Daily Dialogue — January 27, 2012

“And that droopy thing over there, that’s my brother, Mike. We call him Joe College.”

— Sonny (James Caan), The Godfather: Part II, screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, based on Puzo’s novel

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is flashbacks, suggested by Alexander Gorelik.

Trivia: James Caan asked that he be paid the same amount of money to play Sonny Corleone at the end of the film in the flashback as he was paid to do The Godfather. He got his wish.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Clearly this is a good use of a flashback what writers refer to as a “callback,” a great way to mark where Michael started out as a character… and where he is now.

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