The Godfather · 1972 — 第 5 / 9 章 · 3'51" · B2

Michael Plans the Restaurant Hit, Explained:business, not personal

The room is arguing whether to hear Sollozzo out or go to war. Underneath, one man stops waiting. "Some place where there are people, so I feel safe" is not caution. It is how he gets a gun into a public meeting and close enough to kill.

あらすじ

After the hospital, the Corleone house looks like a fortress full of new faces. Someone reports that Sonny got mad and that they hit Bruno Tattaglia that morning. Sollozzo wants a meeting the same day and asks them to send Michael to hear a deal. The argument ends in a plan to meet in a public restaurant with a weapon planted there.

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business, not personalrun for coverpatch things uptoo good to refuse

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このシーンの表現

business, not personal

nothing personal, only business

桑尼要为父亲报仇,汤姆却提醒他,家族讲究把生意和私人恩怨分开看。

The layoffs were business, not personal.

このシーンの他の表現

  • run for cover

    to flee and protect oneself

  • patch things up

    to repair a relationship or situation

  • too good to refuse

    so attractive that saying no is impossible

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 39 件のメモ

表現 · B2what's with something-What's with all the new faces? -We'll need them now.
表現 · B1get madAfter the hospital thing, Sonny got mad.
スラング · B2hitWe hit Bruno Tattaglia this morning.
表現 · B2the nerveThe Turk wants to talk! Imagine the nerve of the son-of-a-bitch.
発音the nerve

liaison

The Turk wants to talk! Imagine the nerve of the son-of-a-bitch.
表現 · B2too good to refuse

so attractive that saying no is impossible

He promises that the deal is too good to refuse.
文法 · B1too good to refuse

too ... to

He promises that the deal is too good to refuse.
表現 · B1part of the deal-And Bruno Tattaglia? -That's part of the deal.
表現 · B2cancel out-He cancels out what they did to Father. -We should listen to them.
表現 · A2listen to someone-He cancels out what they did to Father. -We should listen to them.
表現 · B2someone's tricksNo more meetings, discussions, or Sollozzo tricks.
表現 · B1go to warI want Sollozzo, or we go to war...
表現 · B2business, not personal

nothing personal, only business

This is business, not personal!
文法 · B1This is business, not personal

contrast with not

This is business, not personal!
発音business, not personal

liaison

This is business, not personal!
表現 · B2patch things up

to repair a relationship or situation

No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win.
表現 · B1find out about somethingI found out about Captain McCluskey, who broke Mike's jaw.
表現 · B2on someone's payrollHe's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll, and for big money.
表現 · B2for big moneyHe's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll, and for big money.
表現 · B2gun downNobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.
発音gunned down

liaison

Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.
表現 · B2come after someoneAll the families would come after you. The Corleone family would be outcasts!
表現 · B2run for cover

to flee and protect oneself

Even the old man's political protection would run for cover.
文法 · B2would run for cover

would for a likely result

Even the old man's political protection would run for cover.
表現 · B2take something into considerationDo me a favor. Take this into consideration.
表現 · B1no matter whatNo matter what Sollozzo says, he's going to kill Pop.
スラング · A2PopNo matter what Sollozzo says, he's going to kill Pop.
表現 · B1have got to do somethingThat's the key for him. We've got to get Sollozzo.
表現 · A2ask someone something-Mike is right. -Let me ask you something.
表現 · B1what do we do with someoneWhat about this McCluskey? What do we do with this cop?
表現 · B1set a meetingLet's set the meeting.
表現 · B2find outGet our informers to find out where it's going to be held.
表現 · A2a public placeWe insist it's a public place. A bar, a restaurant.
表現 · A2feel safeSome place where there are people, so I feel safe.
表現 · B1search someoneThey'll search me when I meet them, right?
表現 · B1have something on meSo I can't have a weapon on me.
表現 · B2figure out a wayBut if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me
表現 · B2plant something somewhereBut if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me
文法 · B1can figure out a way

can for ability

But if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me

「Michael Plans the Restaurant Hit」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a strategy meeting about whether to hear a proposition or go to war. One voice calls the shooting of the father business, not personal. Another warns that "Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain," so the family would be outcasts. The reply refuses more advice on how to patch things up and wants only help to win. The plan that follows is precise. The meeting has to be a bar or a restaurant, "some place where there are people, so I feel safe." That safety is a cover. He expects to be searched and cannot carry a weapon. If a gun is planted ahead of time, he will kill both men. The crowd is what makes the search ordinary and the planted gun possible. Waiting loses because, no matter what is promised, Pop still gets killed.

Theme

RevengeThe plan is to meet Sollozzo and the captain and kill them both, because waiting means Pop gets killed.
DeceptionAsking for a place with people, so he feels safe, covers the real move: a gun planted before the search.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Business language can hide a grudge
  • A favor can be a shutdown
  • Setting a meeting can hide a hit
  • Figure out a way names the constraint

発音のポイント

  • the nerve — liaison
  • business, not personal — liaison
  • gunned down — liaison
This is business, not personal!

In this argument it tries to reframe the attempt on the father as a deal, not a grudge, so the family should still listen.

No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win.

The reply rejects any plan to settle. The speaker wants allies who will help him beat Sollozzo, not advice on making peace.

Some place where there are people, so I feel safe.

He asks for a crowded bar or restaurant so the meeting looks safe, while planning to be unarmed and use a gun hidden there.

Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.

A warning that shooting Captain McCluskey would be a first, and every other family would turn on the Corleones for it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the plan insist on a bar or a restaurant?

A crowd is the stated reason he will feel safe. He also expects to be searched and cannot carry a weapon. A public room is where someone can plant a gun ahead of time, so he can still kill both men.

Why is shooting Captain McCluskey treated as a different risk?

Someone warns that nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain. The other families would come after them, the Corleones would be outcasts, and the old man's political protection would run for cover.

Is "some place where there are people, so I feel safe" really about safety?

It is the condition he sets for the meeting. In the next lines he says they will search him, so he cannot have a weapon on him, and he asks for a gun planted there. The crowd makes that plan possible.

Why refuse to wait for Sollozzo's deal?

The case against waiting is the line itself: no matter what Sollozzo says, he is going to kill Pop, and that is the key for him. They have to get Sollozzo. Calling Bruno part of the deal does not change that.

What does the room already know about Bruno Tattaglia?

After the hospital, Sonny got mad, and Bruno Tattaglia was hit that morning. When the meeting is offered, Bruno is treated as part of the deal, a way to cancel out what they did to the father. That trade is rejected.

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