Brian De Palma

Scarface, Directed by Brian De Palma Tony Montana has taken just so much shit his whole life. He’s been oppressed and repressed and mocked and called a spic and turned on by his own country (Cuba) that he’s just not going to take any shit anymore. He’ll shoot someone just for pissing him off, which is almost admirable, or at the very least understandable. I’m not advocating violence; all I’m saying is that we all have our limits and if someone treated me the way Tony Montana had been treated his

He is an absolute legend of a director and there is no doubt about it. He has given so many hit movies and TV shows in the past and his contribution is immortal. He is none other than the legendary Brian De Palma. He was born in the year 1940 on 11th of September and this makes his age 74 at this time. At this age, there is nothing that he has not achieved as a director. He has also been a sensational screenwriter in the past. He was born in a place called Newark, which lies in New Jersey of United

Contrasting the house De Palma made into an uncanny character of its own, this house is nice-looking and spacious; its yard and street are fertile and well-maintained; the walls appear freshly painted and light-colored; the furniture is pleasingly organized and equipped for company; and condemnatory male religious icons don’t border the female residents and shimmer down at them as they did in the previous version. Although some of the events that take place in the household are far from normal, the

The Greatest Movie Ever Made      Perhaps the best movie to ever bless the eyes of any American is the 1983 Brian DePalma gangster movie classic, Scarface. Scarface is the tale of Tony Montana and his journey through his new life in America in the early 80’s Cuban immigrant movement. The movie depicts the American dream, to be successful, perfectly. Scarface and its main star, Al Pacino, also shows movie watchers in detail, the process of going from “rags-to-riches” since

These two films arrive amid the second-wave of feminism in the United States. During this time, the country saw the Post WWII era of family values, and mass consumerism. The civil rights movement became the topic of discussion throughout the media, and college students across the nation became political activist. The Vietnam war erupts as the main focus of the mid-60s, and tensions increase even more as the Gay Liberation Movement blooms into full effect throughout the 60s and 70s. With all the chaos

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 movie is focused around the life of a man by the name of Tony Montana and depicts his rise to power from a political refugee

The 1981 film Blow Out and the 1976 film Carrie are just two of over thirty films directed by Brian De Palma. Although they span an array of genres and topics, De Palma’s films are recognizable by his distinct director’s touch. De Palma’s films adhere to Andrew Sarris’s concept the auteur theory, which posits that each film contains the director’s distinguishable artistic personality. This artistic nature of both the film and director is evident in the unique and consistent visual style and thematic

Suspense and Tension in Brian De Palma's film The Untouchables During the 1920's many people were unemployed because of the poor economic conditions in America and to make it worse, were drinking to make their lives more tolerable. The government decided to ban the sale and drinking of alcohol, this was period was called 'The Prohibition'. People continued to want to drink and this lead people to go to illegal bars or "speakeasies" which sprang up all over America. Gangsters

‘Scarface’ (De Palma) is about the rise and fall of Cuban refugee turned drug lord, Tony Montana. Throughout the film the viewer witnesses Tony Montana’s narrative arc. The viewer watches as Tony Montana begins his arc as a petty criminal escaping from Cuba and metamorphizes into a drug king pin in America. The average viewer cannot empathize with the narrative arc of Tony Montana. But, the average viewer can empathize with what Tony Montana is yearning for, the American dream. Brain De Palma purposefully

Say hello to my little friend!” (Palma, Bregman, & & Stone Scarface) Bellows the infamous drug lord over the sound of his past finally catching up with him. All of Tony Montana’s (Al Pacino) self established business is being tested by the enemies he’s making along his path of crime in “Scarface, 1983”. Brian De Palma certainly knows how to make an audience initially love, which gradually turns into hate, the protagonist of the film. Martin Bregman, came to Palma with the concept of remaking the