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List Price: $14.94 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.95 Features • Color • DVD-Video • Full Screen • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 1972 DVD Release : 03 January, 2006 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | A genuine effort in telling a true story in America |
| THE VALACHI PAPERS (1972) with the well known star, the late CHARLES
BRONSON, will interest those viewers with a passing curiosity on crime phenomena, as well as fans of that actor and those interested in the historical undercurrents of America, in matters of the perpetual cat-and-mouse game of those operating within the legal framework, with large sums of money at stake from commercial operations, being the cops and robbers. The picture is long in playing time. The final product shows high filming quality, with unusual clarity of the dialogs and script, a logical flow in which the story unfolds (easy to understand.) This movie is also not for everyone, or for the casual viewer, considering the often vicious, homicidal behavior of the individuals participating in the gang activities ( pistol shootouts, rub outs, etc.) It also shows the paradox of 1st and 2nd generation Italians in America, struggling for supreme power and financial controls over various revenue generating rackets (protection, alcohol, commodities, etc.) in their own ethnic group, while remaining proud of their cultural and other heritage. The music is tastefully chosen, and the director indeed was capable and brave enough to show some more private, realistic and humanistic moments by the gang members, which tends to underline the biographical, and true nature of the story told within, vs. the fantasy tales, and robotic nonsensical behavior too often seen in movies released post 1990's. There is an admirable effort in portraying scenes at the turn of the century, and the decades following WWII, with proper automobiles, street scenes, clothes worn by the gangsters. Overall, this picture is a genuine effort in telling the story of a mob family from the perspective of a low-level member who managed to live to tell his story to the world. |
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