A Life Near Film - How Oliver Stone went snow-blind writing Scarface
The Oscar-winning writer-director on how Brian De Palma's cocaine-soaked classic had its origins in a very real addiction - his own.
“In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.” There’s no end of great dialogue in Scarface and it was all written by one truly extraordinary man, William Oliver Stone.
Now best known for directing Oscar winning dramas like Platoon and Born On The Fou…
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