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Re: Italian mob films
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07/04/06 11:18 AM
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I can recommend two, Dario--both from the early Sixties: "Mafioso" (1962), directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Alberto Sordi as an honest Sicilian who migrated to Milan, has a supervisory job in the Alfa Romeo plant, married a blond, Northern Italian woman. He and his family return to Sicily for a family visit after many years' absence. The first half is a riotously funny comedy, as only the Italians can do it. The second half is a deadly serious murder plot into which the hapless Sordi is drafted. This is a great movie--one of the best I've ever seen. But I only saw it once, in theatrical release in ' 62. It's not available on VHS or DVD here in the US.
"La Smania Addosso" (1963), a.k.a. "Eye of the Needle," is another Sicilian Mob story that's mostly comedy. It stars the great Vittorio Gassman as a Mobbed up lawyer. I don't remember much about it except that I liked it a lot.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Italian mob films
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07/05/06 12:30 PM
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"Prince of the City" - has a lot of mob cross-over, though its focus is police corruption in general
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Re: Italian mob films
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07/05/06 01:02 PM
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Gangster Wars/The Gangster Chronicles also worth checking out once if you can find either version
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Re: Italian mob films
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08/16/06 02:28 PM
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There are many italian films about mafia...
Jonny Stecchino, Palermo - Milano sola andata, Paolo Borsellino, Donne di Mafia, La mafia mi fa un baffo, la mafia dei nuovi padrini and so on...
The Godfahter is an epic film, but it couldn't be real. The sicilian mafia, or la 'Ndragheta, la Camorra, la Stidda, la Sacra Corona unita are not interested in honour, family, pizza, pasta e mandolino. These are things that only Puzo (an italian - american, as Coppola) and Coppola could represent and write.
Gli farò un'offerta che non potrà rifiutare....
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