>
>from what i remember
>1. he's talking about some gang-fighting history? was it
>directly related to his own emergence as a crime-lord
>2. the opening montage was incredibly brutal. the bit where
>they executed the blindfolded couple on the beach, even in
>this day and age, was ultra-violent film-making. maybe they
>were using the racist speech as an emotional lever to make you
>hate the character.


i also see it in this way as well...making the audience hate costello

and also about the beach....well he was basing costello on whitey bulger and bulger did execute and bury bodies in the beach. i remember when the fbi went digging for them but i dont think they ever recovered the bodies. (another reason why i never went to the beach in boston)