Our Favorite Mafioso Killer
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, libertarian law professor Ilya Somin celebrates The Godfather for all the right reasons.
Here also is the Mises Institute's movie guide on the Godfather movies, and Robert Murphy on whether we should loathe or love the mafia.
And of course Murray Rothbard was there first, with his Libertarian Forum review, and this essay contrasting The Godfather and Goodfellas.
Comments (1)
TGGP
Wow, was Rothbard embarrassingly off-base. Goodfellas is based on the real-life Henry Hill's account of his activities. Mario Puozo, author of the Godfather, has admitted that he never actually met a real mafioso. His publishers wanted him to write mob stuff because they figured it would sell well, and it did. It is certainly entertaining, but Rothbard was absolutely wrong when he called it more realistic than Goodfellas.
Published: May 11, 2007 5:09 PM