Daily Dialogue — July 10, 2017
“Michael Francis Rizzi, do you renounce Satan? And all his works? And all his pomps?”
“Michael Francis Rizzi, do you renounce Satan? And all his works? And all his pomps?”
— The Godfather (1972), screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, novel by Mario Puzo
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Church.
Trivia: According to Francis Ford Coppola on the DVD commentary, the intercutting of the baptism scene with the gang killings during the movie’s climax did not really work until editor Peter Zinner added the organ soundtrack.
Dialogue On Dialogue: The cross cuts between baptism (new life) and the murders (death) is one of the most famous sequences in movie history. Michael lies his way through the liturgical rite demonstrating how far he’s gone into his role as the Godfather.