A WASPy Hypothesis
By A friend proposes the following:
The generation of major Italian-American filmmakers that came to prominence in the 1970s has consistently failed to display multi-dimensional WASP characters, largely because of an inability to appreciate the complexities of WASP affect.
I’m not sure I agree with this, but it does explain why Diane Keaton is the worst part of the first two Godfather films, and why I detest Age of Innocence.