Posts Tagged ‘scarface’

  • Brian De Palma-The World is Yours
    (Some  spoilers  in the post). Say Hello to my Little brother I   was  one  of  those  hated  Scarface when  i  saw  it  first.  I  guess  maybe  i  saw  it  a time,  when  i  hated  anything  even  remotely  80’s.  And  the movie   was  80’s,  right from  Giorgio  Moroder’s  techno  music  to  the  over the top  acting...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 13th, 2009 at 04:08 am
  • Carlito’s Way- The Road to Redemption
    In  1983,    Brian  De  Palma  and  Al  Pacino,  came  together  in Scarface,  a  movie  that  polarized critics  and  audiences  alike.  After  his  turn  as  the  suave  Michael  Corleone in The  Godfather  Series,  Pacino,  again  lit  up  the screen as  Tony Montana,  a  foul mouthed,  hot headed,  illiterate,  cocaine  snorting ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at March 19th, 2009 at 06:03 am
  • Al Pacino and the Mob
    Al Pacino a name that immediately brings into mind intense roles and a crackling screen presence that can chew up the scenery. Ask Keanu Reeves, who ended up as a glorified extra in The Devil’s Advocate. And yes those wonderful monologues, which basically comes from Pacino’s penchant for Shakespearan Theater. In his long career, Pacino has portrayed crooks,...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 21st, 2008 at 10:11 pm
  • Scarface – 25 Years
    1983 India won the World Cup in Cricket converting yours truly into a total cricket fan. The Star Wars series continued its success with Return of the Jedi topping the charts. Michael Jackson’s Thriller becomes a rage. And in the same year on Dec 9, was released a movie that would polarize the movie lovers community into 2 camps, those who hated it and those who...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 20th, 2008 at 07:11 am