Gangster Priest: The Italian American Cinema of Martin Scorsese - Paperback

by Robert Casillo (Author)

Bringing a wealth of scholarship and insight into Scorsese's work, Casillo's study will captivate readers interested in the director's magisterial artistry, the rich social history of Southern Italy, Italian American ethnicity, and the sociology and history of the Mafia in both Sicily and the United States.

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'With Gangster Priest, Robert Casillo gives arguably the best reading of Martin Scorsese's -Italian American- films I have come across to date. Casillo's incredibly thorough presentation of the historical and social contexts surrounding the films and the filmmaker himself helps us to see the Italian American films of Martin Scorsese in new and exciting ways. No other scholar has even attempted such a work.'
Fred GardaphA(c), Director of the Italian American Studies Program, Stony Brook University-