When the spotlight lands on Tony the guys start shooting. The viewing audience knows that those guys are going to try to kill him, however, Tony has no idea. There are several other times when unrestricted narration is used, especially in the end of the movie. Tony has just killed his partner and has severely aggravated Mr. Sosa a drug lord in Bolivia and his associates by not killing a politician when he was told. Due to his inability to kill the politician Sosa sends men to his house to kill him. Tony Montana has ground surveillance all over his property but is too deep in grief to see that men have swarmed his property and are killing his guards on the television screens. The audience sees what is going on with mounting anticipation but Tony has no idea, he is too coked up to pay attention. There are also several scenes with restricted narration. A key scene with this is when Tony and Omar are in Bolivia making a deal with Mr. Sosa. Mr. Sosa and his associates believe Omar is an informer for the police and hangs him from his chopper. This is a very important scene where Tony proves himself, however, the audience only knows what the character knows and when he knows it. .
The costuming is very important in the film. It helps show the progression of social status that Tony and his "brother" Manny goes through. When they get off the boats from Cuba in the 1980s they are wearing really drab clothing, they are dirty, their hair is messy, their faces look tired and sweaty. Overall, they look like bums on the street. Tony and Manny had been "political prisoners" in Cuba and were therefore seen as scum when they came to the United States as refugees. Then they began working their way up, they became dishwashers in Little Havana. They are shown wearing t-shirts and white aprons. They are all sweaty and dirty. This is meant to show and portray the scum and lower class of the area. Manny isn't totally clean-shaven and his hair is all greasy.
