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LIFE COPYING ART—KILL BILL AND THE MAFIA.

February 5, 2011 · Uncategorized

LIFE COPYING ART—KILL BILL AND THE MAFIA. Mafia figures are said to imitate movie gangsters. This review of Gomorrah, an Italian movie based on a journalist’s book about the Camorra, said to be five times as large as the Sicilian Mafia, says that: “Female bodyguards [for some Italian gangsters] wear outfits inspired by Uma Thurman’s yellow jumpsuit in Kill Bill.” And “One mob boss, William Schiavone, built a villa outside Naples which was an exact replica of Al Pacino’s home in the remake of Scarface….”