The characters are all looking for an escape, as escape is a natural element dealt with in the film by all.

But the layers of De Palma's directing genius, and the great story written by Oliver Stone (yes I know, he actually wrote a real good one here) play into all of it.

First off, the film is about a Cuban refugee, with a past of wanting to escape communism grasp and find happiness. Scarface is a terrific film that deserves praise from all over, but not all the praise it gets from audiences today, and therefor the fine points it so poignantly makes are missed by the general public. People and critics (and rappers for that matter) deem this film 'an epic gangster classic' or 'eptiome of gangster films.' When it is anything but.

A classic is also something that everyone praises but no one has read.' -Mark Twain 'Classic' seems to be the word used to describe 'Scarface', Brian DePalma's 1983 film about opulence, self surrender, greed, and danger among Florida's drug ring. 'A Classic is something that everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read.