Violent Films, Are They Inspiring Violent Behavior?
There have always been people as far i can remember, mostly parents and or guardians, who worry that allowing their child to view the new blockbuster film to hit theaters might and will influence their child to to reenact the violent or rude things they see in the film. But exactly how accurate are these assumptions? But it's not just children, as believed in the recent Aurora, CO theater shooting. Most people are not the same and I hope most wouldn't try to imitate anything violent, immature, or dangerous just because they saw it in a movie.
Nick Cave, a screenwriter and musician, who also had wrote the upcoming film "Lawless"; Cave believes that there is indeed a connection between violent movies and violent acts. In an interview taken of Nick Cave by 24 Frames, Cave stated "If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things," he said. "To say they can't is to deny all movies their power." Because of the films numerous shootings scenes and murders, Cave believes although he took part in this film it may have a bad influence on viewers.
This might very directly affect myself as a filmaker, because it could place a bad image on a whole genre. Action films are known for fast paced and sometimes brutal fight scenes and action that are usually memorble and impressionable. It could affect maybe in the future what movies are to be made if laws maybe passed against bloody films. It could take out a whole part of story telling even if it does have some gruesome scenes they are still very good stories.
I really want to know how this might affect the action film genre if people begin believing that violent films are responsible for violent actions such as the movie theater shooting. Will it end up changing the film industry itself? I believe it will but in what way?
Cave does make a good point but then again, people choose to be affected by movies. Most sane people don't really copy actions movies because they know that for one, it's a movie and secondly, jumping out of a moving car would burn your skin as you roll on the ground with rapid pace. But I do get how a minority of people are affected by only the violent parts...
ReplyDeleteSince the Aurora shooting... violence in films have been questioned but I do think it's because everyone's trying to be cautious in order to prevent another one. For example, since Gangster Squad had a scene where shooting occurred in the movie, they postponed it and might re-edit that scene.
Ramiro, please set up your page so I can see what date posts are made to your blog. Thanks
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