This Montage is from the one of the breathtaking scenes in The Godfather, known as The Baptism Scene. The shooting scenes in this section, the Gothic and Catholic background music and the shootings interweave together and create the complexity and heartlessness of the protagonist himself. The paradoxical cuts builds up the tense of the movie.
A very powerful scene, and an excellent example of montage and how it can create a sense of contradiction and ambiguity. Note the ironic use of sound -- the soundtrack IS the entire religious service. Nice example!
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