A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
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Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#2Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara, who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s.
Take away: criminals are vain too.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#3Off topic, but I'm always amazed by Archive.md/.is/whatever. To this day I don't understand how they manage to bypass a lot of paywalls.
The mystery about the owner makes it even more intriguing.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#4Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara , who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s. Take away: criminals are vain too.
Yup, they want to be documented. Tale as old as time.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#5Off topic, but I'm always amazed by Archive.md/.is/whatever. To this day I don't understand how they manage to bypass a lot of paywalls. The mystery about the owner makes it even more intriguing.
I just assumed they copied it into their own db
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#6Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara , who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s. Take away: criminals are vain too.
For those who don’t know: the film City of God is based on this, and it’s a great movie. One of my all-time favorites. The directing, acting photography and storytelling are all very well done. Worth anyone’s time.
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#7It angers me that Fascist Italy could push the Mafia to the brink of extinction but Democratic Italy can’t.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#8It angers me that Fascist Italy could push the Mafia to the brink of extinction but Democratic Italy can’t.
One Mafia pushed the other out. No improvement for normal people.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#9Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara , who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s. Take away: criminals are vain too.
For those who don’t know: the film City of God is based on this, and it’s a great movie. One of my all-time favorites. The directing, acting photography and storytelling are all very well done. Worth anyone’s time.
I have to rewatch what, been a decade.
Re: A novelist who took on the Italian mafia and lived
#10It angers me that Fascist Italy could push the Mafia to the brink of extinction but Democratic Italy can’t.
They can, they just don’t do it. This is the case in every western „liberal democracy“.