It is quite common now to see graphic violence in films. You can even watch it on prime time television in the UK – just sit through a few episodes of Rome. We are used to going to the cinema now and seeing buckets of blood and gore, limbs and heads being hacked or sawed [...]
Entries from July 29th, 2007
The Expansion of Violence
July 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Film Criticism and Analysis, Film History, Film Special Effects, Genre
Tags: a clockwork orange·film violence·flags of our fathers·letters from iwo jima·saving private ryan·the exorcist·the wild bunch·war
Letters and Flags from Clint
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Film Directing, Film Narrative, Genre, Screenwriting
I bought a boxed set of the recent Clint Eastwood movies about the battle for Iwo Jima earlier this week from the local supermarket. I had wanted to see them at the cinema but missed them because there was such a short theatrical release for them particularly in the North East of England.
First and foremost, [...]
Tags: clint eastwood·flags of our fathers·iwo jima films·letters from iwo jima