The History of Traditional Organized Crime in America

The History of Traditional Organized Crime in America

Martin Scorsese’s Cinema of Obsessions

“No doubt I’ll always be interested in underworld stories. But no cutesy films about mama’s pasta and people getting married. I can’t stand that.”

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by AMY TAUBIN

SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

GoodFellas: Blood and Pasta

September 18, 1990

Martin Scorsese is a small, fragile man in a pressed, custom-tailored suit and immaculately polished soft Italian shoes. No…

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