When you were here presenting A Bigger Splash, we talker about Suspiria
You told me about what you saw in Dario Argento's movie
And your movie actually mirrored that vision.
So: what do you see in Brian De Palma's Scarface?
But... why are you deciding that my reference is De Palma's movie!
Well, I'm curious about it.
More than what you see in Hawks' movie.
Well.
Brian De Palma's movie left a mark on me.
So it's an important movie in my imaginary.
The truth is that I'm interested in Tony Montana character.
He's a symptom of the american dream.
And I think that these movies are made for their ages
My own Scarface will arrive 40 years after the previous one.
I think the important thing about these movies is not the fact that they are
lush and fundamental like Brian De Palma's one.
The important thing is knowing that Tony Montana is an archetipical character.
We won't consider the problem of the exhistence of a great movie before this one
I'm talking about, for example, The King of Kings and The Last Temptation of Christ
if we were conceiving a movie about Jesus Christ.
It's an archetipical human figure.
We don't have inferiority complexes about great movie made by great filmmakers.
I think that Tony Montana is an extraordinary symptom of the American Dream.
I think that Tony Montana righteously took from Howard Hawks' age
(and remember: when that movie opened, it was accompanied by titles that said
"the filmmakers don't endorse criminal behaviour")
That movie was sensational, hugely popular
Probably more than De Palma's movie, in proportion
It's almost 100 years that Tony Montana affects the imaginary of the audience.
And this happens in part because we are attracted by what is capable of produce evil.
And in part because we want to make something bigger than ourselves.
It's about the dream of fulfilling, of success.
This is something way bigger than Brian De Palma's direction.
It's something bigger than Brian De Palma, Howard Hawks, and myself.
The important things are:
A) it has to be well done, the script has to be great. And it is!
B) Our Tony Montana has to be current, i don't want to imitate anything
C) This movie has to be shocking
So: i told you about Suspiria, and I kept the promise I made to you...
Then, I think I will surprise you with this movie too.
Brian De Palma's movie was rated R, so I want a big R on my movie too.
Great, thankyou!
