One of my fav. lines from “Scarface”.
…And you wanna know why?
You don’t have the guts to be what you want to be!
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Small-time stuff
Absolutely beautiful. Al Pacino is brilliant. Don’t forget about the small things.
ELLIE: Oh. You know. Small-time stuff.
ELLIE: But they’re so boring. All small stuff.
WILL (AL PACINO): It’s all about the small stuff. Small lies. Small mistakes. Small oversights. People give themselves away in a traffic violation just as much as they do in a murder case. It’s human nature.
The film is based on this puzzle of small pieces. Let’s see some parts of the script:
We CLOSE ON a small, cloudy window. Through it we see an endless expanse of pine trees.
A small ranch house. A small bedroom. A small monument by the sea.
The Pioneer Lodge restaurant. Small, dark wood.
Lifts her small kids.
Will pulls a dress out of the closet. Small, black, elegant.
She holds out the map. It’s of the small stretch of coastline.
WATCHING HIM. From a doorway. Not close, not far. A HAND comes into view. Small. Bruised knuckles. Holds on to the door jamb. Watches as…
Ellie emerges from the fog. Carrying the map and talking into a small tape recorder.
PULL BACK to reveal Fred and Will in a small storage room.
ANTLERS hanging over a small window. Will glances up.
PULL BACK to reveal will in Nightmute’s small bookstore. Still in his funeral clothes.
WILL: The small things - remember? The second you’re about to dismiss something – look at it again.
Here is an interview with Al Pacino. On Insomnia. And the second part.
