Article: Click, Bang! A Great Scene Will Keep You Hanging on

Clemenza is in the basement of his home with Michael Corleone, schooling him on how to behave in the restaurant once Michael has assassinated a rival mob boss and a corrupt police captain.

As Michael points the unloaded gun at an imaginary target, the meatball-shaped Clemenza awkwardly tries to tell Michael how much he cares for him.

"We was all real proud of you, for being a war hero and all," says Clemenza. Michael squeezes the trigger. He's not a war hero any more. He's going to join the dark side of the family business. I was on the sofa late one night, in that hazy zone where you're half-asleep and you know you should be in bed but you're robotically working the clicker through one ...

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