Pictures of Scarface!We are happy to add this article on Pictures of Scarface in the interest of art. It's not often that we highlight a film but this great movie is a must. A convict expelled from Cuba in 1980 when emigration to the U.S. is briefly opened, he (Scarface) enters Miami's underworld with a lust for power and material wealth that we witness more in awe than in empathy.
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Since a quick rise and fall is assured from the start, our hope is that De Palma's skill at portraying the outrageous potential of human greed in the movie Scarface, will be enough to keep us hooked. On this count, for at least two thirds of its running time, even SCARFACE naysayers would have to admit it succeeds. Even the title Scarface has an effect.
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Since a quick rise and fall is assured from the start, our hope is that De Palma's skill at portraying the outrageous potential of human greed in the movie Scarface, will be enough to keep us hooked. On this count, for at least two thirds of its running time, even SCARFACE naysayers would have to admit it succeeds. Even the title Scarface has an effect.
Transferring the premise of Howard Hawks' 1932 classic from 
Prohibition era Chicago to then contemporary South Florida, Oliver Stone's screenplay follows Tony's journey in a "matter of course" style that makes it clear just how he gets so far in such a short period of time. This method of storytelling is a perfect match for the cinematic "domino effect" De Palma had been developing since SISTERS, whereby characters move toward pivotal confrontations (i.e. Carrie from early humiliation to her disastrous prom) through a simple but inexorable flow of events.
Thus a mob hit set up by Tony's friend and partner Manny Rivera (Steven Bauer) leads to their early release from a refugee camp. This in turn brings them more work on the outside, and after surviving a drug pickup gone bad, they win the trust of local kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia).
Once Tony (scarface) has reached this stage, the rest seems natural. If he can establish himself as
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Prohibition era Chicago to then contemporary South Florida, Oliver Stone's screenplay follows Tony's journey in a "matter of course" style that makes it clear just how he gets so far in such a short period of time. This method of storytelling is a perfect match for the cinematic "domino effect" De Palma had been developing since SISTERS, whereby characters move toward pivotal confrontations (i.e. Carrie from early humiliation to her disastrous prom) through a simple but inexorable flow of events.
Thus a mob hit set up by Tony's friend and partner Manny Rivera (Steven Bauer) leads to their early release from a refugee camp. This in turn brings them more work on the outside, and after surviving a drug pickup gone bad, they win the trust of local kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia).
Once Tony (scarface) has reached this stage, the rest seems natural. If he can establish himself asRead the rest of Pictures of Scarface.....
Editor in Chief
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