Daily Dialogue — May 7, 2016

“Fredo, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a brother, you’re not a friend. I don’t want to know you or what you do. I don’t want to see you at the hotels, I don’t want you near my house. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I won’t be there. You understand?”

— The Godfather: Part II (1974), screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo, novel by Mario Puzo

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Brothers.

Trivia: Francis Ford Coppola, having nearly been fired several times from the first film, was given a Mercedes-Benz limousine from Paramount as a reward for the record success of The Godfather (1972) and an incentive to direct a sequel. He agreed on several conditions — that the sequel be interconnected with the first film with the intention of later showing them together; that he be allowed to direct his own script of The Conversation (1974); that he be allowed to direct a production for the San Francisco Opera; and that he be allowed to write the screenplay for The Great Gatsby (1974) — all prior to production of the sequel for a Christmas 1974 release.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is one cold, cold kiss off, man.