The French Connection Violence Quotes

POPEYE: (to Mulderig) You keep shooting your mouth off, I'm gonna knock you right into the middle of next week.

Popeye isn't just a man of fist and bullets: looking how with "shooting off" he brings violence into an otherwise totally peaceful conversation.

POPEYE: (as bystanders go to tend to the shot woman) Leave her alone! Leave her alone! There's a sniper up there.

Popeye has to manage the safety of the public, but it's clear to us that it's a secondary priority for him. Do you agree?

Popeye runs in pursuit of his would-be assassin up to a subway platform. With his gun out, he scans to the sparse crowd. No one seems to notice.

Friedkin's built a strange world in which a drawn gun doesn't arouse the suspicion of bystanders. What does this tell us about his version of NYC?