Review: Fantastic and educational!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
The definitive book on "Scarface" is here.  This is essential reading for fans of the movie (the 1980s one).  There is no audio commentary for "Scarface," so I was excited to read this.  The book discusses the origins of the movie and its development history -- with essays, trivia, and lots of fascinating factoids.  I had no idea most of "Scarface" was Sidney Lumet's idea.  The producers wanted to do a 1930s period piece before he thought to set it in Miami.  This was not Oliver Stone's idea, but Stone's script borrows heavily from the original movie -- including a lot of the dialogue.This book debunks a lot of myths about "Scarface" and gets to the truth behind `Making Of' documentaries and all the false rumors (like Pacino ad-libbed the word `yeyo') put out on the web by the likes of IMDB.  The book goes through a lengthy analysis of the movie, scene by scene.  I thought I knew a lot about "Scarface" until I read this book.  Give it a read if you like film analysis and you like "Scarface"!