THE 1920’S Cultural viewpoint / Scarface

Question 1

The 20’s

Answer 1

Jazz
movies
Radio Illegal liquor Prosperity (not for everybody)

Gangsters
CONSUMER culture based on CREDIT

PREJUDICE against
immigrants

The worst economic
crisiS

Question 2

pulps

Answer 2

Pulp magazines (or “pulps”)
inexpensive fiction magazines
published from 1896 to the late 1950s.
Printed from cheap wood pulp paper

→ All Western Magazine, Weird Tales, Super science stories..

Question 3

Scarface when and by who ?

Answer 3

Scarface, Armitage Trail (1930)

Question 4

Scarface, Armitage Trail (1930)

Answer 4

■ Tony Guarino, destined to be the greatest of all America’s
notorious gang leaders, was eighteen when he committed his
first serious crime.

■ And the cause, as is so often the case, was a woman.

Superlatives =>
relating to the degree of grammatical comparison that
denotes an extreme or unsurpassed level or extent

– Is the woman…
■ responsible for the crime?
■ An excuse?
■ An explanation?
■ Biblical allusion?

But what a woman! Standing there in the dark alley that gave
access to the street from the sheet−iron stage door of the cheap
burlesque house, Tony could visualize her easily. A tall, stately
blonde with golden hair, and a pink and white complexion and
long, graceful white legs. From the audience he had watched
those legs many times while she danced her way through the
performance and they never failed to give him a tingly thrill
that left him rather breathless.

Question 5

role of X

Answer 5

X marks the spot

Question 6

X marks the spot

Answer 6

Tony’s killing of “Big Louie” Costillo is
inspired by Capone’s involvement in
the murder of “Big Jim” Colosimo.

Sextet from ‘Lucia di
Lammermoor’
Music by Gaeteno
Donizetti
Whistled by Tony before
he kills Costillo

Question 7

habeas corpus

Answer 7

Institution anglo-saxonne (dont l’origine remonte à 1679) qui a pour objet de garantir la liberté individuelle des citoyens en remédiant au danger des arrestations et des détentions arbitraires.