Gangsters/Mafia Classic. This is Scorsese at his best. The casting is more than impressive, and the direction flawless. The scenario is following the rising & falling pattern : the movie is all classic & classy. Honour, treachery, family, drugs, sex and power here.
Poem about guilt. "They have made their lifetime commitment, and it was to the wrong life." There are good times and bad times of being in the Mafia, but being betrayed and betraying others are the worst times.