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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Elmore and I saw Gomorra last night.  This is an epic Italian film about the Camorra, the organized crime groups in the Naples, Italy area.  The film is based on the bestselling book by Roberto Saviano .  Gomorra is produced by Martin Scorcese, and the film tracks like one of his; with a lot of Antonioni and Brian DePalmi tossed in.  Don’t miss this film when it comes your way.  “It’s a beauty,” Elmore says. I agree.

From the Independent:

Roberto Saviano’s explosive revelations about the Camorra of Naples- a racket he says is bigger than Sicily’s Mafia - have led to death threats and, belatedly, an armed guard.

By Peter Popham reports

Roberto Saviano is in mortal danger. Yesterday he was - very belatedly - granted an armed bodyguard by the district of Naples where he lives. He is in grave danger of being shot, stabbed, blown up, and done away with because he has had the courage and the recklessness to spill a large number of beans about the Camorra, the Mafia of Naples. This sprawling network of criminal gangs, according to him, now dwarfs both the original Mafia of Sicily, the ‘Ndrangheta and southern Italy’s other organised gangs, in numbers, in economic power and in ruthless violence.

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