De Palma’s Scarface not only takes a look at the world of narcotics but also the effects of Fidel Castro’s mass exodus of all of his detractors and anyone that he saw as a drain on his communist regime. Set against the backdrop of 1980s Miami, and the aftermath of the Muriel Boatlift, De Palma took a perfect snapshot of the era. De Palma wanted to show the transformation of these criminals from street gangs into the narcotics dealing powerhouses that would later rule and influence much of America throughout the decade. This time the spotlight would be shone on the rise and proliferation of the Latino gangs. The difference being instead of the rise of an immigrant through the Italian Mafia, which Hawks had focused on, De Palma would stray from the Chicago setting, modernizing the story of Scarface for the 1980s. The original was directed by Howard Hawks and was based on the life of Al Capone, its name even coming from Capone’s moniker of ‘Scarface’. In 1983, Brian De Palma went about remaking the gangster movie Scarface from 1932.
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