Start the week with a film: ‘Scarface’ and the secret of its excess

The nineteen eighty-three film Scarface, directed by Brian De Palma, is being highlighted for its successful use of an over-the-top tone to depict excess. As Scroll dot in tells it, the movie features a screenplay by Oliver Stone that follows the rise and fall of Tony Montana, a Cuban crook in Miami. The story is set against a backdrop of American tensions with Cuba and the rising popularity of cocaine.

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