He doesn’t say which version, but it was probably the 1983 Brian De Palma/Al Pacino “Scarface” he remembers.
“I don’t know how people are going to react to it right off the bat, but I think as the years roll by people will appreciate what we were trying to do here.” “I keep referencing ‘Caligula’ but you think about ‘Scarface,’ films like that,” he said. What’s that you say? You don’t remember those title cards? That’s because they’re from a different picture about a scourge that was sweeping the country with little government resistance, another film that scandalized audiences and was accused of glorifying the crimes it exposed: The 1932 “ Scarface.” I just substituted “Wall Street” for “gang rule in America.”ĭiCaprio recently compared “The Wolf of Wall Street” to “Scarface” in an interview with Kris Tapley of Hitfix. This picture is an indictment of Wall Street and of the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace to our safety and our liberty.Įvery incident in this picture is the reproduction of an actual occurrence, and the purpose of this picture is to demand of the government: “What are you going to do about it? I think the problem is that not enough people are paying attention to these title cards: