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Posted by: Jon Lap at December 7, 2000, 11:20 am

Topic: (VIDEO) "Scarface" (6/10) Forum: JoBlo

I know all about the original... AND I know it's SUPPOSED to be a classic - but I thought it was thoroughly outdated. AND... some of my favorite films are silent's, like Yvgeny Bauer's films; F.W. Murnau's films; Sergei Eisenstein's films. For my money the best 30s ganster flick is "The Public Enemy" with James Cagney. I even like "Regeneration" (Raoul Walsh, 1915), better than "Scarface" (1932). Aside from lacking any form of resonance, the film is ultra heavy-handed, and has a "tinny" sort of feel, where life seems contained with in the confines of the four edges of each frame (rather than having offscreen life present). De Palma's "Scarface" is much better for my/our? generation -- though the original made it's contributions at the time. Lata people [This message has been edited by Jon Lap (edited 12-08-2000).]

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