Martin Scorsese is one of the most renowned filmmakers of all time when it comes to gangster films. Why was he so interested in the Italian-American mafia life?

Scorsese's family relocated to Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood before he began school. His parents worked in the Garment District of New York City and were of Italian ancestry. The family's original surname was Scozzese but was altered to Scorsese due to a typing mistake. At the same time, Scorsese was brought up in a strongly Catholic household.

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