1. El Cine Como Molde de la Realidad y la Ficción.
Las publicaciones revelan que la principal fuente de conocimiento sobre la mafia para el público general son las películas y la televisión. Curiosamente, esta influencia es bidireccional: no solo el cine se inspira en la mafia, sino que los propios mafiosos han llegado a imitar los códigos y comportamientos popularizados en la pantalla grande, creando un ciclo donde la ficción redefine la realidad.
- I can tell the op only gets their idea of mafia via movies/tv. They also are not actually reading what you wrote and might be one of those "reply bots".
- It’s like how mafia guys watched “the godfather” to learn how to talk and act like they’re in the mafia!
- The godfather was actually a *huge* inspiration for the actual mafia because of all the codes of honor and customs and ceremonial shit.
- Francis ford coppola essentially invented a world of glamour and honor and standards that just didn't actually exist a lot of mafia organizations decided to try and emulate that though.
- People have spent their whole lives seeing mafia on tv and can't even recognize it out in the open.
2. La Tensión Entre Romanticismo y Cruda Realidad.
Existe un debate constante sobre la representación de la mafia. Mientras obras como 'The Godfather' son vistas como romantizaciones que otorgan un falso glamour al crimen, series como 'The Sopranos' son elogiadas por desmitificar a sus personajes, mostrándolos como individuos violentos, patéticos y autodestructivos, más cercanos a la realidad del hampa.
- I usually hate mafia movies but was pleasantly surprised by the sopranos. It didn’t try to romanticize the mafia - it slowly built up a clear picture of them as the ugly, violent, losers they really are.
- Well if you watch almost any film about mafia it shows mafia as a group of romantic outlaws, and interesting people in general. In reality they are just boring greedy bullies, and murderers.
- I'm watching a bronx tale and it's amazing how much the mafia was romanticized. Change the color of their skin and their music from doo wop to rap and all of a sudden it's gangbangers, crips and bloods and degenerates of society.
- At least goodfellas is comparatively honest about these people. The godfather movies go out of their way to hide the utterly terrible things the mafia does to make money. Malignant parasites, all of them.
- The whole thesis of the show is "being in the mafia is just like having a normal, lame suburban life except you're also a brutal monster who ruins the lives of everyone around you and also yourself," and guys are like "hell yeah that rocks".
3. Obras Clave: The Godfather, Sopranos y Goodfellas.
Las discusiones sobre el género están dominadas por un canon de títulos ineludibles. 'The Godfather', 'The Sopranos' y 'Goodfellas' son mencionados repetidamente como los pilares que definen y, a la vez, subvierten las convenciones del cine de gánsteres. Estas obras son el punto de referencia obligatorio para cualquier aficionado o creador que explore este universo.
- Am i going to re watch godfather for inspiration on my story involving wizard mafia? yes, feels like it’s mandatory watching.
- Having seen the godfather trilogy, goodfellas, casino, miller's crossing, once upon a time in america and the sopranos, this is all very familiar.
- Dang what is with me and mafia-related media this year? watched the godfather for the first time in january, then watched fugget about it when it was a meme on the other site, and now i'm watching the sopranos for the first time. Hmm.
- Well shit goodfellas coming out the gate with a brutal murder this is the mafia movie content i was looking for bro!
- I also think "mafia" is maybe not such a bad thing to underperform. People love the godfather, the sopranos, scorcese films, etc.
4. El Atractivo Ambivalente del Género.
Los motivos para consumir cine de mafia son variados y a menudo contradictorios. Algunos se sienten atraídos por el carisma de los actores o la complejidad de las dinámicas de poder, mientras que otros disfrutan de la fantasía del crimen sin las consecuencias reales. Sin embargo, también existe un fuerte rechazo por parte de quienes consideran que el género glorifica la violencia y a criminales, o simplemente lo encuentran moralmente reprobable.
- I for real need to watch more mafia movies. Not because i agree with the romanticization of organized crime but bc they are casting their hottest actors in those movies.
- Sighs dreamily over crime in mafia movies despite being so entirely fed up with crime irl. They can coexist.
- I must admit that i hardly ever watch films regarding mafia. Reality is bad enough.
- Yes! i have never understood the fascination with gangster or mafia movies. They are not the kind of people i want to watch.
- I understand. I have a totally unreasonable and unjustified bias against mafia movies. Someday i will get over it.