In the midst of the American progression into a new era of acceptance and insight, several media of American culture underwent dramatic changes to shed light on otherwise tabooed ideas and lifestyles. Such is the case in 1983's directorial masterpiece Scarface. A tale of one man's journey to hold the world at his behest and his ultimate tragic disintegration, the film opened the sheltered American public view to relate with the film's central character, Tony Montana. A man cursed with obsessive ambition, the character, played masterfully by Al Pacino, allows the public to view him past his underground and organized criminal involvement in a way that the viewers could understand. Here is a man that is so blinded by his drive to have everything he wants that ultimately destroys everything he strived so hard to achieve, and although many cannot entirely relate to his struggles, the central ideas are maintained throughout the film and invoke sympathy for his pain. The real man with hopes, dreams, and frustrations outplays the larger than life facade of the crime lord Tony Montana.
             Directed by Brian De Palma, the film focuses on the 1980 explosion of the Cuban population in the United States after Dictator Fidel Castro opened the Mariel Harbor, releasing 125,000 refugees. Of those fleeing Cuba, 25,000 had criminal records, many with drug-related offenses as well as a majority with violent crime offenses. Tony and his best friend, Manuelo, come into the United States with hopes at a fresh start in the land of opportunity. They are enlisted to murder a political refugee ousted by Castro himself. In return for their services, the two receive green cards. This is the first instance of Tony's obsession with success, where a man is so passionate to obtain a better lifestyle that he is driven to end a man's life. While some credit his actions and motives were created out
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