Thank you for a really fascinating piece - it taught me as much about society as it did about film. I have thought before about the feedback loop of glamour that comes from the characters (particularly) in The Sopranos constantly discussing The Godfather. Michael and Sonny were glamorous, Tony and Paulie get some of that reflected glamourous and magnify it by knowing and discussing the details of Moe Greene's killing. And so it goes.
And these movies look fascinating, I feel like a counterbalance to the romanticised view of organised crime (not that I don't love those movies!) is overdue.
Thank you for a really fascinating piece - it taught me as much about society as it did about film. I have thought before about the feedback loop of glamour that comes from the characters (particularly) in The Sopranos constantly discussing The Godfather. Michael and Sonny were glamorous, Tony and Paulie get some of that reflected glamourous and magnify it by knowing and discussing the details of Moe Greene's killing. And so it goes.
And these movies look fascinating, I feel like a counterbalance to the romanticised view of organised crime (not that I don't love those movies!) is overdue.