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Throughout the interrogation, Fonda portrays Bottomley as a subtle mixture of priest and detective, probing DeSalvo to extract the confession that he wants. Unfortunately, the finesse in the interrogation ends there. The camera cuts in for overly searching closeups of Curtis, whose baggy faces droops a millimeter or two as he finally coughs up the secrets of his "other self." To let even the dullest know what's happening, a hand-held camera stumbles behind the strangler re-enacting--in the psychic presence of Bottomley--one of his slayings. A few multiple image projections here, as throughout the film, serve...
...dark blue business suit. John and Car oline, each carrying a single tall white candle, flanked them. As Archimandrite Polykarpos Athanassion intoned the solemn Greek of the nuptial liturgy, Jackie and Ari exchanged rings and wreaths of lemon blossoms, and drank wine from a single chalice. Then the priest led them round a table three times in the ritual dance of Isaiah. Traditionally in the dance, one of the newlyweds steps on his (or her) partner's foot to signify who will command in the marriage. None of the 25 guests admitted seeing such one-foot-upmanship...
When Cushing resigns as cardinal, it is likely that he will go to Latin America as an ordinary missionary-priest--a desire which he has often voiced in the past...
...going too far to deprive Marguerite of her usual departure for heaven in full view of the audience. But Corsaro decided that angels, bells and harps would be too much of a fantasia for the modern viewer. Instead, Marguerite gains redemption by accepting the last rites from a priest just before the noose is placed over her head. It gives the ending a biting irony that fits in perfectly with Corsaro's overall concept, and most of those present agreed with Soprano Sills that the director had justified his radical ideas. Said Sills: "If you can convince someone that...
...life to pull her husband Teddy out of the wreckage in that near-fatal light-plane crash near Springfield, Mass., tour years ago. At one rally she let her listeners in on a little family secret by introducing former Notre Dame President Father John Cavanaugh as "the best priest friend Ted and I ever had " Said Joan: "We wanted him to marry us, but Cardinal Spellman said he should...