Which would be all fine and dandy if Tarantino's film owed anything to the Scorcese/Coppola trend. But, one must look beyond that long reach to the noirs of old for the influences Tarantino pulls from.

Back in the 10s-40s, mobs weren't mafias. Largely, the fiction that was created didn't have any orientation to Italians or old worlds. So, I find fault in this comparison by being so completely short-sighted, as these were created in the era of Fordism.