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Actors: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Scarface (1932) |
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SCARFACE is a Howard Hughes production written by Ben Hecht and directed by Howard Hawks.
The rise and fall of Tony Camonte, a vicious gangster blinded by his desire to be number one. His incestuous relation with his sister Ann Dvorak will cost the life of his only friend George Raft who fell in love with her.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Scarface (1932) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Kind of story:
- incest (ick!)
Criminal enemy is...
- Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
- one man's rise in a criminal organization
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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