oneflyr
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Post by oneflyr on May 9, 2017 22:23:05 GMT
Haven't seen De Palma's film in ages, thinking of giving it a go soon. Love the 1932 one.
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Post by stephen on May 9, 2017 22:34:04 GMT
The '32 film by miles. I really don't care for the De Palma film save for Steven Bauer, who is legitimately very good. I wasn't crazy about Pacino's take at all, although I do appreciate him going balls-to-the-wall for it.
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Post by getclutch on May 9, 2017 22:42:24 GMT
1932.
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Post by jimmalone on May 10, 2017 12:10:27 GMT
The one from 1932.
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Post by Kirk-Picard on May 10, 2017 15:21:24 GMT
1932
Pacino gave the better performance though.
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Post by tobias on May 10, 2017 15:54:09 GMT
Would have to agree with everyone on this thread so far, the '32 one is much more focussed and atmospheric.
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Post by ibbi on May 10, 2017 20:50:14 GMT
The Hawks one, which is probably my favourite of all those early Gangster pictures from that golden era. Strong performances, gorgeous imagery, and this beautiful black comedy running through the whole thing lead by the great, glorious, wonderful Vince Barnett.
DePalma's movie is one of my absolute least favourite movies. I hate it with a passion, in spite of its undeniable good points.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on May 10, 2017 21:02:53 GMT
1983. I appreciate the original a lot, but I just like the 1983 overall even if I know Tony Montana is a bad person.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 11, 2017 1:09:13 GMT
Fun fact: De Palma's Scarface was my favorite movie when I was 5. And I still prefer it over the 1932 original. The operatic scope, the Miami setting and color palette that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City would later nail to perfection, the synth-heavy score, Pacino, and it's a lot more thoughtful than its hip hop reputation may suggest.
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Post by Joaquim on May 11, 2017 3:30:32 GMT
Both are all time favs but '83 is in my Top 10 and Pacino's performance is probably in my Top 3 all time.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 14:53:38 GMT
Fun fact: De Palma's Scarface was my favorite movie when I was 5. And I still prefer it over the 1932 original. The operatic scope, the Miami setting and color palette that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City would later nail to perfection, the synth-heavy score, Pacino, and it's a lot more thoughtful than its hip hop reputation may suggest. whoa, how'd you watch '83 scarface at the age of 5? AND understand it enough to love it? dayum mikey boy.  |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 12, 2017 15:51:33 GMT
Fun fact: De Palma's Scarface was my favorite movie when I was 5. And I still prefer it over the 1932 original. The operatic scope, the Miami setting and color palette that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City would later nail to perfection, the synth-heavy score, Pacino, and it's a lot more thoughtful than its hip hop reputation may suggest. whoa, how'd you watch '83 scarface at the age of 5? AND understand it enough to love it? dayum mikey boy. My parents didn't really censor what I watched from a young age, and my dad is big on mob films so I had the fundamental awareness to get what was going on in those movies. My parents were frank on what drugs were, how they change a person's behavior, and that guys like Tony Montana, as entertaining as they are, are not the good guys. They also were clear that it was just a movie, treating it the same way one may treat a Grimm fairy tale: not real but just a story with a moral, in this case the basic moral being not to be a ruthless drug addict like Tony. When it came to the chainsaw scene, probably the worst scene of the film in terms of violence implied or otherwise, I believe I knew that the character was dying but didn't have the horrific imagination to think of what it really looked like, but that's just speculation since I don't remember the scene sticking out to me as a kid. My favorite scenes iirc were mostly after Tony killed Frank. |
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