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Professor Lehman Humanities 110 October 13, 2003 Scarface (1983) The 1983, Brian De Palma, remake of Scarface has its very own unique visual style. He used multiple images and many other visual motifs to form patterns and give thematic meaning to the film. The use of multiple images, closely related to split screen cinematography, is characteristic of De Palma's films. In this film he used mirrors and television monitors to give more than one image within one screen. The way …

…that said, " The World Is Yours" in neon lights. This free motif that was also used in the final scene, showed Tony Montana face down in a center pool with a statue. On the statue there was a globe with neon lights that said, " The World Is Yours," and this was where the movie ends. These visual motifs, that may or may not be needed to tell the story, make up the films visual style.