I was raised on Edward G., Bogart and Cagney films but Scarface took a long time to show up on TV.to do at the studio about the ending which I guess is there to demean gangster society.
Paul Muni is a good choice for the just off the boat thug with ambition. His accent is as thick as deep dish lasagna...I could see Pacino picking up on Muni's performance.
Through most of the film Howard Hawks supplies several visual flourishes that add a lot to the story's texture. A young Ann Dvorak, tough mob boss Boris Karloff and comedic bits by Muni's inept male secretary are pluses.
Unfortunately the last act does not play well as Muni turns despondent after one murder too many and his ineffective defense of his " steel fortress " and groveling when cornered by the cops is wrong all the way. I vaguely recall that there was a big
The opening titles make a plea to the government to stop its indifference to machine gun toteing gangsters which is charmingly " period ". Later a newspaper publisher bemoans that the American Legion was not allowed to combat organized crime's threatto American values, that really is stranger than strange. All in all good if not great. 8-/10 rat a tat tats
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On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-8, neo...@webtv.net wrote:
I was raised on Edward G., Bogart and Cagney films but Scarface took a long time to show up on TV.
Paul Muni is a good choice for the just off the boat thug with ambition.His accent is as thick as deep dish lasagna...I could see Pacino picking up on Muni's performance.
Through most of the film Howard Hawks supplies several visual flourishesthat add a lot to the story's texture. A young Ann Dvorak, tough mob boss Boris Karloff and comedic bits by Muni's inept male secretary are pluses.
Unfortunately the last act does not play well as Muni turns despondent after one murder too many and his ineffective defense of his " steel fortress " and groveling when cornered by the cops is wrong all the way. I vaguely recall that there was a big to do at the studio about the ending which I guess is there to demean
if not great. 8-/10 rat a tat tatsThe opening titles make a plea to the government to stop its indifferenceto machine gun toteing gangsters which is charmingly " period ". Later a newspaper publisher bemoans that the American Legion was not allowed to combat organized crime's threat to American values, that really is stranger than strange. All in all good
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SCARFACE (1983) - Movie Review
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