Similarities Between Scarface And Scarface

The gangster genre within films in America has accomplished numerous positive criticisms and constant willing audiences due to containing outstanding spectacles and mind-blowing action. The Godfather, being second on the IMDb Top 250 Movies, has set a new popular concept to life within the Mafia from their point of view. Doing so, creating a positive association. Yet within Italy, the same topic contains a complete different view. Movies such as I Cento Passi demonstrate unenthusiastic view by those whom are outside yet negatively affected by those members. Unlike American films, the gangsters are not as often viewed at the protagonist and are the main causes for the problematic events. But how different is Italian Mafia and American

     First off, the biggest difference is the time periods of each movie. The older movie was set in Early Renaissance times. The newer movie is set in the early ninety’s. Another difference is the use of special effects. In the

The gangster movie Scarface was released in 1983. It was directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Al Pacino plays the main character of Tony Montana, best known as Scarface. Scarface was one of the best gangster movies of all times, I suggest everyone watch Scarface because it is full of action, drama suspense and violence but most of all greed. In the 1983 era Scarface was a big hit, I found this move breath taking, because of how Scarface murdered anyone who stood in his way, but most of all how his reputation lead him to become the biggest drug lord in Miami, and how his power helped him control all cocaine that went threw the states.

Al Capone, who is also known as scarface is a child of an Italian immigrant family who became famous when he lead the Chicago mafia during the prohibition era. In 1925 Al Capone became the crime czar in Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets. Al Capone expanded his territories by gunning down and wiping out rival gangs. Al Capone also started to take control of the government, he would kidnap opponent’s election workers and would threaten voters with violence. He eventually won office in Cicero.

The 1920s was a decade of crime. Nobody was safe from gangsters like Al “Scarface” Capone and Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Bootlegging, murder, and stealing names just of the few activities that gangsters took part in. Prohibition only made crime worse. Making alcohol illegal didn't make people stop drinking, it only made people sell it illegally.

Al Capone. Everyone is bound to hear the name at least once in his or her life. The charming, broad smile, the greenish gray eyes, heavy set, and five foot ten and a half; a seemingly normal man. Until someone notices the scars. A faded purple, still fresh looking, Al Capone’s scars marred the normal face, they gave a glance into the life of the notorious gangster. But who was Mr. Alphonse “Scarface” Capone? One reporter comments, “… Here is a man [Capone] who is an enigmatic, a man who nobody knows, not even his closest intimates.’” (Eig 198) What did the public think of “Scarface”? Katherine Geroud said, "It is not because Capone is different that he takes the imagination;

Alphonse Capone is one of the most know gangsters in the world. He was a savage to his enemies. He started hustlin the streets of Brooklyn then he became the king Chicago. Scarface is was born in Brooklyn in 1899 he grew up in a family of 9 with his parents Gabriel and Teresa Capone. Growing up in Brooklyn his Dad was respected man in the community he was affiliated with a gang or anything he grew up a poor italian family. It was a hard knock life for Al he grew up in the a tenement with his family and attended a catholic school till 14. Al then moved to one of the most influential places in his life. At 21 Place Garfield this is where he meet the most influential people of his life Johnny Torrio and Mae Coughlin. Torrio would later be Capone's

Imagine it is 1920 and a new law has passed to ban the production, importation, transportation, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages across the great nation. Many people are trying to rise to the top by illegally selling alcohol, but only one can win the prize. If Alphonse Capone does not ring a bell, maybe the name Scarface or Al Capone will. Scarface Capone was a highly sought after man during the Prohibition time period. Capone became known as the most notorious gangster of this time. He was proficient enough to gain this title from his successes starting with his first gang, moving on to his rise to power in Chicago, and even his great downfall away from the top.

1) I never watch “The Godfather”, but base on what Prof Chown explained, the style of both “The Sopranos” and “The GodFather” are the same. They both have a balance between criminal organization (gangster) and home and family life. The only difference I could think of would be “The Sopranos” have more modern look and concepts to it then “The Godfather”. 2)

Even with the similarities of theme, both movies have a parallel between how it portrays itself, and it further widens the gap due to its difference of timelines.

I always enjoy gangster movies; they rely heavily on a good performance by the actors. Gangster movies need a good lead performance to make the whole story believable and keep the audience interested in characters. Paul Muni as Tony in “Scarface” was able to do just that. He used this voice to show the audience how his character felt and his body movements to help add underlying tones to certain situation. His voice and movements are what really sold the character to me, and Muni was one of the few actors in this film who were actually able to easily sell their characters to me.

The gangster movie genre is one of the most popular among the modern movies and some of the best film directors have produced some very excellent gangster movies. For my first film analysis, I decided to analyze my favorite gangster movie of all time. The movie that I analyzed is called “Scarface” and is directed by Brian De Palma. It was released in 1983 and is still a super hit movie today. Let me go through a short summary of the movie.

The crime genre is about a crime that is being committed or was committed and may sometimes be an account of a criminal's life. Scarface displays many criminal that can blow one's mind and is in many ways an account of Montana's life as a drug lord. The film falls into the subgenre of crime, as a "gangster" film for the simple fact that it portrays a criminal organization with a level of organization and resources that

'The Godfather' is the most revolutionary gangster film of all time, it rewrote the gangster genre in such a stylized way that all latter gangster films have conformed to this genre but also evolved it as films have progressed. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola 'The Godfather' re-invented the gangster genre elevating it to a Hollywood status and making it commercially profitable. It looks into the life of the 'Corleone' family and represents America at that point in time. It portrays the violence and power, corruption and justice, honour and obligation apparent at that time. Previous to 'The Godfather's' release the 'American Dream' was born, to idealists America was the country of

The film, The Godfather, was released on March 24, 1972. The time period that the movie was set in was 1945, which was the time period of the Mafia. This film is based around two families fighting throughout the film. One of the main characters, Michael Corleone, changes throughout the movie deciding whether or not he should join in on the family business and take his fathers position (Vito Corleone) as Godfather. As a viewer, I did not enjoy this film due to the darkness and wickedness behind it. Although, many believe it to be one of the greatest movies of all time, in my opinion, the film was not a success.