Scar Face
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SCARFACE (The American Dream)
Usually, there is an underlying theme to every film you see -- a motto if you will.
Even the most brainless of films have one. Often, this motto is spoken within the film
by one of it's characters. In the case of Scarface, Tony Montana (Al Pacino) lays out
the film in one bold statement:
"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you
get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women."
That's pretty much what Scarface is all about.
Many people consider Scarface to be one of the greatest gangster films ever made.
Scarface is, in fact, simply a great film, but does it really fall into the whole gangster
genre? It's based on the 1932 film Scarface -- and shares many of the most apparent
plot points -- the stealing of the boss' girl, the over protective nature dealing with the
sister, the dramatic killing of the bad guy in the end...