Scarface

Scarface was directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Scareface deals with many social issues of the time in politics and the war on drugs. The film sheds light on corruption and the brutality with in organized crime and governments.

Scarface deals with many social issues that were happening in the 1980's. Our book made it clear that in order for a film to be a success it has to reflect and illustrate to social issues that is currently going on in society. Scareface had showed how the Cuban and United States relations was a bit rocky. Fidel Castro allowed Cubans to come to the United States but he also shipped a bunch of criminals to the United States as well. The tention between the two governments was felt while watching the beginning of the movie. Scarface is full of corruption and that is how Tony Montana made it onto the streets of Miami. Tony killed a former aide to Castro in exchange for a green card. Scarface shows the viewers that governments themselves are corrupt at times.

Cocaine and the war on drugs was also a very big social issue in the 1980's and still is today. I feel that as long as there is a problem with drugs then Scarface will be relevant. Scarface dealt more with the way the drug organizations work rather then running from the law. I found it a bit of different angle then most gangster films. The drug problem is still a social issue that we have today and I am not sure what the answer is to stop the problem. I think movies like Scarface make the problem more well known to those who do not realize that there is such a problem in todays society and that of decades ago.

Scarface like many other ganster movies portrayed Tony Montana as a tough and brutal character. Tony did have a compassionate side to him as well and that compassionate side was in a way the reason for his demise. Tony killed the assassin that was going to kill an innocent wife and children of the man they were targeting to kill because he was reporting on the drug problem. Tony Montana was in no way a good guy but Tony did his business with structure and rules.

Tony Montana eventually met his end after he self destructed. I feel that the things that got Tony to where he was were no longer present in him at the end of the film. Tony was an honest guy and he told it how he saw it. Tony crossed some lines and took a few to many as well and that led to his demise. Scarface goes on to show society that people who live this lifestyle and go down that road will eventually meet there end sooner rather then later. Greed was a large driver of Tony and a large driver for most if not all of those who are involved in organized crime. Greed is a deadly sin and Scarface shows the viewer the ill effects that comes with Greed.

I found Scarface to be a very good movie in my opion but I am one who enjoys the gangser/mafia sytle of movies. Scarface had your usual characteristics of a gangster film but it also had a higher lever of intenational politcal issues involved as well. I found that Scarface dealt with a lot of social issues that are still around today. The big picture shows the corruption and social injustice that is happening. Scarface also went into good detail about the lifestyle of the individuals lived and how those people were very unethical and did not have the best morals. I think Scarface will be a popular movie for many years to come because it has a lot of social issues that society still deals with today.