cult film freak: christian slater

Written by James M. Tate / 3/04/2016 / No comments / al pacino , christian slater , eighties , nineties , oliver stone , quentin tarantino , tony scott , val kilmer

UNPOPULAR TAKES ON BELOVED 'SCARFACE' & 'TRUE ROMANCE'

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<u>SCARFACE</u> has… or had, since this post has been edited for a long time… returned to the theaters, mang. The one starring Al Pacino, written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma...<br>
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And now can be viewed in all its glory, and flaws… As for the latter, and with the legacy of what’s considered a “timeless classic” supposedly on par with the THE GODFATHER, who knew there were so many downsides? During one important scene, bordering the first and second act, when Al Pacino’s Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who climbs from poverty and starts making loads of cash in the cocaine business, visits his mother, he offers money to her and Tony’s little sister. Mama refuses, saying the cash is dirty. At this point, not only does the dough seem clean as a whistle, and a damn nice gift, but we hardly experience Tony’s initial climb from the slums to a car dealership where a forty thousand dollar Porsche is an easy purchase…<br>

al pacino, christian slater, eighties, nineties, oliver stone, quentin tarantino, tony scott, val kilmer

UNPOPULAR TAKES ON BELOVED 'SCARFACE' & 'TRUE ROMANCE'

Firing away at a so-called Masterpiece Year: 1983 SCARFACE has… or had, since this post has been edited for a long time… returned to th...

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