Naples mobsters continue to mimic Hollywood gangsters, according to author Roberto Saviano, who wrote in his best-selling Camorra chronicle Gomorra, that hitmen were missing their targets because they insisted on holding their guns tilted like the characters in Quentin Tarantino films.
"Don Quixote had his windmills /Ponce de Leon took his cruise
Took Sinbad seven voyages /To see that it was all a ruse
(That's why I'm) Looking for the next best thing"
- Warren Zevon
Monday, 9 July 2007
The Sopranos: Truer Than You'd Think
The Guardian has a report on behind-bars Naples gangster Walter Schiavone's house. It's modelled on the house owned by Tony Montana in Scarface. The report goes on to add:
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