as Tomassino was incredibly skilled at keeping most of the local criminals off the streets (rather, no public activities like vendettas and murders) and the people safe. Vitelli and his family would also be protected by Don Tomassino financially if they needed it.
He was really in love with her. I think that because this relationship was so special, Michael could never love Diane Keaton's character as much as he loved Apollonia.
I like how the women of the village/town followed them on their little stroll, it is my understanding that it is a custom meant to protect the dignity of the girl, so that noone can accuse her of losing her virtue with the man.
You might be interested to know that in the book Michael catching her by the arm is the cause of much mirth among the women of the town who know she is a mountain goat and would never stumble except that this is the only way the two of them are going to have any physical contract before the wedding.
@@avak1968 Oh wow really? So she did it on purpose so he could touch her?! Thats so beautiful... what an awesome little thing, thank You! Made me happy ; D
There were hardly any other chicks to compare her too....Kay Adams certainly wasn't hot and neither was Connie. The only three girls in the whole trilogy.
You're forgetting Sonny's wife and his squeeze. His wife was good looking by most standards, while the squeeze had a certain voluptuous quality to her that was really hot.
I absolutely love the Sicily sequence- its a thing of beauty, the music, the landscape, Michael returning to his hometown in which his family were named upon, and him meeting the love of his life, falling in love, and subsequently marrying her, its almost poetic. I cannot describe the how perfect the Godfather is. It's more than film, its a thing of beauty, poetry.
Wonderfully done!!! He needed no words to show how he felt upon seeing her. The respect he showed her father was beautiful there’s not much of that now a days
He felt thunderbolt which is not a romantic feeling which is why her father ran into his Cafe when he realized that chick filled in all the right places was his daughter. Thunderbolt is a biological manifestation of arousal, sexual eraction. He didn't show any respect to her father When her father ran into Cafe Michael remembered how sensitive Sicilians are about sex before marriage. To satisfy his desire he knew he had to marry her. Which is why he mentioned marriage or as Coppola said " this isn't a prince speaking "..... while commenting godfather, moment when Michael spoke to Vitelli.
He spoke to him from position of power. He threatened to murder him if he tells anyone about him hiding there. He didn't give a fuck if she/ Vitellis knew he was a criminal hiding from the police, coming from the mafia family. He never looked at her during wedding. He never told his parents he met her, noone knew he got married. He came into her house disheveled and with armed bodyguards. He never even bothered to speak to her. He came to make her an offer which she, goldigger she was couldn't refuse. He never told her about mafia war. He chased her at the hight of the danger and killed her with the wedding. That is the point of the story, the reason she is dead. In a book he admitted it. He did it bc he didn't care about her, valued her or respect her. Is there a limit to your stupidity?
@@dc6461Yea exactly, he basically married her to be able to fuck her cause there wouldn’t have been a way around it, not because he „loved“ or respected her
If anyone else wonders why Michael keeps on wiping the side of his face with that white handkerchief (in a very polite manner, gotta say) - going through the novels will reveal that basically the police captain broke his jaw so bad, it not only disfigured it and left a scar on his chin, it also constantly made him drool from the side, thus the frequent wipes. Hope this helped !
And the fact that he gave Apollonia a gold necklace, which meant wedding proposal in their culture. The whole chapter of Apollonia and Italy was awesome. ❤️
Not really. He could have refused to have his daughter meet Michael. He had no justification to refuse though. Michael acted like a man of honour, respecting himself, Vitelli and his daughter. He asked nice and didn't pressure him. He coudln't refuse in the sense that there was no valid reason to.
The Sicily part of the movie really makes the movie. Idk why maybe it’s the respect maybe it’s the girl maybe it’s the scenery maybe it’s the tradition it shows or it’s all of it. God bless Coppola for two of the greatest works of art.
How is it that I can literally feel the heat of the Mediterranean sun watching these scenes. Beautiful film making. The small glaces, the way Apollonia touches her gifted necklace says more than 5 minutes of dialogue and all emphasising the theme of great respect which is a pillar for Michael's family.
I'm portugueses and i see part of the portuguese countryside culture in Godfather movies. Portugal is a mediterrânean romanized country, so there are similarities.
I love the added detail of her tripping up in the scene where they are walking. Traditionally, it would be frowned upon for them to be affectionate or touch each other before the marriage, hence the convoy of female family members there to ensure nothing happens. Notice that when she trips, they all laugh at each other, acknowledging that she almost certainly will have done that on purpose in order to get around the rule to feel his embrace as he catches her. Such incredible attention to detail.
I completely approve of this sort of culture. He is honest right from the start. He approaches her family, treats her father and mother with respect and tells them the truth about who he is and where he comes from. Gives her a gift that she could accept or reject without consequence. And they walk and talk getting to know one another. When she stumbles, he immediately catches her and treats her with respect and dignity. This is a real man and a real woman. Although on the surface it looks like the guy has the power, in reality its all in her power to decide whether she is interested or not. Many feminists really overlook this that in southern European culture women had much more power and influence. A carryover culture from pre-Christian times.
DMC12Gauge He was to the point. He wasn't messing around with other girls nor did he waste time. He wasn't acting out for attention, stalking or harassing her. No sign of insecurity, weakness or baggage. Straight to the point. Like a man. Arranged or not, that's how most sane and mature men do it. Arranged isn't necessarily better, but in those days that's how it worked in Italy.
I am not Italian, But I am Latin so this makes us all somehow related to mother Italy by the grace of the Romans... I grew up listening stories like that, my granny told me that they couldn't stay by themselves not even for a minute, they were always under the watchful eyes of her father or mother... my generation had a completely different approach to this matter, I think we gained some freedom but we lost some moral...
The Godfather was simply the greatest film of all time. It grabbed your attention from the time the curtain opened & never let go. I didn't dare leave my seat even to go to the bathroom. The meticulous attention to every detail. Perfect casting perfect musical score perfect everything. 100 years from now it'll still be ranked #1. Parts 1&2 are the most incredible 8 hours of film every produced. Every time I see it I'm amazed at how perfect it is
When i started dating my boyfriend i once told him he was the first man i have ever loved... I lied, i fell hard for Al Pacino when i first saw this scene when i was 8
My uncle Marty Deglin from Chicago is a dead ringer for Al Pacino, same age. He married in 2000 a Puerto Rican woman Emily Garcia 20 years younger then him!!!
I don't know why, but this scene renders me very emotional. Maybe it's because of how beautiful love can be and also because I lost the ability (or just don't deserve) to love like this. It is like a beautiful dream I wish I could live once.
Everyone deserves love like this, as long as you respect yourself, live with honor and virtue(not like all of the shallow nightclubs today that make love seem cheap), than god may decide that you deserve it. Live a life of elegance, and elegant love will also come eventually.
don't know anything about you or your situation, but I feel like everybody deserves to be loved, unless they are pure evil, which I doubt you are. I've been in love a couple of times in my life, but I was too young and immature to know what to do with it. now that I'm a bit older, I miss it more than anything. I hope you regain your ability to love and that you find happiness.
I feel the same. I have witnessed this kind of love happen to others, but it has never cast it's glance upon me. At 55, I have come to terms with the likelihood that the stars will never align like this for me, that I will not ever have that one person that I can call 'home'. I think the emotion is because the heart pines for connection. To know it exists for others, but not for you is heartbreaking. To quote the writer Alice Hoffman, 'I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for'.
The actress who portrayed Apollonia, Simonetta Stefanelli, was simply beautiful. A true Mediterranean beauty as we say here in Italy. The eye contact between her and Michael when they first see each other is worth a million spoken declarations of love. The eyes are a window to ones soul, and to the heart in many cases.
@@gawainethefirst I wouldn't say afraid. She was startled by him, then felt attracted to him, then pulled back and feigned aloofness. It's a girl thing. 😉
"My name is Michael Corleone, there are peope who'd pay a lot of money fot that information but your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband" Powerful.
@@quilliamattari2772 It works on several levels. 1. It’s an offer of respect and vulnerability. By offering his true identity, he is showing he trusts the father. 2. He’s implicitly projecting his wealth and power by stating that his name alone is worth a lot of money. 3. He ends with a threat and an offer. “I’ve already established I have wealth and power. Your daughter could gain a wealthy and powerful husband. Or, you can sell my name and location to my enemies, which would cost you your life.” In other words, he made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
I really enjoyed hiking in Sicily last year. It still has this beautiful, "old country" and slow atmosphere. Beautiful moutain villages, olive and oranges plantations and amazing sceneries. It still really felt like in this Sicily scenes and I heard more than once this beautiful soundtrack in my head. Thank you The Godfather 👍
Michael is impressive here, he shows that he is a man who stands his ground. He has a lot of self respect. You can see this through his eye contact, relaxed posture, calm expression, and deliberate. A man who can lead, with authority. I feel like his guards are there as a contrast to his character. His behaviour is strikingly different, he shows he means business. He is not playful or happy go lucky like the guard when the jeeps and GIs pass through, he doesn't over react when apollonia's father became frantic (the guards held tightly to their weapon), he doesn't participate in idle chatter (like when the guards were describing appollonia). This also contrasts really well with the Michael prior to returning to Corleone, Italy. His return, is like they trying to convey him accepting responsibility for who he is as a Corleone rather than simply running away from that. Of course, it's ideal if used his power for good rather than continuing the legacy of crime.
I believe it would have been better if he had tried to marry another Sicilian woman again instead of Kate who doesn't understand his background despite him telling him about it. She still would not want further to do with him again after what happened to her with the attempted shooting. Thanks to stupid Fredo.
I’m sure I heard a variation of this in rap, somewhere along the lines of “she got a body like a 12 guage shotty” , I am sure it was only for rhyming purposes but still lol
In Sicilian (and in general traditional catholic) culture, when a man is meeting a woman he is interested in for marriage, they are allowed to walk together but only in front of family members, generally women, for supervision and without permission to touch each other in any way since that's reserved for when they are already husband and wife. In the book, it is explained how Apollonia fakes falling to get held by Michael and therefore touch each other for just a moment while they are taking a walk. This is a woman's old tactic. Apollonia's mother recognizes perfectly what her daughter is doing and laughs since probably she had done the same being younger. You can see in 8:30 how this is all represented. Even the mother's reaction. What a beautiful portrait of places, times, and feelings this movie is!
man this movie is set in 20-30-40 almost hundred years ago. today this is no longer the case fortunately, sexual freedom and freedom in general is the greatest achievement achieved by western civilization from the 70s onwards.
fun fact: the two actors who guard Michael are not Sicilian they are from Rome and apollonia (Simonetta stefanelli) is also from Rome. apollonia's real daughter is an actress called Violante placido and she shot the second film of the Gost rider together with Nicolas cage.
My god, Italian is such a beautiful language! And I feel much the same about Spanish, French, and Portugese. I have an uncommonly strong affinity for all the Romance languages. They are among the greatest legacies and gifts to humanity of the Roman Empire.
In a certain way, Apollonia exists as Michaels light to guide and show him. Apollo’ derived from her name means the sun. She changed Michael in a way that we don’t even see with Kay. He was drawn to her and to court and win her affection he stepped up his game, he brought her presents, treated her and her family with such respect and earned their blessing for marriage. This love is pure and tender and where I see Michael steps up from college boy and becomes a man. However, following Apollonias death, the light and vulnerability in Michael had died with her and all that remains is the cold shell of a man that he will become, where light cannot reach him.
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Michael goes to Italy, meets a beautiful woman, falls in love gets married.
I went Italy, got fat
I went to Italy put 6k on my credit card
And that was 06
Ahahahah
Now you can’t even go 😢 sad but true
I went italy, now i got myself into quarantine zone
Sicilia was a muslim country,, its amazing that not many people are dying there..
Its time for Europe to go back to Dark ages,, CORONA HAS FUCKED WEST
The whole Sicily sequence is like a dream, or a fantasy.
It has that quality in the book too.
as is our life.
THIS WHOLE MOVIE IS "POETRY" NO LIES.
@@carlhammill5774 falke
It's funny because traditional italian americans tend to have this heavily romanticized dream version of "the old country". I think Sopranos had a funny take on it, where the gang all dream of going to Italy and then have the worst experience possible while there, all their dreams about the country proven wrong and ruined. But they countinue to live in denial once they return to america, lying to their friends and themselves that it was a wonderful dreamlike experience. They've even seen The Godfather and reference it throughout the series.
If there was a whole movie where Apollonia never dies and Michael stays in Sicily and just like raises a family and lives a normal life. I'd watch that too.
Michael would’ve been just like Vito if he wasn’t crazy and ruthless
word!
@@tvalokibatman6563 facts you can see it in this video alone
But beauty never ages
Take my money! I'd watch that
When Michael meets Apollonia, the fact that there’s hardly any dialogue makes the scene almost perfect.
the weird thing is that you almost fell in love too at that moment. there's a kind of connivance between the actors and the viewers which makes this scene better than a masterpiece
They create an Amazing chemistry with just expressions
@@vincal.3178 Exact !
The chemistry is so obvious in that sequence !
Thanks for surlineding that;)
Is beautiful.
It also make the rest of the chapter even more dramatic...
Coppola as its best.
I could swear there was a part where she takes an orange of a tree?
Apolonia and mikele Corleone forever and ever since Ipiales Nariño Colombia América Latina 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Someone told me Apollonia is the symbol of kindness in Michael. When they kill Apollonia they killed all the kindness left in Michael.
Is she like Michael's mother was to his father Vito?
Lughnerson YES exactly
Mario Puzo tough said the Godfather Brandos character was influenced by his mother
Read his 1st book.b4 it
The Fortunate Pilgrim
GREAT book
Short book about a immigrant family from Sicily Italy ..the things the mother of 5 kids goes through and heartaches poverty wisdom tradition I read It once a 1year for countless years Youll see why he says its based on his mother
But yea Apallonia is the representation of Michael's ideals and what he wanted to be and was before the family bussiness and killing someone..he dod be come very ruthless after
He ordered a hit on his own brother instead if sending him far away 4 ever. Yea he betrayed Micheal set him up. But he's a moron who didnt think about what he he was doing and the out come
Or something
Dam messed up loser
Fredo..
Dummy
TBK it make sense
She represents beauty innocence and tradition she was perfect for him he loved her so much she left a hole too big to fill when she died so many what ifs had he had her by his side the rest of his life.
That's exactly how it happened. After they killed her. She lost it
This scene is not cinema, it's art, it's poetry, it's something else...
Fucking hell do you want a violin?
@@CraaigMaac94 i'll do the flute
This scene shows how feminists ruin beautiful cultures.
but...cinema is art...
Why didn’t any of the inlaws ask Michael why he had a giant black mark on his face lol. It makes him look horrible & treacherous in that scene. Apollina realistically would’ve walked past michael his face looked like shit from his injuries
TH-cam recommended an offer that I couldn't refuse
Emon Khandakar The recommendations ... the TH-cam offers ... are like those of Don Corleone .... they cannot be refused ! 😉
It's a dirty business ... mind you, I don't care what a video-sharing service does for a living ...
A brilliant stroke by Coppola. He just picks the audience up from gloomy , noirish New York and then suddenly you're in beautiful rural Sicily . It takes guts and vision to trust the intelligence of your audience , something many modern directors could learn from.
It didn't take much guts to get me to watch any of this masterpiece. And taking me to Sicily during the film was nothing short of a dreamlike vacation. Well, mostly.
The greatness of this movie, is increased by what I have learned from it's fans. Your comment is a perfect example. Thank you.
Im greek american. Im 26 now. I used to watch this when i was 12. I hated america. My life. I was an outcast. Bullied. Id watch the godfather everyday and long to go to greece cuz the sunn6 lands, yellow grass, the sunny lands. The hills. The trees ALL LOOK LIKE GREECE. the villages. I wanted to go to the greece and meet a girl like apollonia it was my dream. I love apollonia.
I hate the modern world. Sicily isn't like this anymore but greece was and is still rural many places like this and poor.
These scenes werent as famous now but id watch all time.
The Big Director Francis Ford Coppola Forever and ever since Ipiales Nariño Colombia América Latina
are you sandeep vanga reddy ?
I like how Fabrizio doesn't hesitate to say "lose a father" but does to say "gain a husband." Killing a man is nothing to him, but a marriage proposal gives him pause.
Marriage is a fate worse than death when you marry the wrong person.
That‘s an excellent observation
I interpreted it is as incredulity - "Boss, has the thunderbolt hit you that much?"
Ahahaha
Welcome to Italy
the little glasses of wine, the broken church, the shinny Italian shotguns and the countryside... what poetry
I always remember from the books that those little shotguns were called 'Lupara'
You remember well.
@@berlinocelot Interesting fact: "Lupara" means literally "for the wolf" (Since "Lupo" is the italian word for wolf).
u forgot to add beautiful girls
What's a "shinny gun??" learn to spell before you comment. No one said its poetry anyway.
Michael forgot about Kay before the bruise even healed on his face.
It looks like he got abused by his own wife
looooool
Where did he get the bruise from?
@@teh5671 McClusky.
@@billy-kr3xx Thanks, man.
Doctor: You've 9 minutes left
Me:
Doctor: But it's 9 minutes and 1 second!
God: I'll allow it.. *sniff*
True!!!
This should be titled “How to create a convincing love story in 9 minutes”.
Shihab Alsulaiti
Like 44 & his wife.
Better than Twilight😂😂😂
It's great and terrible writing at the same time. You create this myth, the thunderbolt, that can make a man change the course of his life in a few seconds and run with it. Luckily for us, it works.
@@glenphillips9068 you're talking about obama? jesus christ you marks lmfao
@@johnbull1568 I think you got the film wrong then. Its amazing how convincing this story is. Nothing to do with bad writing.
in Sicily, before getting the heart of the girl you like, you'll need to get her father's heart, her mother's, her uncles', her aunts'....
Yes but 60 years ago, not today.
India too Lol
aritra chakravarty chutyaapa sab
Malaysia too actually every country in the world is the same
Yes many years ago. Most places in the mediterranean was the same. Not now thanks to the facebook social network.. World is fucked up friends wake up.
As an Italian, and half sicilian, i must admit that Coppola recreate with perfection the pathos of our culture, especially the Sicilian one. It's a beautiful and difficult land. A truly masterpiece
Questo è vero, è un grande regista. Anche io sono siciliano, questa parte del film è fatta veramente bene.
@@francis_bathory9362 sicillianu parri?
@@jaif7327 si, u sacciu parlari!
@@francis_bathory9362 sembra Che sia stato filmato in savoca
Been to Sicily once, not the tourist parts, but the rural parts. The real Sicily. A straight-forward people for sure, and I appreciate that. It's hot there, and the food is unique, and the people respectful in their own dismissive way. Pride seems to have no place there, at least not for the self. It's all planted into the ground, nurtured by the sun, and all of it makes a land which oozes of pride and of history. You can see it in the eyes of those that live there, and there is no limiting norm on how far you can praise their hard work. In Sicily, exaggeration is a foreign concept, be it in praise or retort.
After reading a book, I started to notice small details that were explained in the book. Like, Michael with the handkerchief - he had a runny nose after that cop beat him. Or when Apollonia stumbled while walking together with Michael - they were not allowed to touch each other before the wedding and that stumble was not accidental...
With every rewatch and reread of the Godfather, I appreciate this story more and more..
That stumble sure does look accidental
@@thegodfather1907 yeah, it looked like accident, but in the book her mother knew that Appolonia shouldn't have fallen on the road that she walked since childhood and knew every curve and bump. Read the book - it gives us more appreciation for the movie.
She was wearing high heels, what did she expect would happen, she was walking on rocks.
@@thegodfather1907 read the book or stfu
Chase who is talking to you?
Killing apollonia is the biggest mistake the corleone's enemies has ever made.
Only due to the fact that Michael was the intended victim!!
Not only that. Apparently, the killing of Apollonia symbolizes the killing of the last bit of hesitation on the side of Michael to become the ruthless mob boss he eventually became. When they killed Apollonia, they also killed Michael’s innocence and kindness. What they unleashed was the ruthless, cold hearted Michael that brought them hell.
It's a bit like Darth Vader. When the last thing you truly love is taken away there is no reason to hold back anymore. Fuck it you got nothing to lose, might as well do anything it takes to get revenge and power.
@@drany6707 This is apparently the story of Josif Stalin. There can be no understanding or forgiveness based on the fact that he lost his only love.
@@u.v.s.5583 Yeah Josef Stalin said at his wife's funeral "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died, and with her died my last feelings of warmth for humanity."
Btw exploring someone's psychology and trying to understand them doesn't mean you forgive what they did.
My favorite part from this whole scene is Michael's proposal to the father. His pure confidence yet his show of utmost respect, to the father, and to traditional Sicilian values, at the same time letting him know he's financially stable... the father was blown away and accepted immediately
Well he said "lose a father instead of gaining a husband" . That seems like threatening to me but the scene was good anyways.
@@eva-maria7066 Because they would kill the dad to get that info about Michael.
Yeah I don’t like that part
@@eva-maria7066 He said that line not in the context of immediate blackmail. He knew that people would come for him and maybe go to that man for information. And if he did give the info, Michael would have him killed. But if Michael was his daughter's husband, then obviously he wouldn't betray him and give info on him, so the daughter doesn't lose a father, but gains a husband.
@Kaniesha Benmaamar wtf you talking about. Michael literally put the father's life in danger by tell him that information.
the scene where she is wearing the necklace and michael started smiling is so beautifully done
Perfect
Thats the acceptance of love
That’s a smile of a sociopath
The scene more pretty when Mikele Corleone want Apolonia love and talks with her father
The character development in 9 freaking minutes is beyond a masterpiece. What a movie!
I can watch this scene a million times! What music, scenery, acting, dialogue. They truly do not make movies like this anymore
Doesnt it feel as if the background is like the beautiful painting of a renaissance artwork? Like the ones describing the vast landscapes and the winery vines, the golden wheat, and the surrounding gentle hills
redrum234 the best movie 🎥 and it was like a big luck when they made it !
just admit that you are gay
Certain things have to get lost over time to be truely appreciated.
Real tack bro
This part of the movie is a complete masterpiece. I do not understand how did coppola created this in 1972. Incredible. I just dont have words.
Odkud ti ovde hahahahhah
It was part of the book. But truly this sequence transcends so many things. On a character level, we feel for Michael's departure from America after killing. He goes to Corleone to see his roots, possibly the first time for him to go there after he was a kid with his family. Even when he sees the GI he might have been part of, he couldn't salute or show himself due to being in exile. The first good thing to happen to him is when he meet Appolonia. Then when she dies, he first gets betrayed by his own bodyguards (making him lose his sense of trust which affects his character for the rest of the film and Part 2) and his inability to love (with Kay). People say you only truly fall in love once. Michael fell in love once only and that was with her.
Corleone na steroidima
@@davidjadunath1262 dude that was a great read, made my night. thank you!
@mm43501 i think he meant about the problems Copolla endured while directing this film. U should listen to it too.
I’m literally in the hills of central Sicily right now and this scene came to mind. The cicadas, the hot dry air, the olive trees, the goats bleating, and sound of church bells in the distance. ❤❤
dream land
Apollonia represents the last of Michael's innocence... when she dies... a part of him did too.
She is his first and only true love.
Apelonia's death is the worst part of the movie, its like burning the mona lisa.
As true as it is, I think what lit the oil for Michael is that he was informed that Sonny was killed, just a few short moments before Apollonia was killed in almost a similar fashion.
So sad, I cried. What kind of animal destroys an Alfa Romeo 6C
@@estobart hahahahahaha
@The Catmother I thought her death and Sonny's death were the reason he became so ruthless
Sad
The way she expresses her feelings for him by touching the necklace he gives her, always chokes me up.
It brought tears to my eyes too and made me feel for a short time sentimental. Amongst a respectful and lively family dinner such a graceful expression of passion and approval is conveyed by simple body language and no words. Like a divine fresco of a beautiful goddess.
The glance at Michael when she touches the necklace is perfect too. She says the feeling’s mutual with just the gesture and the glance.
the film is packed with little moments like that. Even after so many years every time I watch it I see something else.
its kinda nice to see tradition. but while she was being faithful and bearing kids, he would have mistresses no doubt about it......
@chakur25 Jesus what a life. You've had some bad luck man
The other day I was sitting at the dinner table with my wife. I said “There are people who would pay a lot of money for me to sit at their dinner table.” She responded “No one would pay shit for you.”
Aah, loving wife.. ❤️
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LOOOOOOOL, ahhhh, marriage.
😂😂😂😂
Sounds like my ex lol!
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This is one of the most captivating scenes ever directed. It touches the soul and makes what happens to Apollonia even more heartbreaking.
Literally forgot i wasn't watching the entire movie, so when it stopped i was like
WHAT
thats how damn good the movie is! even one clip
Yea shit pulled me right in lol
Me too, I forgot that I was watching a clip instead of the whole movie.. lol
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Hell, when I first watched The Godfather, I almost forgot I was watching a movie, period. Felt like I was watching someone's real life, I was so immersed.
What if she comes downstairs and Michael realizes its not the girl he saw walking lolol
michaelforge1 Plot twist hahahaha
Thought the same thing lol
but the assistant of him confirmed that girl when at the house of the old men
Haha he would've been like "ooohh fuuuuck". Especially if she was a minger..
That could've happened very easily lmao
After seeing "the Offer" and realizing how hard Coppola and others had to fight to get Paramount to let them film this on location in Sicily, this magnificent part of the movie is even more special.
And add to the fact that paramount demanded they cut this scene out. I'm glad they chose not to
Fun fact: The restraunt scene was improvised. The director didn't actually know how to make Michael look intimidating and respectfully to Appolonia's father so he asked Al Pacino to write dialogs and act it all out as if he were actually about to propose to a real Sicilian lady.
Pacino actually did a decent job and that's why this scene feels so custom made for him
Fun disinformation:
@@tejedestinos-petonboostead6733 Fun Fact: Al Pacino confessed in 2019 that he actually loved the character who played Appollonia and genuinely wanted to marry her. Their love scenes were actually real
But at the last moment she married another guy and broke his heart
So Al Pacino made the director write a new scene where she is killed in a bomb
It was his poetic revenge
Puzo said he hated the inclusion of this new scene because in his original story he wanted Appollonia to accompany Michael to America
Michael and Apollonia together were peak masculine and feminine beauty
M.L Soll destroyed by American family courts
Michael is a too skinny the rock could kick his ass
@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 He said beauty. Not strength and dominance. You confuse Male beauty with male strength and aggression. Just because a guy can kick another guys ass doesn't mean that guy is better looking than he is. Capisue?
@@venicebeachsportsnetwork6677 The Rock doesn't get that many women either. If he does, nobody hears of it. If we are being honest, Pacino is wayy better looking than the Rock.
@@LordDamianHades you are right I miss read the original comment but thinking back probably wrong on both readings. Tho I do think "masculine beauty" is subjective and many would prefer a more muscular man to Al Pacino. He's like a skinny weird theater kid that grew up to to rich famous and good looking.
It is mentioned in the Book that Apollonia purposely did that in 8:30. She was accustomed to the Hilly Roads since she was a child and did that so that Michael could touch her.
awww!
I knew it
Women can be cunning ;p (I rly have to read this book).
@@kosik7910 yes u have to
@@kosik7910 be prepared for a (long) segment about an enlarged vagina that needs surgery to bring everything tighter together so the woman in question can finally be fucked by a normal dick and actually feel something. I'm not even joking.
"The Courtship of Apollonia" is my favorite scence from any movie ever.
3:46 Michael is so considerate and respectful, he pours drinks for his bodyguards first before himself.
i never noticed that haha
Good observation
Un UOMO
I’m from Sicily and I can tell.... best scene ever. Oscar 100%
Can you tell me where was filmed that scene 1:38 when he said corleone and show the city? It was really corleone ot some other town?
I go to sicily in few days and i must See This place on Real life
The town is called Motta Camastra. They are walking in Francavilla looking up.
Savoca is where the wedding etc was filmed
@@davidscuderi3813 thank you very much! I was there, it was almost like in the movie. Greatings from Poland
everything about the godfather is mastery
Al Pacino FanForever back then movie making was an art and people used to put their heart and soul into it. Today it’s business .
PAPA DWARF Lol shut up it has always been pure business but every now and then a gem pops up
Wow, the animator guy.
bobagopaaa Shut the fuck up, seriously
Ali your wrong mate
50 years past and still on of best movie ever directed and made... This scene is magical!
People miss the fact that Appollonia stops in her tracks when she sees Michael. She got hit by the thunderbolt too
As an Italian I appreciate a lot these scenes, they represent very well the “old Italian” lifestyle of small towns in the south
Nigerians will soon be the new Italians
@@shrek19yearsago78 9 month ago i was is Bologna, and you were right.
@John Q. drink your pills
What about the old man lifting his suspenders up the way he did explain that
Se parece mucho al Sur de España.
I wish Vito could have met Apollonia. Think he would have really liked her. Such a sweetheart
seeing Appolonia would've made Fredo even unhappier than he was..but the parents would've been delighted.
@@rachidmasimov4132 Why would fredo be upset? He could get 2 cocktail waitresses...at the same time!
Mister Hamlicrazy123, you don't come to Vegas and BANG two cocktail waitresses at a time like that!
@reshi p That still wouldn't have been enough.
@@finnheisenheim8274 and at that he keeps searching no??? He finally will find her I bet....
3:40
Fun fact, in the books they explain why michael keeps puttig a hanckerchief to his nose.
when the poice captain punched him, he actually fractured the bone.
so his nasal cavity is deformed, and he refused to get surgery for it.
the deformity caused snot to constantly drip from his nose.
he got it fixed years later when his first baby was born.
also, the guy who betrays him flees to america and opens up a pizza shop, and is killed during the final vengeance arc.
If only fathers protected their daughters like this today, and daughters appreciated the fact that a mother and father are ensuring you do not get used and abused by a man.
Agree
So you admit that men remain the problem?
@@sarahtobore2832 please be quiet
@@aryavirsangwan6837 I will, right after you return to the gutter you came from.
the mothers and fathers should teach their sons to be respectful and not scumbags
Yes, Michael didn't need Tinder app.
@Al Pacino FanForever 100% agree
My friend, I have a strong suspicion that the worst people are on those apps. Always looking for
immediacy
@Al Pacino FanForever 100% correct.
@@KuasiBeat i mean "worst people". Some people like to be alone, maybe other like me are not into relationships and just want to have someone to have a drink, chat and maybe fuck. What's so bad about it? Sometimes you gotta know how to stay alone for when you meet the right person... or you want to just try with everyone you go out with to built a serious relationship?
@@KuasiBeat well youre going to miss out on a lot of sex, it can be great.
This was supposed to be The love of Michael's life. We don't find out how much he really loved Apollonia till P3 when his son sings for him and Apollonia's memory comes to him.
whats P3?
What I found interesting is you can never run from karma. Apollonia’s father lost his daughter and later Michael did too.
Did the father receive any sort of compensation?
Also, would her father really want her daughter to marry a criminal?
We didnt have to wait, the way michael became super cold hearted after apollonia was killed said everything.
@@molasorrosalom4846 Michael was not a criminal in Sicily, her father had nothing to fear. Michael was under the protection of Don Tomassino, who was the local chief so no harm would come to her (they lived in the Don's house) as Tomassino was incredibly skilled at keeping most of the local criminals off the streets (rather, no public activities like vendettas and murders) and the people safe. Vitelli and his family would also be protected by Don Tomassino financially if they needed it.
He was really in love with her. I think that because this relationship was so special, Michael could never love Diane Keaton's character as much as he loved Apollonia.
His behavior towards Kay was God-awful. To re-appear in her life after Apollonia was despicable.
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I watched this clip probably 50 times and it is still mesmerizing every single time.
Apollonia Corleone: "I know English. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Sunday, Saturday..."
“Perfect. You’re ready for America.”
Pustosh Maa,che cosa fare?!
* boom *
Lol:')
@@alimakman4859 ma what?
I like how the women of the village/town followed them on their little stroll, it is my understanding that it is a custom meant to protect the dignity of the girl, so that noone can accuse her of losing her virtue with the man.
They look if is acting like a gentleman..no kissing her and no touchin..
You might be interested to know that in the book Michael catching her by the arm is the cause of much mirth among the women of the town who know she is a mountain goat and would never stumble except that this is the only way the two of them are going to have any physical contract before the wedding.
@@avak1968 Oh wow really? So she did it on purpose so he could touch her?! Thats so beautiful... what an awesome little thing, thank You! Made me happy ; D
@Rick Ramirez Puzo calls her that, noting she grew up in that hilly, rocky terrain.
@Rick Ramirez Mountain goats are extremely balanced and agile, despite having hooves they can run and scale up a cliff side like it's nothing
One of the most beautiful, yet tragic, love stories in all of cinema.
She touched the necklace then gave him a smile....priceless moment
If was Michael I would have died
My Ex says The Godfather was an overrated film... I dumped her the next day
Good
You acted wisely
I suppose her name was kay, right?
You waited too long.
Overrated just translates to everyone else likes it but me so therefore it sucks
Appolonia was by far the hottest girl in the Godfather trilogy
Fredo had hottest chicks
Two at a time!
There were hardly any other chicks to compare her too....Kay Adams certainly wasn't hot and neither was Connie. The only three girls in the whole trilogy.
You're forgetting Sonny's wife and his squeeze. His wife was good looking by most standards, while the squeeze had a certain voluptuous quality to her that was really hot.
totally agreed
I absolutely love the Sicily sequence- its a thing of beauty, the music, the landscape, Michael returning to his hometown in which his family were named upon, and him meeting the love of his life, falling in love, and subsequently marrying her, its almost poetic. I cannot describe the how perfect the Godfather is. It's more than film, its a thing of beauty, poetry.
Wonderfully done!!! He needed no words to show how he felt upon seeing her. The respect he showed her father was beautiful there’s not much of that now a days
He felt thunderbolt which is not a romantic feeling which is why her father ran into his Cafe when he realized that chick filled in all the right places was his daughter.
Thunderbolt is a biological manifestation of arousal, sexual eraction.
He didn't show any respect to her father
When her father ran into Cafe Michael remembered how sensitive Sicilians are about sex before marriage. To satisfy his desire he knew he had to marry her.
Which is why he mentioned marriage or as Coppola said
" this isn't a prince speaking "..... while commenting godfather, moment when Michael spoke to Vitelli.
He spoke to him from position of power.
He threatened to murder him if he tells anyone about him hiding there.
He didn't give a fuck if she/ Vitellis knew he was a criminal hiding from the police, coming from the mafia family.
He never looked at her during wedding.
He never told his parents he met her, noone knew he got married.
He came into her house disheveled and with armed bodyguards.
He never even bothered to speak to her.
He came to make her an offer which she, goldigger she was couldn't refuse.
He never told her about mafia war. He chased her at the hight of the danger and killed her with the wedding.
That is the point of the story, the reason she is dead.
In a book he admitted it.
He did it bc he didn't care about her, valued her or respect her.
Is there a limit to your stupidity?
@@dc6461Yea exactly, he basically married her to be able to fuck her cause there wouldn’t have been a way around it, not because he „loved“ or respected her
0:03 his moustache slowly turns into a tree
LOL!
Lmao
i audibly laughed at that😂
Hahahahahaha
Hahahhaha i die
Al Pacino's grandparents was truly an Italian from Corleone.
Yep
No. They were from San Fratello, Sicily
@@riccardoc2524 No, that's his parents. His grandparents come from Corleone.
Nope. I take that back. In someway, his grandparents come from Corleone. Sorry for the false info.
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What a beautiful sequence, perhaps the most beautiful in the whole trilogy.
i'm an american of italian descent, i've never been in Italy and whenever i watch this scene i really want to visit the place of my origins ❤️
Maia Vitale : Then just go. Once COVID is gone that is.
What a shame you should! Italy is amazingg
If anyone else wonders why Michael keeps on wiping the side of his face with that white handkerchief (in a very polite manner, gotta say) - going through the novels will reveal that basically the police captain broke his jaw so bad, it not only disfigured it and left a scar on his chin, it also constantly made him drool from the side, thus the frequent wipes. Hope this helped !
i thought he cant help drooling over apollonia. :)
Michael got her despite that he was drooling with a bad broken jaw and had a black eye?
Thats some amazing game you got there Michael.
He didn’t drool. Novel said his sinuses were effected due to Mccloskey’s blow. Michael is wiping / dabbing at mucus
AHHHHH thank you lol
And the fact that he gave Apollonia a gold necklace, which meant wedding proposal in their culture. The whole chapter of Apollonia and Italy was awesome. ❤️
Micheal made an offer that vitteli couldn't refuse.
Vitelli.
😄👏🏻true
Lmaoo
Yup.
Not really. He could have refused to have his daughter meet Michael. He had no justification to refuse though. Michael acted like a man of honour, respecting himself, Vitelli and his daughter. He asked nice and didn't pressure him. He coudln't refuse in the sense that there was no valid reason to.
This scene has some of the movie’s most beautiful cinematography. For 1972, this looks better than most movies made today.
The year was 1972.
I still can't imagine how this piece was created, still updated and very relevant today. omg.
8:16 - One of the last genuine Michael Corleone's smiles.
Note the "genuine". His smile while talking to Fredo was obviously made up, because he looked scary AF just right after.
Bro that choked me up knowing what's to come of her
Crazy too think this is the same guy in Scarface
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@@prltqdf9 why don't you just edit the comment you weirdo
@@pistolpete8231 maybe because he doesn't know how, u bigger weirdo.
My question is how does al Pacino went from calm person to rage person
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The Sicily part of the movie really makes the movie. Idk why maybe it’s the respect maybe it’s the girl maybe it’s the scenery maybe it’s the tradition it shows or it’s all of it. God bless Coppola for two of the greatest works of art.
I love the first look that Apollonia and Michael have. Just magic
How is it that I can literally feel the heat of the Mediterranean sun watching these scenes. Beautiful film making. The small glaces, the way Apollonia touches her gifted necklace says more than 5 minutes of dialogue and all emphasising the theme of great respect which is a pillar for Michael's family.
i feel the heat of the sun there aswell, just like you mentioned. always loved that about this movie. what a beautiful landscape.
i grew up in the med so i know what you mean, it gets hot in the summer
The loud buzzing of the cicadas just adds to the effect even more.
I'm portugueses and i see part of the portuguese countryside culture in Godfather movies.
Portugal is a mediterrânean romanized country, so there are similarities.
@@alexandresoleiro4149 despite the fact that none of it is close to the med?
If this part of the movie would be filmed today, there would be a lot of unnecessary cheesy scenes and slow-motion close-ups.
And fucking editing every 3 seconds...
Nah, but Michael would be a woman, don Corleone would be black etc.
@@Gonken88 and Kay would be transgender liberal
And I'm sure some black dudes would come out complaining it's racist cz there ain't no black character in the movie.
And naked whores dancing
I love the added detail of her tripping up in the scene where they are walking. Traditionally, it would be frowned upon for them to be affectionate or touch each other before the marriage, hence the convoy of female family members there to ensure nothing happens. Notice that when she trips, they all laugh at each other, acknowledging that she almost certainly will have done that on purpose in order to get around the rule to feel his embrace as he catches her. Such incredible attention to detail.
This is probably the most artistic scene directed in the history of cinema.
I completely approve of this sort of culture. He is honest right from the start. He approaches her family, treats her father and mother with respect and tells them the truth about who he is and where he comes from. Gives her a gift that she could accept or reject without consequence. And they walk and talk getting to know one another. When she stumbles, he immediately catches her and treats her with respect and dignity. This is a real man and a real woman. Although on the surface it looks like the guy has the power, in reality its all in her power to decide whether she is interested or not. Many feminists really overlook this that in southern European culture women had much more power and influence. A carryover culture from pre-Christian times.
DMC12Gauge He was to the point. He wasn't messing around with other girls nor did he waste time. He wasn't acting out for attention, stalking or harassing her. No sign of insecurity, weakness or baggage. Straight to the point. Like a man. Arranged or not, that's how most sane and mature men do it. Arranged isn't necessarily better, but in those days that's how it worked in Italy.
in Sicily it still is the same
corrected- thanks
@@Rabithebengali who told you that? I'm Sicilian and what you said is not true!
well the sentiment maybe is changing
I find it unusual when someone says I didn’t watch The Godfather
Abdulrahman H Q Well, my husband didn't see it until we got this movie marathon lol.
I am one of those people,why am I here? Cus I finished all the soprano clips and still need some gobagool!
Soprano is shit.
Watching it now with the family.
RIGHT??..like how
I am not Italian, But I am Latin so this makes us all somehow related to mother Italy by the grace of the Romans... I grew up listening stories like that, my granny told me that they couldn't stay by themselves not even for a minute, they were always under the watchful eyes of her father or mother... my generation had a completely different approach to this matter, I think we gained some freedom but we lost some moral...
Are you latin? So you are like a brother for us (italians)
The Godfather was simply the greatest film of all time. It grabbed your attention from the time the curtain opened & never let go. I didn't dare leave my seat even to go to the bathroom. The meticulous attention to every detail. Perfect casting perfect musical score perfect everything. 100 years from now it'll still be ranked #1. Parts 1&2 are the most incredible 8 hours of film every produced. Every time I see it I'm amazed at how perfect it is
He left his heart with Apollonia... Came back more cold
When i started dating my boyfriend i once told him he was the first man i have ever loved... I lied, i fell hard for Al Pacino when i first saw this scene when i was 8
Any man would be lucky to have a beauty like you fall in love with them...
My uncle Marty Deglin from Chicago is a dead ringer for Al Pacino, same age. He married in 2000 a Puerto Rican woman Emily Garcia 20 years younger then him!!!
I don't know why, but this scene renders me very emotional. Maybe it's because of how beautiful love can be and also because I lost the ability (or just don't deserve) to love like this. It is like a beautiful dream I wish I could live once.
Everyone deserves love like this, as long as you respect yourself, live with honor and virtue(not like all of the shallow nightclubs today that make love seem cheap), than god may decide that you deserve it. Live a life of elegance, and elegant love will also come eventually.
don't know anything about you or your situation, but I feel like everybody deserves to be loved, unless they are pure evil, which I doubt you are. I've been in love a couple of times in my life, but I was too young and immature to know what to do with it. now that I'm a bit older, I miss it more than anything. I hope you regain your ability to love and that you find happiness.
@@hypnos9336 thank you for your kind words.
@@LeonardoRozasVillegas anytime!
I feel the same. I have witnessed this kind of love happen to others, but it has never cast it's glance upon me. At 55, I have come to terms with the likelihood that the stars will never align like this for me, that I will not ever have that one person that I can call 'home'. I think the emotion is because the heart pines for connection. To know it exists for others, but not for you is heartbreaking. To quote the writer Alice Hoffman, 'I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for'.
Love that they spoke true Sicilian dialect….
Yeah because most of the actors are Sicilian and Italian actors only Al Pacino that is Italian American.
The actress who portrayed Apollonia, Simonetta Stefanelli, was simply beautiful. A true Mediterranean beauty as we say here in Italy. The eye contact between her and Michael when they first see each other is worth a million spoken declarations of love. The eyes are a window to ones soul, and to the heart in many cases.
Your country is beautiful like Ireland and Scotland and Japan.
Spain girls are more beautifil than italian girls
She looked a bit afraid of him at first.
@@gawainethefirst I wouldn't say afraid. She was startled by him, then felt attracted to him, then pulled back and feigned aloofness. It's a girl thing. 😉
The second guy always repeating what the first guy is saying, and Micheal not saying shit. Kinda funny xD
Haha, he was funny but a good guy. He never betrayed Michael and was in the third film. Glad he has some good friends at least.
he never betrayed Michael because was half-wit and they just didn't approach him. Fabrizzio was brighter and thus more suitable to use as a traitor.
Yeah it's kinda funny, kinda funny
I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers :D
Jimmy Two Times' grandpa is Fabrizio's cosin from his mother's side. Kinda a family thing.
beautifully done, subtleties like when she looks at the mum when he hands her a gift and the mum just nods priceless.
This has got to go down as one of the most timeless movies of all time.
"My name is Michael Corleone, there are peope who'd pay a lot of money fot that information but your daughter would lose a father instead of gaining a husband"
Powerful.
Powerful threat indeed, making him an offer he can't refuse, one might say
I didn’t get the last part. Could you explain it?
@@quilliamattari2772 It works on several levels.
1. It’s an offer of respect and vulnerability. By offering his true identity, he is showing he trusts the father.
2. He’s implicitly projecting his wealth and power by stating that his name alone is worth a lot of money.
3. He ends with a threat and an offer. “I’ve already established I have wealth and power. Your daughter could gain a wealthy and powerful husband. Or, you can sell my name and location to my enemies, which would cost you your life.”
In other words, he made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
@@holymolythejabroni9040 nice. Did Fabrizio sell Michael when he found out his true name there? Or did he know well before this?
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The best part is where Brando’s Moustache turns into a Tree.
Maybe not best, but definitely excellent, almost like a yogis magical powers
Jim Ladd nope the best part
Bro, now I can’t unsee that haha
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I'm in love with the music of this scene. It's like a beauty that penetrates your soul.
I really enjoyed hiking in Sicily last year. It still has this beautiful, "old country" and slow atmosphere. Beautiful moutain villages, olive and oranges plantations and amazing sceneries. It still really felt like in this Sicily scenes and I heard more than once this beautiful soundtrack in my head. Thank you The Godfather 👍
Michael is impressive here, he shows that he is a man who stands his ground. He has a lot of self respect. You can see this through his eye contact, relaxed posture, calm expression, and deliberate. A man who can lead, with authority. I feel like his guards are there as a contrast to his character. His behaviour is strikingly different, he shows he means business. He is not playful or happy go lucky like the guard when the jeeps and GIs pass through, he doesn't over react when apollonia's father became frantic (the guards held tightly to their weapon), he doesn't participate in idle chatter (like when the guards were describing appollonia). This also contrasts really well with the Michael prior to returning to Corleone, Italy. His return, is like they trying to convey him accepting responsibility for who he is as a Corleone rather than simply running away from that. Of course, it's ideal if used his power for good rather than continuing the legacy of crime.
Beautiful explain
good points except for the fact that sonny's and apollolnia's deaths made Michael what he was after he returned.
I believe it would have been better if he had tried to marry another Sicilian woman again instead of Kate who doesn't understand his background despite him telling him about it. She still would not want further to do with him again after what happened to her with the attempted shooting. Thanks to stupid Fredo.
When he dies he is at the place close to what he believes is home - Sicily.
Guess shooting those fuckers in the face gave him more confidence
"In Sicily, the women here are more dangerous than Shotguns."
Gentlemen. Get you a lady who can chamber 12 gauge.
It's everything one might need.
Hmmm much appreciated
Yeah until she shoots you with it
For a minute I thought that was some blowjob metaphor
I’m sure I heard a variation of this in rap, somewhere along the lines of “she got a body like a 12 guage shotty” , I am sure it was only for rhyming purposes but still lol
In Sicilian (and in general traditional catholic) culture, when a man is meeting a woman he is interested in for marriage, they are allowed to walk together but only in front of family members, generally women, for supervision and without permission to touch each other in any way since that's reserved for when they are already husband and wife.
In the book, it is explained how Apollonia fakes falling to get held by Michael and therefore touch each other for just a moment while they are taking a walk. This is a woman's old tactic. Apollonia's mother recognizes perfectly what her daughter is doing and laughs since probably she had done the same being younger.
You can see in 8:30 how this is all represented. Even the mother's reaction.
What a beautiful portrait of places, times, and feelings this movie is!
man this movie is set in 20-30-40 almost hundred years ago.
today this is no longer the case fortunately, sexual freedom and freedom in general is the greatest achievement achieved by western civilization from the 70s onwards.
fun fact: the two actors who guard Michael are not Sicilian they are from Rome and apollonia (Simonetta stefanelli) is also from Rome.
apollonia's real daughter is an actress called Violante placido and she shot the second film of the Gost rider together with Nicolas cage.
@@antoniospano8006 If you think sleeping around is the greatest achievement of the West, then you are an uncultured barbarian.
I have watched this scene more than 10 times and still want to watch.
This scene is like a beautiful poetry. That never gets old.
My god, Italian is such a beautiful language! And I feel much the same about Spanish, French, and Portugese. I have an uncommonly strong affinity for all the Romance languages. They are among the greatest legacies and gifts to humanity of the Roman Empire.
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Still italian.
LoBoToMiZeD 1487 its still italian
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Eu sinto o mesmo pela língua inglesa! Também admiro as línguas: Espanhol, Italiano e Francês.
Romanian is also a Latin language... everyone seems to forget about it 😆 but I agree they are all beautiful
In a certain way, Apollonia exists as Michaels light to guide and show him. Apollo’ derived from her name means the sun. She changed Michael in a way that we don’t even see with Kay. He was drawn to her and to court and win her affection he stepped up his game, he brought her presents, treated her and her family with such respect and earned their blessing for marriage. This love is pure and tender and where I see Michael steps up from college boy and becomes a man. However, following Apollonias death, the light and vulnerability in Michael had died with her and all that remains is the cold shell of a man that he will become, where light cannot reach him.
Michael and Apollonia say so many words with just their big, brown eyes. Truly a well shot sequence.
The way he sais "Prego" just blows my mind
The true love that every man dreams about.
Michael wanting to "walk/hike" is probably because of his time in the military. He's used to it. Nice little detail.