User talk:Zieken

American movie go-ers has always had an affinity for crime and drug type movies. Why would “normal” Americans want to watch something so taboo such as the story of a drug cartel or the rise of mob boss? Maybe it is to see something different than the norm or maybe to live out there fantasies that they cannot live. Ever since the when the movies first came about there has always been the “outsider” type movie of drugs and crime. First there was (*INSERTDOPACOKENAME*) which garnered public outcry over its nature and depiction of drug use. Which led to the movie being the first of many to be censored for its content. While (*DOPACOKA*) was one movie was censored for its content more movies dealing with drugs have also been censored. One of such movies is Scarface. When Scarface was originally released in 1932 it was banned for over two years before it was released finally with after being heavily edited, new beginning and new ending and ultimately it was “disowned” by its Director Howard Hawks. It was banned for being “too violent” and “glorifying” the gangster lifestyle. The film was also remade sometime later and this one also had censorship issues. The name of this film? Scarface. The thing about this Scarface is that because of it’s conterversy it became on of the biggest film in it’s time period. When Scarface (Remake) was released in 1983 almost 50 years later it was instantly a publicity and protest magnet. The film about a Cuban refugee becoming a drug lord was unamiously target by Cuban Protest groups for in the groups terms “Protraying Cubans in a bad light”