The Godfather was produced more than forty years ago, when the Mafi a was a serious power in the United States. If you take into account the social circumstances surrounding the fi lm, would you say...

The Godfather was produced more than forty years ago, when the Mafi a was a serious power in the United States. If you take into account the social circumstances surrounding the fi lm, would you say that today—with most organized crime bosses in prison—our reactions to this fi lm would make it more or less diffi cult to romanticize the Mafi a? Are you tempted to romanticize these criminals?