“I was interested in showing a different point of view than ‘ The Godfather’ or ‘GoodFellas,’ ” he says. “These movies are the models for these people, but their real lives are different. We wanted to develop the confusion between reality and fiction. They act like they’re in an American action movie”…
“The movie I think has a kind of anthropological value,” Garrone says. “It was important to reinvent the imagery of the criminal without glamorizing. We chose very carefully every face in the movie.
From Michael J. Ybarra’s 12/14 story on Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorrah.” More on Garrone’s film later this morning, I assure you.