directed by: Brian De Palma
written by: Oliver Stone + Howard Hawks a Ben Hecht (original screenplay)
starring: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
comment: 10th September, 2016
Given the fact that this film inspired several generations of people to adorn their walls with posters of pissed off Al Pacino, I expected "Scarface" to actually deliver some merit to this rebellious identification. And I cried bitter tears. Tony Montana is a complete
The opening effort to connect an older story with present-day social issues fades away rather quickly and what goes on next is almost three-hour long (?!) adoration of emptiness and rubbish that doesn't seem to have a point or change a point of view during its course. I found the soundtrack to be very, very outdated and things like optimistic montages of rise to power, wedding plans and financial succes would be banned by law under my rule.
My disappointment is only made bigger and stronger by the fact that the original "Scarface" by Hawks is one of the few gangster films I find really well made and seriously artistically respectable.
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