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Back in the 80's I did a lot of work for a pizza shop that was run & owned by a nice retired police officer but who did not take any crap. He told me that he had to buy so much of his olive oil from a mob guy. Asked him why. Said it easy cheaper then replacing his big windows. Told me it was the cost for doing business. He refused to give health inspectors kick backs so they would come on busiest part of the week, Friday afternoon and write him up for a dirty can opener. Place was immaculate.
What part of the country was that in? New York, Jersey, philly? Just wondering. I'm from Texas, that shit doesn't go down here. If someone shoots a place down here, we shoot back. Lol I think the mob presence isn't as strong here as it is on the north eastern part of the country.
Who do you see playing Vito? It would take someone with a ton of acting chops to follow Brando and Deniro. A charismatic newcomer, or somebody we all know?
Vito's genius was complete and total. Not only was he great at psychology and reading people. Vito had supreme organizational skills and forming alliances will always be jtal to survival
Finally, someone had explained the actual reason Vito spoke the way he did. It is known he barely survived a first assisnation attempt but very little details we're giving on it. Until now. I already knew it probably came the infamous "Olive Oil wars" but now we know how brutal and reckless that attempt was. In broad daylight during a parade filled with cop's and politicians. That was a dumb move.
@@truupsidetv2616Watched the deleted scene where Sonny said that to Michael. So it made it easier to deduce Barzini was the main opponent because this was actually his 2nd time (in the movie) trying to take Vito out
I wonder why this books haven’t been brought to the big screen? Honestly, while watching this video I was picturing all of this in my head and how awesome a couple of movies would be. Great job as always!
Depending on which studio owns the right it might happen in a post writters actors strike age as David Zaslav of Warner Bros is wanting to mine their known IPs and not just make super hero and blockbuster styled movies.
I would love a prequel on Michael in the marines, like band of brothers but focused from his pov or maybe someone else's pov seeing Michael corleone as a fellow soldier rise through the ranks
The real Al Capone sent two gunmen to New York and they killed a boss, introducing New Yorkers to the Chicago typewriter. He faced no repercussions, and would get a seat on the commission
The Godfather is one of those rare cases where I prefer the movie over the book. The book is great on its own, though, and fills in a lot of gaps not depicted in the movie. Actually rereading the book right now. Overdue for a rewatching of the movies, too (I and II)
After reading The family Corleone just makes Barzini even more despicable. Seeing as how basically Vito helped Barzini rise to be Don of his own family. Vito should of wiped them all out. Barzini brothers and Rossato brothers.
Sir. I regard The God Father as the best film ever shot. But your video, I mean this particular video has highlighted most of the hidden and not-too- obvious parts of the trilogy. I sincerely thank you for this exposé. This is the best and greatest story aside The Holy Bible. Thank you sir.
Yes, better a three hour movie that we get to see. I don't own a TV and never go to the movies. When and where else would I ever get to see it? I'm really sorry these movie companies have a monopoly on movies. I'd love to see TGF 1, 2, and 3 again, and I'd love to see Boomerang for the first time. I'd also love to see the Gainsborough period collection again, but all of these were kidnapped and are being held for in the land of pay-per-view, never to be seen again. 😢
This was based on a unproduced screen play by Mario Puzo, which would have been The Godfather PART IV. The fourth film was meant to be both a prequel and a sequel similar to The Godfather PART II. With younger Vito Corleone and Sonny conquering the criminal underworld in the 1930s; at the same time watch Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death and running the family business through a ten-year destructive war and eventually losing the families' respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death. In this video we cover the "Olive Oil War" which is mentioned in the original novel and a few other reliable sources.
@@ajanwabueze7224 Boardwalk Empire. He's not Don Mariposa, but the real life inspiration of him, Capo di tutti Capi of Prohibition Era, Don Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. The "young Barzini", is Charlie "Lucky" Luciano!!!
So what we all suspected was true, Vincent was too much like Sonny and will bring destruction to the family. Michael fought so hard only for his heir to destroy it within 10 years
Thank you for covering ' The Olive Oil War' that helped Vito rise to becoming The Godfather. This was really interesting and a subject I was always fascinated with since watching The Godfather trilogy for the first time back in October last year
I wish I could watch it for the first time again and just stop at godfather 1&2 Such masterpieces. But every time I watch the movies it’s the first time all over again. It’s been decades and it’s still one of the greatest movies of all time and #I in the crime/mob movies
In the restaurant, T's GF hears the gunshots and remains silent. She used to wait for T to escort her out of the restaurant everytime that they used to visit that place however this time, Jenko reaches her alongwith another man, Peter. Pete asks Jenko if, she should be taken care of. Jenko replies, " No, she's bereaving the tragic death of her fiance, our boy" and escorts her out of the restaurant.
Good video. It's an interesting story, with influences from Luciano's history with Joe Masseria and Sal Maranzano. Since Luciano was sent to prison in 1936, it leaves "open history" to make room for the rise of Don Vito. Thanks for citing your source. I'll take a look at it.
@@user-nz6pl8gz1c far too old now to play a youngish Vito even with prosthetics/CGI. There are no stand out obvious candidates. So maybe a newcomer like RDN was when he played Vito.
@@badabing8884 I think RDN, could played a Don Vito in his 40s vey well, just like "The Irishman", which started with a young Frank Sheeran and a young Don Russel Buffalino. I believe, that RDN, could give the prequel, a huge note of autheniticity!!!
I always thought that Tessio believed Michael would be crushed by Barzini - Tessio had no evidence of Michael's (deliberately concealed) strength and ruthlessness at the time of the attempted assassination - the killing of Solazzo and the cop were long past, Tessio probably viewed them as a one off event based on Michael's emotion - his love for his father. Tessio was I think clever enough to realise Barzini may double cross him, so he chose what he thought was the lesser of two evils. (sorry, this should have followed the Tessio film!)
Great insight, Tessio was always the smarter one, which is why he probably distanced himself from Vito.. he probably was more aligned with Barzini than we all thought
@@dagobert1234321 Thank you very much. Agreed about Tessio and Barzini. (Amazing how two characters can be so interesting when being on screen for such a short time in the film!)
Vito Corleone had a bit of Gambino , Genovese , Proface , and the most important was Frank Costello. That had "the politicians in his pockets , like so many nickels and dimes." 👍
This would've definitely made a great miniseries. It could probably be good as a movie, too, but I think as a miniseries it would give more time to introduce and buildup characters
Mariposa is clearly based on the real life Salvatore Maranzano. He is mentioned by his actual name in the novel as well. In the Olive Oil War, Vito uses his Superior Informational Intelligence to Out General Maranzano on all fronts. Then incorporating large chunks of Maranzanos empire into his own. Vito also makes the legendary Al Capone look like a "Stupid Ass" as well. Wiping out his Hit Men and showing his disdain for him in a carefully insulting letter. After Maranzano/Mariposa was eliminated, Vito became the undisputed Power Broker among all the Five Families. This back story is CRYING OUT TO BE MADE INTO A FILM. OR PERHAPS BETTER, A MINI SERIES. The Godfather saga concentrated beautifully in the present and the future of the Corleone Family. Now it's time to look at the Prequel and back story to the Corleone Dynasty. The greatest story not yet told.
@@nevercommentnotevenonce9334 can't agree with you more, especially if Netflix gets a hold of it. Vito would be made into a trans non-binary dim-human.
@@tb6664Nah, Vito's until now unknown and unseen half sister an African Italian who runs her very own all female Capo'd and even more secretive organisation announces her existance. In the process of enduring the series, we the viewers learn that the roots of Italian organised crime empires did not originate from the impoverished regions of Italy and Scilly, but was brought back by a pair of Roman soldiers. Tihtarse and Notso Tihtarse, who whilst posted in foreign lands trying to discover the technologies and oppress the ultra advanced Metropolis hidden deep within this mythical paradise. After being attacked by a Honey Badger the Roman soldiers were taken into Paradise to recieve triple bypass surgery's and something to do with stem cells...etc etc...BUT in return stole and perverted the teachings bringing about the fall of Paradise. 7 series to follow, stunning and brave, courageous acting, a must see, 10/10, critics write - this new adaptation makes Mario Puzo's writing's seem like naive, fumbling, comicbooks in comparison.
Wow! I've seen videos of your analyzing characters and events, but This one took the cake 🍰! These events should have been put in a movie right after the completion of Godfather II! Once again it shows how smart Tessio was and it was shocking to see how the Resotto Bros. and Barzini were involved in all of this. And shows how Greedy Barzini got after the Olive Oil Wars.
A lot of this is derived from those excreable Mark Winegardner novels. He was given a shot by the Puzo estate, and failed miserably. Puzo always said the story he wanted to write was Santino's story. In the original novel young Sonny is described as a great commander with a genius for urban warfare. He was said to possess a ruthlessness as a killer that was his father's "only failing as a conqueror" Winegarden made him into a buffoon. Puzzo said when creating Vito's sons he simply divided the man : 1 Fredo, got his heart, 1 Michael, got his intellect and another, Santino, got his temper. Untethered by the other virtues each became their own tragic flaw. Sonny's tale within that context is the one, unfortunately we will never see.
This was a crazy breakdown CM, an awesome detailed job and wonderfully narrated! I have not read The Family Corleone but I'm going to sure have to. I of course read the GF novel where there was some mention of this and also how the Irish almost carried the day in a brazen and nearly successful attack on the don, but ultimately failed in killing him, as they were eliminated. Looking in eager anticipation for the next in this series, I actually hang my hat on this! Superior work.
Read it! It's a great book and gives sooooo much more insight into a lot of questions the movie didn't answer. Lot of background info, especially on Luca.
Michael Corleone was stopped by the Don Vito Corleone himself from going out of the house on the day of Parade. In the house, the Don found that there were no fruits laid on the table, he looked for others, nobody was there except Michael. The driver was on a casual leave on that fateful day. So, the Don decided to walk by and also have a first hand look at the Parade. Unfortunately, it was a trap set by Mariposa. Everyone condemned publicly the incident, it was all in the newspapers the following day. However, nobody could imagine who had conspired it.
Wow what a great job you did. Too bad they didn't make this into a TV series. I didn't know that this series of movies and books was this well thought and written
As an olive oil 🫒 importer this is a reflection of my daily life. The killings. The olive oil. The mistresses. The blood. The payoffs. The corrupt politicians. It’s all about the olives. They drive people mad. I lather my body in the olive oil. It’s nice. No one can take that away from me. And I’m not even Italian. Recently I’ve diversified into pasta and found it just as violent. I’m thinking of moving into Italian cheese. 🧀 like Mascarpone and class A drugs.
Nice, can't wait to see it Edit: I'm halfway trough, I've read the original book and watched all movies, which book is this story from, is it The Sicilian? I'd love to know the source and of course, keep up the good work! Edit 2: Finished the video and saw you list the sources, thank you! Love your guys' work, I've been here since the first video came out and you still manage to surprise me with new material
i bet you never heard of the Sicilian pizza shop wars of the late 70's and very early 80's , because it's not fiction it's a true real life nyc incident a piece of gomba history
The family corleone is my second favorite book. You can never top the godfather, but the prequel novel comes close to being as good. The godfather returns and revenge were okay.
Kay, "Michael, what does your father do?" Michael, "Didn't I tell you? He's the country's largest importer of Italian olive oil." That line was left out of the wedding scene where Kay got to meet the family,
They can never film the Olive Oil war because of Luca Brasi. Vito converting Luca to being his personal enforcer is part of how the Corleone family won the war. And no way in hell do they film the Long Island sequence. And that story has to be told because Luca was a broken man after that incident and thats what helped Vito recruit him in the first place
All they have to do is not show it or not the brutal parts of it. There are many ways around it such as describing what Luca did instead of showing it which if done correctly can have the same effect, or better effect. They can still easily turn it into a film.
It would be like trying to film The Story, it’s too dark even for these two films. Few things I’ve read have ever perturbed me, but that part of the book…Jesus
I'm a little scared of going back into the world of The Godfather, as Hollywood hasn't been doing well recently, especially with old IPs. But, in a perfect world, I would do a mini-series to focus on the earlier years of Vito and covering the Olive Oil War.
loved your ending the way you told the book name loved it your videos need more endings like these.Thanks alot your video was a gem never give up on these video making.
The olive war is basically the The Castellammarese War....if u pay attention the godfather movies imitates the real mob....but I would like to know more about the olive war....
The edits are so so good. Jumping from all of our familiar canon of classic films to film noir to B movies (I think in a couple of clips), is masterful. I could listen to the voiceover and the production music in a podcast easily. That's why I love watching them because they're well done. I'm a fan of Simcha Jacobovici's series The Naked Archaeologist in part due to the way they used edits to tell the story. Thanks for what you deliver here, I am a fan.
Loving your videos, real shame that the haven’t made a movie based on the book Family Corleone, would love a movie on the rise of Vito as we only get a glimpse of it in Part 2 & a bigger glimpse in the TV version of the movies, but would be amazing to have one about the Olive Oil war & to rise of the Corleone empire
@@TheCultureMafia Vito I think possibly James Franco orTaylor Kitsch, Luca - John Krasinski Sonny - possibly Timothee Chalamet or even David Mazouz, but there are so many good actors that could play a role like Leonado Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Barry Keoghan,
Thank you so much for putting it this amazing A++ stuff, wow so much research on this and was like watching an unwatched and new part of the Godfather background! This should be a movie as a prequel to all the other GF epics, this fills in a lot of blanks and brings the cohesiveness needed to understand why certain things happened that way. Now it all makes sense when Tessio begs Tom Hagen for the sake of old times. Feel bad that he made a mistake later in his life.
I went on a Godfather reading binge a quarter century ago and I feel I might've read "The Family Corleone". But it's frustrating as I can't remember if I truly did. I'll have to hunt it down and confirm as it sounds good.
I always thought it was a rights issue but I really hope one of the streaming platforms green lights a Corleone family series as like this illustrates there are so many untold stories to be told during Vito's rise to power. I really hope it happens as there are multiple generations now who don't even know what The Godfather is and with TV arguably now a bigger and better industry than movies in how to tell a story in the most thorough way then surely the Corleone family saga deserves this treatment?
Sonoftheson1977 has an excellent point. Al Capones SUPEREGO was his ultimate undoing. Shamelessly flaunting his power in every possible manner. Particularly in the real life "St. Valentines Day Massacre." After that nightmarish slaughter, even the public had finally had enough. As Mario Puzo stated, "Without the camouflage of society, Capones world could be easily brought to ruin." Luca Brasis brutal assassination of the Capone hit men, put that "Black Sheep of their World," in his place. In the world of Organized Crime, true power is kept hidden. Away from prying eyes and those looking to undermine it. Vito and Michael Corleone knew this rule better than all their enemies. Including the most famous gangster of them all. The most famous. Yet, far from the most powerful.
This is all the stuff from the book, “The Godfather,” by Mario Puzo. It was based on the real history of the five families of the NYC mafia. Mariposa is based on Giuseppe ‘Joe the Boss’ Masseria. I recommend reading the original book, there is a ton of stuff in it that never made it into Godfather I & II, including more about Johnny Fontaine and Lucy Mancini (the bridesmaid Sunny was banging at Connie’s Wedding. The real history is as amazing as the fictional history. I recommend a book called “The Five Families” by Selwyn Raab. That’s the real history that Puzo and the book the narrator mentioned at the end of the video. Kudos on the brilliant editing. He pieced together Boardwalk Empire, all three Godfather movies, Casino, Goodfellas, and House of Strangers (the b&w scenes of Barzini (Richard Conte)).
In this day and age of prequels and remakes it would be really nice if a movie studio bought the rights to The Family Corleone screenplay and made it into either a full movie or miniseries on a streaming service like Netflix.
This is brilliant and excellently narrated. Though I’ve read to novels and seen the films many times, this helps tie this important time period to Vito’s rise to power. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I think this should have been the Third Movie and just like the Second it could have been two stories in one movie. the Olive Wars/ and Micheal Facing the Vatican and Giving the Throne to Andy Garcia just like the Third Movie but with the story a little more polished. That would be Epic.
Thank you so much for the video. it takes time to do these in so much detail so thank you much. 1 request in the future could you cover the pacification of New York. 1935 to 1938? Lots of interesting stuff there including the true rise of Sonny Corleone. If not i understand. Thanks for the amazing video.
I'm shocked that no one has made a movie about the rise of Vito Corleone! You can make a movie out of this story that would easily be on par with the original Godfather movie, or Godfather Part 2!
I truly enjoyed the video, and the explanations provided, but the use of photos and videos from so many unrelated movies was confusing. I had to continually attempt to connect them with Don Vito.
If we are going to have prequel after prequel of STAR WARS...THE GODFATHER could definitely make its mark yet again with a prequel...and this video proves it
"You will NEVER succeed if you don't Like and Subscribe to The Culture Mafia." - Sun Tzu
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Either way it's a GREAT IDEA 👍
@@TheCultureMafia An Idea that cannot be refused.
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i wont because all influencers keep influencing me to hit subcribe
i wont, instant unsub when they beg for that crap
tv adds were aids
now youtube influencers are brainwashing me in accepting all this kinda jingle and i am tired of it
Vito made Sun Tzu an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Back in the 80's I did a lot of work for a pizza shop that was run & owned by a nice retired police officer but who did not take any crap. He told me that he had to buy so much of his olive oil from a mob guy. Asked him why. Said it easy cheaper then replacing his big windows. Told me it was the cost for doing business. He refused to give health inspectors kick backs so they would come on busiest part of the week, Friday afternoon and write him up for a dirty can opener. Place was immaculate.
What part of the country was that in? New York, Jersey, philly? Just wondering. I'm from Texas, that shit doesn't go down here. If someone shoots a place down here, we shoot back. Lol I think the mob presence isn't as strong here as it is on the north eastern part of the country.
In the 80’s the mafia running the drugs like heroin were working for the CIA
The 80s was quite an odd time.
What about the fire 🔥 inspector
@@tuvoca825 Just as crooked as any other decade
I would love to see “The Olive war” on big screen to see Vito get his well knew title “The Godfather “
Who do you see playing Vito? It would take someone with a ton of acting chops to follow Brando and Deniro. A charismatic newcomer, or somebody we all know?
We all would
well known
@@danielrichwine2268 Yeah that can work too just showing Vito how met Luca Brasi and all those events we didn’t get to see in the movies
@@brianswitzerbbmw Italian actor Gabriel Garko should play as the young Vito cos he resembles the young Marlon Brando.
Vito's genius was complete and total. Not only was he great at psychology and reading people. Vito had supreme organizational skills and forming alliances will always be jtal to survival
EXCEPT his highly stupid mistake of sending his most loyal enforcer Luca in as a mole...
Finally, someone had explained the actual reason Vito spoke the way he did. It is known he barely survived a first assisnation attempt but very little details we're giving on it. Until now. I already knew it probably came the infamous "Olive Oil wars" but now we know how brutal and reckless that attempt was. In broad daylight during a parade filled with cop's and politicians. That was a dumb move.
Sonny said ma has been through it before
@@truupsidetv2616 True. Good observation.
not even the creator of the godfather would know of these....
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@@truupsidetv2616Watched the deleted scene where Sonny said that to Michael. So it made it easier to deduce Barzini was the main opponent because this was actually his 2nd time (in the movie) trying to take Vito out
How interesting that it was Tessio who brought down Mariposa, but then betrayed the Corleone Family to Barzini.
It was the smart move
@@BenjiTee he was as always the smartest.
And Barzini who betrayed Mariposa to the Corleones, but then tried to orchestrate a conspiracy against them.
Cheaters gonna cheat.
It's why tessio was a real g in the don and Mike's eyes and hurt em so badly. He was a OG OG
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Then he became the cop, Fish!
I wonder why this books haven’t been brought to the big screen? Honestly, while watching this video I was picturing all of this in my head and how awesome a couple of movies would be.
Great job as always!
It was supposed to be a storyline for The Godfather IV , but it unfortunately never worked out.
Years ago there was talk of turning Family Corleone into a series. But it hasn’t materialized… yet 🤞
It's yet to receive an offer it couldn't refuse.
Depending on which studio owns the right it might happen in a post writters actors strike age as David Zaslav of Warner Bros is wanting to mine their known IPs and not just make super hero and blockbuster styled movies.
@@TheCultureMafiaThat storyline ended up in the book "The Family Corleone".
I wished they made a prequel movie of Vito Corleone at his prime.
That would have been an oscar winner in my book :)
i guess you mean beyond GF2?
Lmao
@@CharlieCanfieldI guess we found a Heathen who hasn't seen GF2
I would love a prequel on Michael in the marines, like band of brothers but focused from his pov or maybe someone else's pov seeing Michael corleone as a fellow soldier rise through the ranks
@@caniblmolstr452 The Olive Oil Wars my friend :) It was actually good :)
God Damn that letter to Capone is so flipping classy.
The real Al Capone sent two gunmen to New York and they killed a boss, introducing New Yorkers to the Chicago typewriter.
He faced no repercussions, and would get a seat on the commission
That inspired this storyline.@@histguy101
The Godfather is one of those rare cases where I prefer the movie over the book. The book is great on its own, though, and fills in a lot of gaps not depicted in the movie. Actually rereading the book right now. Overdue for a rewatching of the movies, too (I and II)
This one took quite A LOT of effort to make so make sure to Like the video if You enjoyed 💯👍
It has A LOT of surprises 👀
Full disclosure I went into this rolling my eyes because I’ve read the book many times. Imagine my shock😂
@@TheCultureMafiaAwryt man love the videos, learned a lot. Was wondering what film the clips of mariposa are from?
After reading The family Corleone just makes Barzini even more despicable. Seeing as how basically Vito helped Barzini rise to be Don of his own family. Vito should of wiped them all out. Barzini brothers and Rossato brothers.
No loyalty among thieves
Nature of their work: dog eat dog world.
Sir. I regard The God Father as the best film ever shot. But your video, I mean this particular video has highlighted most of the hidden and not-too- obvious parts of the trilogy. I sincerely thank you for this exposé. This is the best and greatest story aside The Holy Bible. Thank you sir.
It’s not a trilogy. Part III was an abortion that lived, unfortunately.
The Olive Oil War would be a great 3 season television series
3 seasons? Limited series 8 episodes and done. Better yet a 3 hour film like the others.
Yes, better a three hour movie that we get to see. I don't own a TV and never go to the movies. When and where else would I ever get to see it? I'm really sorry these movie companies have a monopoly on movies. I'd love to see TGF 1, 2, and 3 again, and I'd love to see Boomerang for the first time. I'd also love to see the Gainsborough period collection again, but all of these were kidnapped and are being held for in the land of pay-per-view, never to be seen again. 😢
No no it wouldn't.....think about it Jamie fox as vito and will smth as clemenza....think about it please
@@gioluvs1893no the better option would be no series no film nothing.....would hate the woke industry get their hands on this masterpiece
@@Brembeliayeh the woke crowd definitely wouldn't butcher this like they did star wars, Lord of the rings and many more....get real
This was based on a unproduced screen play by Mario Puzo, which would have been The Godfather PART IV.
The fourth film was meant to be both a prequel and a sequel similar to The Godfather PART II. With younger Vito Corleone and Sonny conquering the criminal underworld in the 1930s; at the same time watch Vincent Corleone in the 1980s, haunted by Mary's death and running the family business through a ten-year destructive war and eventually losing the families' respect and power, seeing one final scene with Michael Corleone before his death.
In this video we cover the "Olive Oil War" which is mentioned in the original novel and a few other reliable sources.
But which movie does the videos of mariposa and other characters as used here Come from?
Broadwalk empire
Okay, thank you very much
@@ajanwabueze7224 Boardwalk Empire. He's not Don Mariposa, but the real life inspiration of him, Capo di tutti Capi of Prohibition Era, Don Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. The "young Barzini", is Charlie "Lucky" Luciano!!!
So what we all suspected was true, Vincent was too much like Sonny and will bring destruction to the family. Michael fought so hard only for his heir to destroy it within 10 years
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Very enjoyable, but I'm gonna have to go back and watch it a few times so I can catch up
U da man sir(s)
Your work is very appreciated. Thank you
Brilliant work thank you 🤌💯
I was waiting for it too
Thank you for covering ' The Olive Oil War' that helped Vito rise to becoming The Godfather. This was really interesting and a subject I was always fascinated with since watching The Godfather trilogy for the first time back in October last year
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I wish I could watch it for the first time again and just stop at godfather 1&2 Such masterpieces. But every time I watch the movies it’s the first time all over again. It’s been decades and it’s still one of the greatest movies of all time and #I in the crime/mob movies
You should read the books. There’s a lot of good stuff they couldn’t fit into the films. And you’ll never look at Luca Brasi the same again
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How they haven’t made a prequel yet is beyond me… this would be so epic
The cast wouldn't be diverse enough for modern TV if they wanted it to be authentic.
In the restaurant, T's GF hears the gunshots and remains silent. She used to wait for T to escort her out of the restaurant everytime that they used to visit that place however this time, Jenko reaches her alongwith another man, Peter. Pete asks Jenko if, she should be taken care of. Jenko replies, " No, she's bereaving the tragic death of her fiance, our boy" and escorts her out of the restaurant.
Good video. It's an interesting story, with influences from Luciano's history with Joe Masseria and Sal Maranzano. Since Luciano was sent to prison in 1936, it leaves "open history" to make room for the rise of Don Vito. Thanks for citing your source. I'll take a look at it.
Joe masseria was clearly the guy they were talking about!
I swear he’s the same guy playing masseria in boardwalk empire
Nvm the clip is from boardwalk empire
@@michaeltabor2077it was Salvatore Maranzano that came up with family structure and the Capo Di Tutti Capi title
Would love to see them make a separate film on the Olive Oil war or even a series on HBO.
Facts. Only think who would be cast as don vito
@@josephamato2031 Robert de Niro, with make-up, like the Irishman!!!
@@user-nz6pl8gz1c far too old now to play a youngish Vito even with prosthetics/CGI. There are no stand out obvious candidates. So maybe a newcomer like RDN was when he played Vito.
@@badabing8884 I think RDN, could played a Don Vito in his 40s vey well, just like "The Irishman", which started with a young Frank Sheeran and a young Don Russel Buffalino. I believe, that RDN, could give the prequel, a huge note of autheniticity!!!
@@user-nz6pl8gz1c Johnny Depp?
I always thought that Tessio believed Michael would be crushed by Barzini - Tessio had no evidence of Michael's (deliberately concealed) strength and ruthlessness at the time of the attempted assassination - the killing of Solazzo and the cop were long past, Tessio probably viewed them as a one off event based on Michael's emotion - his love for his father.
Tessio was I think clever enough to realise Barzini may double cross him, so he chose what he thought was the lesser of two evils. (sorry, this should have followed the Tessio film!)
Great insight, Tessio was always the smarter one, which is why he probably distanced himself from Vito.. he probably was more aligned with Barzini than we all thought
@@dagobert1234321 Thank you very much. Agreed about Tessio and Barzini. (Amazing how two characters can be so interesting when being on screen for such a short time in the film!)
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For any of you wondering, "Mariposa" translates as "Butterfly".
“Maripos” is “butterflies” (plural) but it is Spanish, not Italian. Mariposa could be Sicilian dialect.
In Italian “butterflies” is “Farfalle”.
It's a thinly veiled reference to Joe "The Boss" Masseria.
@@Frankie5Angels150 true.
Vito Corleone had a bit of Gambino , Genovese , Proface , and the most important was Frank Costello. That had "the politicians in his pockets , like so many nickels and dimes." 👍
This would've definitely made a great miniseries. It could probably be good as a movie, too, but I think as a miniseries it would give more time to introduce and buildup characters
Mariposa is clearly based on the real life Salvatore Maranzano. He is mentioned by his actual name in the novel as well. In the Olive Oil War, Vito uses his Superior Informational Intelligence to Out General Maranzano on all fronts. Then incorporating large chunks of Maranzanos empire into his own. Vito also makes the legendary Al Capone look like a "Stupid Ass" as well. Wiping out his Hit Men and showing his disdain for him in a carefully insulting letter. After Maranzano/Mariposa was eliminated, Vito became the undisputed Power Broker among all the Five Families. This back story is CRYING OUT TO BE MADE INTO A FILM. OR PERHAPS BETTER, A MINI SERIES. The Godfather saga concentrated beautifully in the present and the future of the Corleone Family. Now it's time to look at the Prequel and back story to the Corleone Dynasty. The greatest story not yet told.
Wait a few years, if it's done now, they'll probably botch it
@@nevercommentnotevenonce9334 can't agree with you more, especially if Netflix gets a hold of it. Vito would be made into a trans non-binary dim-human.
@tb6664 just because you have those qualifications doesn't mean you are right for the role 😂.
I think that Vito used Al Capones EGO against him. Where Al Capone loved the limelight Vito was a brilliant chess player.
@@tb6664Nah, Vito's until now unknown and unseen half sister an African Italian who runs her very own all female Capo'd and even more secretive organisation announces her existance. In the process of enduring the series, we the viewers learn that the roots of Italian organised crime empires did not originate from the impoverished regions of Italy and Scilly, but was brought back by a pair of Roman soldiers. Tihtarse and Notso Tihtarse, who whilst posted in foreign lands trying to discover the technologies and oppress the ultra advanced Metropolis hidden deep within this mythical paradise. After being attacked by a Honey Badger the Roman soldiers were taken into Paradise to recieve triple bypass surgery's and something to do with stem cells...etc etc...BUT in return stole and perverted the teachings bringing about the fall of Paradise. 7 series to follow, stunning and brave, courageous acting, a must see, 10/10, critics write - this new adaptation makes Mario Puzo's writing's seem like naive, fumbling, comicbooks in comparison.
Wow! I've seen videos of your analyzing characters and events, but This one took the cake 🍰! These events should have been put in a movie right after the completion of Godfather II! Once again it shows how smart Tessio was and it was shocking to see how the Resotto Bros. and Barzini were involved in all of this. And shows how Greedy Barzini got after the Olive Oil Wars.
To the extent that Barzini started under-estimating Michael Corleone.
A lot of this is derived from those excreable Mark Winegardner novels. He was given a shot by the Puzo estate, and failed miserably. Puzo always said the story he wanted to write was Santino's story. In the original novel young Sonny is described as a great commander with a genius for urban warfare. He was said to possess a ruthlessness as a killer that was his father's "only failing as a conqueror" Winegarden made him into a buffoon. Puzzo said when creating Vito's sons he simply divided the man : 1 Fredo, got his heart, 1 Michael, got his intellect and another, Santino, got his temper. Untethered by the other virtues each became their own tragic flaw. Sonny's tale within that context is the one, unfortunately we will never see.
This was a crazy breakdown CM, an awesome detailed job and wonderfully narrated! I have not read The Family Corleone but I'm going to sure have to. I of course read the GF novel where there was some mention of this and also how the Irish almost carried the day in a brazen and nearly successful attack on the don, but ultimately failed in killing him, as they were eliminated. Looking in eager anticipation for the next in this series, I actually hang my hat on this! Superior work.
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Read it! It's a great book and gives sooooo much more insight into a lot of questions the movie didn't answer. Lot of background info, especially on Luca.
Who is writing these novels ??
@@BigBoss-zi5ss Mario Puzo.
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Nice touch tying in the DiMeo family (from New Jersey) from "The Sopranos."
Michael Corleone was stopped by the Don Vito Corleone himself from going out of the house on the day of Parade. In the house, the Don found that there were no fruits laid on the table, he looked for others, nobody was there except Michael. The driver was on a casual leave on that fateful day. So, the Don decided to walk by and also have a first hand look at the Parade. Unfortunately, it was a trap set by Mariposa.
Everyone condemned publicly the incident, it was all in the newspapers the following day. However, nobody could imagine who had conspired it.
Wow what a great job you did. Too bad they didn't make this into a TV series. I didn't know that this series of movies and books was this well thought and written
As an olive oil 🫒 importer this is a reflection of my daily life. The killings. The olive oil. The mistresses. The blood. The payoffs. The corrupt politicians. It’s all about the olives. They drive people mad. I lather my body in the olive oil. It’s nice. No one can take that away from me. And I’m not even Italian.
Recently I’ve diversified into pasta and found it just as violent.
I’m thinking of moving into Italian cheese. 🧀 like Mascarpone and class A drugs.
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Nice, can't wait to see it Edit: I'm halfway trough, I've read the original book and watched all movies, which book is this story from, is it The Sicilian? I'd love to know the source and of course, keep up the good work! Edit 2: Finished the video and saw you list the sources, thank you! Love your guys' work, I've been here since the first video came out and you still manage to surprise me with new material
It’s called “The Family Corleone” by Ed Falco
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Did you read the book, cause this is also in Puzo's book
Every crime boss has to go through that war period at least once to sit on the throne
This guy has the best voice for these videos. Great job.
i bet you never heard of the Sicilian pizza shop wars of the late 70's and very early 80's , because it's not fiction it's a true real life nyc incident a piece of gomba history
Yeah, I'II bet you're the only person who knows. Good for (sort of ) you.
The family corleone is my second favorite book. You can never top the godfather, but the prequel novel comes close to being as good. The godfather returns and revenge were okay.
I thought this story couldn't get any more amazing but it did.
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*Video about The Olive Oil War*
Kay, "Michael, what does your father do?"
Michael, "Didn't I tell you? He's the country's largest importer of Italian olive oil."
That line was left out of the wedding scene where Kay got to meet the family,
Being the largest importer of olive oil makes you a lot of money?
They can never film the Olive Oil war because of Luca Brasi. Vito converting Luca to being his personal enforcer is part of how the Corleone family won the war.
And no way in hell do they film the Long Island sequence. And that story has to be told because Luca was a broken man after that incident and thats what helped Vito recruit him in the first place
Long Island sequence? Got a link??
All they have to do is not show it or not the brutal parts of it. There are many ways around it such as describing what Luca did instead of showing it which if done correctly can have the same effect, or better effect. They can still easily turn it into a film.
It would be like trying to film The Story, it’s too dark even for these two films. Few things I’ve read have ever perturbed me, but that part of the book…Jesus
@@dzfromdetroit2840 pretty sure he murders children, but not 100%.
I'm a little scared of going back into the world of The Godfather, as Hollywood hasn't been doing well recently, especially with old IPs. But, in a perfect world, I would do a mini-series to focus on the earlier years of Vito and covering the Olive Oil War.
loved your ending the way you told the book name loved it your videos need more endings like these.Thanks alot your video was a gem never give up on these video making.
The olive war is basically the The Castellammarese War....if u pay attention the godfather movies imitates the real mob....but I would like to know more about the olive war....
How has this not been made into a movie!!!???
So, the excerpts from the book that were narrated were pretty good, but how Luca Brasi came over to the Godfather was crazy.
The edits are so so good. Jumping from all of our familiar canon of classic films to film noir to B movies (I think in a couple of clips), is masterful. I could listen to the voiceover and the production music in a podcast easily. That's why I love watching them because they're well done. I'm a fan of Simcha Jacobovici's series The Naked Archaeologist in part due to the way they used edits to tell the story. Thanks for what you deliver here, I am a fan.
Love your work! Keep it up mate!
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👍 Thoroughly enjoyed this video, watched it twice for details! Thanks for sharing this. 🙏🏻 Loving all things Godfather! ☮️
Loving your videos, real shame that the haven’t made a movie based on the book Family Corleone, would love a movie on the rise of Vito as we only get a glimpse of it in Part 2 & a bigger glimpse in the TV version of the movies, but would be amazing to have one about the Olive Oil war & to rise of the Corleone empire
Couldn't agree more 💯
If they were to make a film on this, who would You see playing the Younger Vito, Sonny, Luca Brasi etc?
@@TheCultureMafia that’s a hard one it would have to be someone who could portray them as good as the original actors
@@TheCultureMafia Vito I think possibly James Franco orTaylor Kitsch, Luca - John Krasinski Sonny - possibly Timothee Chalamet or even David Mazouz, but there are so many good actors that could play a role like Leonado Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Barry Keoghan,
Thank you so much for putting it this amazing A++ stuff, wow so much research on this and was like watching an unwatched and new part of the Godfather background! This should be a movie as a prequel to all the other GF epics, this fills in a lot of blanks and brings the cohesiveness needed to understand why certain things happened that way. Now it all makes sense when Tessio begs Tom Hagen for the sake of old times. Feel bad that he made a mistake later in his life.
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I went on a Godfather reading binge a quarter century ago and I feel I might've read "The Family Corleone". But it's frustrating as I can't remember if I truly did. I'll have to hunt it down and confirm as it sounds good.
I always thought it was a rights issue but I really hope one of the streaming platforms green lights a Corleone family series as like this illustrates there are so many untold stories to be told during Vito's rise to power.
I really hope it happens as there are multiple generations now who don't even know what The Godfather is and with TV arguably now a bigger and better industry than movies in how to tell a story in the most thorough way then surely the Corleone family saga deserves this treatment?
Title it as the OP called it.
The Olive Oil Wars
The Corleone Dynasty.
GF 3 should have been all about vito
I love this backstory explainer.. 💯💯
Exceptional breakdown. Well-narrated.
Thank You 🌹
This should be made into a movie
Your videos are the best love the content
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Thank you very much I only asked for this video a month ago and you deliver that's why I watcht your channel so much!!!
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Brilliantly and eloquently explained .
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Sonoftheson1977 has an excellent point. Al Capones SUPEREGO was his ultimate undoing. Shamelessly flaunting his power in every possible manner. Particularly in the real life "St. Valentines Day Massacre." After that nightmarish slaughter, even the public had finally had enough. As Mario Puzo stated, "Without the camouflage of society, Capones world could be easily brought to ruin." Luca Brasis brutal assassination of the Capone hit men, put that "Black Sheep of their World," in his place. In the world of Organized Crime, true power is kept hidden. Away from prying eyes and those looking to undermine it. Vito and Michael Corleone knew this rule better than all their enemies. Including the most famous gangster of them all. The most famous. Yet, far from the most powerful.
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True Power..... Very Raw
I always wished "The Family Corleone" was made into a movie.
Hats off to your editor(s) of this video. Very well done.
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Hope you enjoyed it.
I would love to see the Olive Oil War come to the big screen
This is all the stuff from the book, “The Godfather,” by Mario Puzo. It was based on the real history of the five families of the NYC mafia. Mariposa is based on Giuseppe ‘Joe the Boss’ Masseria. I recommend reading the original book, there is a ton of stuff in it that never made it into Godfather I & II, including more about Johnny Fontaine and Lucy Mancini (the bridesmaid Sunny was banging at Connie’s Wedding. The real history is as amazing as the fictional history. I recommend a book called “The Five Families” by Selwyn Raab. That’s the real history that Puzo and the book the narrator mentioned at the end of the video. Kudos on the brilliant editing. He pieced together Boardwalk Empire, all three Godfather movies, Casino, Goodfellas, and House of Strangers (the b&w scenes of Barzini (Richard Conte)).
In this day and age of prequels and remakes it would be really nice if a movie studio bought the rights to The Family Corleone screenplay and made it into either a full movie or miniseries on a streaming service like Netflix.
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC STORY!!
This should be made into A FULL-BLOWN MOVIE!?😊😊😊😊
Wow! Incredible research and amazing video. Thank you!
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This is brilliant and excellently narrated. Though I’ve read to novels and seen the films many times, this helps tie this important time period to Vito’s rise to power. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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@@TheCultureMafia Definitely 🏆
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The narrator tries too hard..
I think this should have been the Third Movie and just like the Second it could have been two stories in one movie. the Olive Wars/ and Micheal Facing the Vatican and Giving the Throne to Andy Garcia just like the Third Movie but with the story a little more polished. That would be Epic.
Well done. I'll let this simmer and return more than once to savor.
I like how you included The DiMeo Family from The Sopranos
Excellent video, Best i have ever seen on this subject 😊😊😊😊😊
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This needs a movie!!!
Once again, FANTASTIC!
Thank you so much for the video. it takes time to do these in so much detail so thank you much. 1 request in the future could you cover the pacification of New York. 1935 to 1938? Lots of interesting stuff there including the true rise of Sonny Corleone. If not i understand. Thanks for the amazing video.
Thank You.
I'll look in to it 💯
I'm shocked that no one has made a movie about the rise of Vito Corleone! You can make a movie out of this story that would easily be on par with the original Godfather movie, or Godfather Part 2!
Fantastic is an understatement. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing breakdown, I truly am fascinated by the godfather storyline. I hope they make a godfather prequel soon.
I think it would be the 50’s
I absolutely love your videos, man. Keep making them, this legendary film has a lot to talk about.
Thank You
Will do 💯
Great video! I appreciate the clips you played during your analysis. It paints a great visual 👍🏽
Much appreciated 💯
The limited prequel series we deserve
Gosh-😮, but this was deep. There is a lot going on. Love it. Thank-U 4 the research, I will read the book
Beautifully cut video and I enjoyed the words too. Your effort is appreciated by me.
You can literally make another classic movie with all this info 😅
1000%
The Godfather movies are my most favorite movies. I have them and all five Godfather books.
I truly enjoyed the video, and the explanations provided, but the use of photos and videos from so many unrelated movies was confusing. I had to continually attempt to connect them with Don Vito.
I would love to see them make a series about the olive oil wars and the Corleone families lost years
Incredibly spectacular video. Surprised this is the first time I am seeing it. Well done and kudos!
So... Footage from The Godfather 1-3 and from Boardwalk Empire.... Great presentation and story
AMAZING content! I love this channel!
Best video so far! Amazing! 👏
Glad you think so 💯
Impressive research. Great job. Thank you.
And The Family Corleone is brilliant! I love it.
If we are going to have prequel after prequel of STAR WARS...THE GODFATHER could definitely make its mark yet again with a prequel...and this video proves it