[lit-ideas] Re: Movies without Guns
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:51:07 -0700
John,
I agree with you all the way. Movie violence "unnerves" me, I wrote. I
didn't say I'm not "bothered" by real violence. And I agree with your
assertion that the sight of dead baby penguins in _March of the Penguins_
was disturbing, yet as you well realize, it wasn't shown in the film as
cheap shocker material. Real violence is part of life, a significant part.
But _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ movie violence cheapens the very idea of life to the
extent that a penguin's loss of its baby (or a human's loss) doesn't seem to
matter to us. Oddly enough, we're reminded of our humanity, and experience
it despite media-induced numbness, through a documentary about penguins.
cheers,
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wager" <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:08 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Movies without Guns
> Carol Kirschenbaum wrote:
>
>>Does _March of the Penguins_ count? It's the only movie I've seen in a
>>theatre for the past couple of years. Movie violence unnerves me.
>>Carol
>>
> REAL violence bothers me; pretend Hollywood violence that's as real as a
> styrofoam cup does not.
>
> That's why I was more bothered by MARCH OF THE PENGUINS than I was
> bothered by MR. AND MRS. SMITH. I know the Hollywood movie is more a
> ballet with bullets; nobody gets hurt. But the shots of tiny dead corpses
> of baby penguins was real; they weren't just mock-up latex. That's what
> gave the Penguin move its strength; it was not afraid to show the natural
> world as one of incredible violence and courage in the face of such
> violence.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------
> "Never attribute to malice that which can be
> explained by incompetence and
> norance." ----------------------------------------------
> John Wager johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Forest Park, IL USA
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