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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 --- 86 days ago http://moviesfilter.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!82ABAB9A2E2856FD!4883.entry
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It's hot. I'm driving out to the desert (to work). I'm in a crappy mood. There's only one thing to do -- get my Tony Montana/"Scarface" on. Why does this over the top, shattered American Dream always make me feel better? (And it's not just La Pfeiffer in those fantastic slinky clothes -- and by the way -- it was her 50th Birthday yesterday --Happy 5-0 Michelle.). Anyway, I need to think about this :
“What's he got that I don’t?” asks the ambitious Cuban émigré Tony Montana — a focused young man whose intense drive for power and wealth will propel him into a rise and fall of epic proportions. Cocksure, flashy, broadly smiling and with a charismatic personality that simultaneously frightens and impresses people, Montana, the 'Scarface,' of the title, will swiftly rise from the hardscrabble have-nots to the luxurious haves, only to devolve (to quote that other reckless vision of American prosperity, Britney Spears) into a gimme more — far more.
Viciously directed by an inspired Brian De Palma and written with gloriously unsubtle gusto by Oliver Stone, the much-quoted “Scarface” (reworked from Howard Hawks’ original 1932 masterpiece starring Paul Muni) is now a rightful classic. In telling the story of Montana (played by Al Pacino), who with his best friend, Manny (Steven Bauer), covets and chases ultimate success and power, De Palma revels in the conspicuous consumption and unhealthy realizations of an especially fr ... |
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