Movies have a way of elevating even the most dastardly subject.
Martin Scorsese's film
Goodfellas, based on the life of gangster turned federal informant
Henry Hill, doesn't try to turn Hill into an anti-hero, but the liveliness and energy of the film almost ensured that some people would see it the wrong way regardless. That's not Scorsese's fault; it's just the way movies work.
And so, when Hill died last ...