Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Originally Posted by jpfromla View Post

The Lefty - Spilatro Era was sloppy at the end.
Alan probably knows as much or more than me.

I was in Las Vegas when Rosenthal's car was bombed, by the way. I guess one could make a case for some slop at the end.

I talked to a couple of people about it, and this kind of burial really breaks some basic rules. I have a friend, a young filmmaker who specializes in knowing everything there is to know about La Cosa films. But he is more of an East Coast guy. I'll quiz him when I get a chance. I think he's in Boston right now, working on the The Art Thief, which I assume is an adaptation of the book.
How about you stop with the nonsense. It's disturbing even for you. "I know a guy"..."I have a friend who's involved"..."they're both super hi-level people who are capable of giving me the scoop on things". You talk the same smack every time a new issue arises. And for God's sake, what's with you trying to impress with references to the mob, like you have any ties to Sicilians or Italians.

Just to help out---It's La Cosa NOSTRA

I didn't claim to have ties. I just spoke with some people who might be considered to know a little bit. Now, if you really wanted to ask about my friend who's a La Cosa expert with a heavy lean to the East Coast, all you had to do was ask. I have a very tiny but credited part in a movie he shot while still a student. I'm "Saul the Jew." In fact, about two months ago, I shot an improv scene for him with three of us discussing the virus for a movie he's working on. And I'm still "Saul the Jew." I make a fine "Saul the Jew."

Anyway, my friend's name is Dennison, and he really knows East Coast relationships and history intimately, but he could probably use some back-up on the West Coast history. Alan, is there any chance he could use you as a resource some time down the road? I'm sure he'd be interested in Zooming. At some point, I will be giving him a Las Vegas tour with an eye to La Cosa history, and you undoubtedly know more than me, so you might be a great resource.

And Alan, as far as making payoffs as a runner -- well, I was asked by a couple of southern writers who've had collections of short stories published if I could do a story about an automobile and coming-of-age. At first I said I had no story like that, but then one of them said he had seen a photo of me as a kid standing in front of a Lincoln with a bunch of other "youths" (as they say in My Cousin Vinny). And I said, yeah, I guess I do have a coming-of-age story about a car. So my story was accepted and edited, and now I'm waiting to hear on the publishing date for the book. Anyway, what you said about what you did in college. I was a freshman, I think.