Cannoli Are Delicious

“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli” – Peter Clemenza to Rocco who has killed Paulie in the car.

For the uninitiated, that is the proper quote from the 1972 film The Godfather. A film many agree to be among if not the finest film of all time.

I must admit deciding on a movie blog title is a brain-wrecking experience. You want it to be catchy yet relevant. So I decided for it to be a quote from a film. Problem was quotes are often quite long. Some stretch to a few sentences. My initial pick was ‘Rosebud’ from Citizen Kane. One word, very concise. However, I myself haven’t seen Citizen Kane. And while it is a critically acclaimed film, it does not bode well in terms of popularity and cool-ness. So, scratch that. Star Wars was beyond movies these days and LOTR was, no, just no.

I remembered “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse” from The Godfather but, again, too long. Then, the ‘Cannoli’ quote sprang to mind. I could take the ‘Leave the gun’ part out and it is still an iconic even though less glamorous to the former quote. The fact that cannoli are cream-filled deep-fried pastry with bits of chocolates in them is just a bonus.

But of course, ‘takethecannoli’ domains were already taken and were dedicated to personal blogs discussing the trivial of life and has nothing to do with Mario Puzo’s work, which I consider to be borderline blasphemy.    

So I added 1972 at the front to commemorate the year the film was released.

Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to 1972takethecannoli.