Scarface: The American Dream Gone Bad

"What goes up must always come down. When it comes down in Scarface, the crash is as terrifying as it is vivid and arresting." Such are the feelings of New York Times' Vincent Camby that I also share about the classic film, which is not easily forgotten. Scarface, written and produced by Brian DePalma and Oliver Stone, has always been dubbed as being controversial and non-traditional, since its release in 1983. The film shows the American Dream gone bad where a Cuban immigrant (Al Pacino) rises to wealth and power through the cocaine industry, and his eventual fall from grace. With muc…