Thursday, May 14, 2009

Meg's Godfather Week 2: Literary Feature Hunt

In "The Godfather", Francis Ford Coppola likes to play with juxtoposition.
At Michael's nephew and godson's baptism, there is this great scene where the shooting is mixed with the baptism, with a voiceover of the priest and Michael. There is the baby crying the background, and the priest asks,
"Do you renounce Satan?"
Michael says, "I do renounce him" as the shootings of the Corleone family's enemies fallout. The priest continues to ask this question, and the tension is built up like the scene where Michael shoots McClusky and Sollozzo in the restaurant.

This juxtoposition seems to shed light on the theme of "The Godfather." That whatever is done has consequences, concequences that cannot be forgotten.

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