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"Gamorrah," you won't see a better film this year, I bet you. Five

Posted by tinear (A) on April 11, 2009 at 13:31:11

stories of mafia members, from capo to soldier, all linked by a tie to a massive tenement in Naples, Italy.
No superstars like DeNiro, Pacino, Duval, Brando, et al, to romanticize what are venomous, cold-blooded killers.
I won't mention any specifics except to say that many principals are real Camorra members (the title plays off the org name) and that death threats have kept the author and director somewhat underground, with police protection.
The problem with The Godfather and other Hollywood modern depictions of mafiosi is their, perhaps unintended but still obvious, glorification of these scum. Major, handsome actors who triumph over their competitors, often portrayed as somehow more moral, less venal and murderous. Why, they kill just to help their own family members or out of self-preservation or because they're moral--- they don't believe in selling drugs!
It's very, very similar to how rape used to be filmed in Hollywood films, in a titillating way that had the opposite effect of making male viewers become horrified.
It's time Scorsese (who surprisingly helped produce this film) and Coppola were held responsible for their self-indulgent films. They have done a generation of Italian-Americans a world of disservice.
And... GO see "Gamorrah."
You'll want to see it twice, like me.

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