a fine parody of the 80s

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2007)

In Tony Montanas' drug-financed mansion is a chair closely resembling a throne with Tony Montanas' own corporate logo monogrammed on the back.On the surface "Scarface" is just a standard gangster movie, but i believe screenwriter Oliver Stones intention was to satirize the corruption of the American dream by the "Greed is good" mentality of the 1980s. Like many Americans of the time, the drug gangs of Scarface believe that attaining wealth and the symbols of wealth is the essence of the American dream.In the end, Tony sits on his garish "throne" snorting cocaine while his superficial empire crumbles around him.If "Saturday Night Fever" symbolizes the silliness of the 1970s, "Scarface" symbolizes the excesses of the 1980s.