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Strong's character, and his key line, borrow a lot from the Colombian

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In Reply to: RE: Not Andy Garcia..... posted by afilado on October 18, 2008 at 10:29:48

drug lord in, "Scarface." ('83 Scorcese version)

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So much about that is ...... - afilado 12:34:28 10/18/08 (1)
..excessive but I love it.
Paul Shenar is the name. His was the coolest portrayal in the film, amongst all the heat elsewhere. I remember the relative admiration one could have - I had - for his "noble" badman character.
Given your thoughts about The Godfather, for example, I wonder how you feel about this film, which really contributed to an understanding of the drug culture/problem for the American popular perspective, in spite of its polished ugliness. And it did show the comeuppence crooks should rightfully receive.
What are the "proper" elements for a worthy crime/war/sex film? Aside from qualitative technical and artistic considerations what makes one acceptable, so to speak, and another not? How can a glamorous film be made about violent ugliness?

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- "Scarface" is a very strange film. It is waaay over the top, yes, but - tinear 15:15:41 10/18/08 (0)
  it rings true, perhaps because the lives of men such as Tony Montana are strange!
  I think the depiction of the kind of monster a man such as he must become was far more accurate: as I've mentioned before, having Al portray Michael as some sort of regular business-Joe that just HAD to take over Dad's murderous business isn't realistic and IS amoral.
  Don't get me wrong, I find the Godfather films (the first two only, of course) immensely entertaining. But the nihilism is ugly, very ugly.

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