The Mask of Zorro (1998)
(1) Montero: I'm sorry that I
have to leave you without a husband. [to his guards] Arrest him.
(2) de la Vega (indicating the sword): Do you know how
to use that thing?
Murrieta: Yes. The pointy
end goes into the other man.
de la Vega: [sighs] This is
going to take a lot of work.
(3) Murrieta: The great warrior known as
Zorro was gone. The people gave him a hero's funeral, but your grandfather will
live on. For there will always be a Zorro. We will see him again... riding like
the wind, his sword blazing in the sun... leaping, jumping, swinging through
the air... Fighting like a tiger.
Voice-over
Zorro’s logo, the letter “Z” (tilted 65 degrees) is also a metaphor for Zorro’s reincarnation. He rises, he falls, he rises
again. Montero's “Arrest him!” triggers the fall, the exchange “pointy end goes
in the other man,” marks the rise, and the storytelling, “There will always be a
Zorro,” signals the climax where de la Vega passes Zorro’s mask to Murrieta.
