He had sent the level-headed Mitch to urgently summon Lucy to a "business conference" at 21, a posh New York restaurant.As she hysterically screamed: "No, No!", she attempted to paddle away, and he began to chase toward her - although he abruptly disappeared.In the 1974 Oscar competition,The Conversationcompeted for Best Picture with Coppola""s own sequelThe Godfather, Part II (1974).He secretly stashes the bulrushes in a barn after a horse violently nuzzles him.Sneaking stealthily to his bed, he lies down as if drugged.As he falls asleep exhausted, he sleeps fitfully while consumed and obsessed with his murderous plot.Idyllic small-town images are presented in silent slow-motion, with hyper-realistic light and color.A bright-red fire engine truck tranquilly glides down the suburban US street - a friendly fireman on the running board waves with a dalmatian next to him.