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   John Doe to gggg gggg   
   Re: Scarface ( 1932 )   
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   > On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-8, neo...@webtv.net wrote:   
   >> I was raised on Edward G., Bogart and Cagney films but Scarface took a lo   
   > ng time to show up on TV.   
   >> Paul Muni is a good choice for the just off the boat thug with ambition.   
   > His accent is as thick as deep dish lasagna...I could see Pacino picking up   
   on Muni's performance.   
   >> Through most of the film Howard Hawks supplies several visual flourishes   
   > that add a lot to the story's texture. A young Ann Dvorak, tough mob boss   
   Boris Karloff and comedic bits by Muni's inept male secretary are pluses.   
   >> Unfortunately the last act does not play well as Muni turns despondent af   
   > ter one murder too many and his ineffective defense of his " steel fortress   
   " and groveling when cornered by the cops is wrong all the way. I vaguely   
   recall that there was a big to do at the studio about the ending which I guess   
   is there to demean    
   gangster society.   
   >> The opening titles make a plea to the government to stop its indifference   
   >  to machine gun toteing gangsters which is charmingly " period ". Later a   
   newspaper publisher bemoans that the American Legion was not allowed to combat   
   organized crime's threat to American values, that really is stranger than   
   strange. All in all good    
   if not great. 8-/10 rat a tat tats   
   >   
   > (Recent Youtube upload):   
   >   
   > SCARFACE (1983) - Movie Review   
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