WEEK 3 Flashcards
(19 cards)
violence
destructive natural force
Steven Pinker typology of violence, 5 inner demons
- practical violence - means to an end –> to get something (gangster films, Animal Kingdom, David Michod, Australia, 2010)
- dominance - urge for authority, glory, and prestige (Whiplash, Damien Chazelle, US, 2014)
- revenge - the moralistic urge toward retrieving punishment and justice (Deliverance, John Boorman, US, 1972 - justify violence toward the rapist)
- sadism - inflict suffering for enjoyment (The Standford Prison Experiment, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, US, 2015)
- ideology - shared belief system, vision of utopia that justifies unlimited violence in pursuit of unlimited good
State monopoly on violence
community that claims monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a territory
US alliance during WWII
Washington, Hollywood, American audience
2 powerful women in history
- Golda Meir - former PM of Israel, suffers to not forget suffering (Munich, Steven Spielberg, US/FR/Canada, 2005 - uses violence to preserve peace)
- Margaret Thatcher - former PM of UK (1979-1990) - TINA (The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd, UK/FR, 2011)
slapstick comedy
physical comedy characterized by broad humor, absurd situations, vigorous violent actions
Ritual violence
intentional ceremonial violence
(The Purge, James DeMonaco, US, 2013)
3 films that started violence
- Bonnie and Clyde, US, 1969
- The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah, US, 1969
- The Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, US, UK, 1971
ultraviolence
unnecessary, unprovoked violence, violent acts for thrill and entertainment
Mickey Mouse violence
cartoonish way, trivial, comedic; can be used to criticize the normalization of violence in media
vigilante
enforces justice, suppress violence
Bruce Lee - needs a superbeing when the government cannot do it
Batman, Tim Burton, US, 1989
Denmark cinema
Pusher III, Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark, 2005 - uses practical violence; very realistic
2 functions of media in the society
- effects social change
- control over predominant ideologies
Production code
1930, adhere to common standards of morality, and decency, not to violate the sensibility of the audience
to regulate and enforce standards of filmmaking that would uphold certain moral and social values, accommodate interest of big business
The Code
stabilized a new cultural role for sound movies
shifted moviemakers questioning to support middle-class values
during WWII made parameters through which to present images of violence
3 postwar challenges of the Code and cultural Assumptions
- the end of the war itself
- changed marketplace for movie-going
- breakup of the studio system
violence represented 3 things
- nonconformity
- deviance
- transgressive behavior
catharsis
act of process of releasing a strong emotion (pity or fear)
