[Finny]

...the GDFTR trilogy is foundational ... Yes, you're right. Wow ... I'll bet it would be interesting to hear what some of your relatives had to say about the book and the movies!

[morphing libertarian]

My cousins are the only ones left. The last movie my dad saw in a theatre was Patton. He was third army.

I have been to Sicily, but no one here or there relates to those films and most didn't even see them.

I'm a movieholic and was drawn base don word of mouth and then got hooked. But many of my extended family don't do movies. I'm one of the oldest now and those who passed away had more culture exposure than my kids. My only sibling is a total wasp and not at all influenced by Italian cultural.

My only characteristic is that I am hard heading, stubborn and can be vindictive until I settle down. All Sicilian traits. Vendetta is a Sicilian concept, and of course Sicilian Vespers.