The grass is the grass, the hero is the hero

Gregorio 2022-04-21 09:01:02

Screenwriter Stone. Al Pacino's rashness saved the film, and the rambunctious hero is so vivid that we see the hilarious disillusionment of the American Dream, and the roughness of his realization process will be forgotten.

After careful scrutiny, there are many flaws in the plot. For example, the most important thing is to take a mission to get rid of money laundering charges, and as a result, accidentally kill the informant's family (bomb routine). The moral conflict contained in it is to shape Tony's principles of life. He's not a businessman, he's a principled bad guy. Killing my brother is also for my sister, but in the end it is to hate myself, to ridicule myself for pursuing the American dream and then being destroyed by the American dream. It is possible to shoot in such a simple and rude manner, but the grass is grass after all! A hero is a hero after all!

Tony is a Li Kui-like character, but he is a big boss. A reckless man does things, he says he relies on sincerity. When the senior negotiated with the boss, he interjected without any scruples. For the boss who brought him into the industry, the only purpose is to soak his wife, and he despised him in his heart, taking thoughtfulness as weakness, and one day he will replace it. He doesn't want to take possession of the boss's wife all the time. He secretly kisses and says empty words. The boss is finished with me. When his strength grows, he will directly start the fight. The so-called assassination was just an excuse to draw a gun at the godfather. (call at three o'clock)

Tony is a transcendent and politicized figure, the critique of the American money society is linked to the TV panic (60 Minutes informant), we see a series of familiar and ugly faces of capitalists, bankers laundering money, lawyers helping bad guys To escape the law, politicians police power and money. Foreshadowing the end of the dinner table before the dark night of the soul. The American dream of drug narcotics is torn apart by reality. Tony, who killed his brother, educated his wife and sister, and did not kill women and children, (bomb) sucked white powder and said that I was returning to the traditional benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. A hooligan from Cuban socialism, Li Kui, completed the self-criticism of the capitalist myth.

Note, Palma likes invalid scheduling too much (the first mission, Chainsaw, the camera was edited from outside the house, and then slowly to the person in the car, this is a bit controversial), I also don’t understand why Godard mentioned it. Palma taunted Coppola (big cost), apparently linking them together in an interview as a gangster movie. The Godfather and Scarface? Do you like this one with stronger political criticism? The shooting in Hollywood is really stupid without John Woo. The bar sweeps away and the one-person battle at the end cannot be watched at all. . .

Although the heroine Michelle Pfeiffer has to play a cold beauty + vase, and many scenes have to wear glasses, the haggard feeling is obvious. The goddess is on the stage, and the back view of the elevator is also very interesting.

Loopholes in the plot: Killing the police did not explain how to cover up the past!

The scene has a Grand Theft Auto feel, the bar and the beach.

Plot line, roughly accepting a task-solving a task

A story to gain everything, lose everything

The Fall of the B-Story Sister

Cuban refugees—the police station sincerely confesses—takes the murder mission, completes the upgrade—takes the drug deal mission, resolves the risk, completes the upgrade—goes home and quarrels, explains the family background, the important person’s sister appears, note, the younger brother drives one by one Missions, escalation of drug missions, the temptation of the bosses and women-kill the inner ghosts, compare the honesty with the conservativeness of the boss, the relationship is broken-do it alone, the police take the initiative to bribe the intervention, refuse to kill the boss one by one, kill the police, get As soon as the heroine upgrades and becomes bigger, the upstart temperament and the primitive accumulation of capital one by one discover that the younger sister is infected with the bad wind (don't remember where it was inserted, there seems to be a parallel clip of the younger brother flirting with the younger sister) one by one, the money laundering problem is caught one by one The mission kills the informant, helps and is helped—the mission “baby carriage” fails (think of the edge of the razor), revenge, and the character arc also fails—the restaurant dinner party is torn between the male and female protagonists, and the role of the dark night of the soul sets the stage for the end—discovering the sister’s Secret, kill brother, note, there is also a premise to take drugs and get killed under white powder and surveillance TV

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Scarface quotes

  • Tony Montana: [watching flamingos on TV] Manny, look at the pelican fly. Come on, pelican!

  • Tony Montana: Every dog has his day, huh, Mel?

    Mel Bernstein: I told him. It didn't make any sense, clipping you when we had you working for us. He wouldn't listen. He got hot tonight, about the broad, you know? He fucked up.

    Tony Montana: You too, Mel. You fucked up.

    Mel Bernstein: Don't go too far, Tony.

    Tony Montana: I not, Mel, you are.

    [Tony shoots Bernstein in the gut; he gasps and groans]

    Mel Bernstein: Fuck. You can't shoot a cop!

    Tony Montana: Whoever says you was one?

    [Tony leans forward, aiming the gun at Bernstein]

    Mel Bernstein: Wait a minute! You let me go, I'll fix this up.

    Tony Montana: Sure, Mel. Maybe you can hand out yourself one of them first class tickets to the Resurrection.

    Mel Bernstein: Fucking punk. Son of a bitch.

    Tony Montana: [stands up] So long, Mel, have a good trip.

    Mel Bernstein: Fuck you!