In the history of North America, many events have left a heavy mark, and the Duke and Batman series will certainly be the same, but whether the final defined image is positive or negative, I'm afraid no one can say, and this society-wide debate about movies and violence will not come to a real conclusion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Current events create public opinion, and public opinion is influencing the direction of the development of current affairs.

Perhaps when Duke is completely old, it will be interesting to look back at the great debate about movies that broke out in the media, as a director, whether passive or active, being involved in this kind of incident is also destined to leave a strong mark in the development process of the United States.

This debate has gone beyond the scope of The Dark Knight Rises, involving all of Hollywood, and the moralists who have been pushed out by certain groups have also included the promoters in the scope of attack.

The entire film industry is guilty in the eyes of these moralists, who have enumerated the "seven deadly sins" of Hollywood films in the media!

Movie One Sin: Arouse the cult of villains.

"Hollywood is the film industry system that provides a spectacle experience, not only in the visuals, but also in the spectacle of the story and the characters. And in order to achieve the extreme explosion of the reasonable and unbelievable plot and the opposition between good and evil, Hollywood screenwriters and directors are racking their brains. ”

"Audiences need excitement and entertainment, and Hollywood has molded villains from early murderers to mid-stage psychopaths; From the warning in "The Seven Deadly Sins", he has been shaped into a speculative thinking criminal like a clown. In the process of this transmutation of the villain, the positive role has not changed much, which has caused the villain to gradually occupy the initiative in terms of dramatic influence. ”

"Whether it's Michael from the movie? Peterson, or Charles on screen? Manson. They are all figures who have been pushed to the altar in the context of no heroes, or heroes have been reduced to tools of political propaganda. More exaggerated films amplify this mythology, tainting sin with apocalyptic acts. Whether it is simple tyranny, or simple revenge, or a warning to wake up to the world, or even clown-like speculation, it makes people go from curiosity to liking, from appreciation to worship, and finally occasionally become imitation. ”

The Two Deadly Sins of the Movie: Highlighting the Spectacle of Violence.

"The plot of the movie is all about contradictions, conflicts, and drama. So violence has become an essential element in Hollywood commercial films. On the one hand, the depiction of violence has increased the public's appetite, and Hollywood can only keep from being eliminated by increasing the weight of violent crime. On the other hand, the violence in life continues to irritate Hollywood. Charles? Manson's disciples went on a rampage and killed Polanski's wife. And to Duke? Rosenberg's men, Manson, the most popular and charismatic demon king, are integrated into the Joker's personality and habitual movements. And the clown, who has risen to the level of the screen, in turn, has redirected today's youth, making him make more outrageous and outrageous actions. ”

"Violence on the screen is only one of the narrative elements in itself. As soon as the lights in the theater are turned on and the subtitles come out, the violence should be over, but the mass media has the role of amplification and exaggeration, and the violence that should not have spread to life is beyond the norm, and this kind of display that obscures the whole picture will inevitably lead to the abuse of violence. ”

"Oliver? Stone's "Born to Kill Maniac" completes the mockery of media violence, but even more ironically, the film caused the famous Columbine High School massacre; Martin? Scorsese used "Taxi Driver" to write about the trauma and dramatic violence of the Vietnam War, but it also led to the young American John ? Hinckley vs. Judy? Foster's fascination and the assassination of President Reagan. ”

The Three Deadly Sins of Movies: Advocating Countering Violence with Violence.

"Countering violence with violence, or countering violence with violence. are all common tricks used by directors. In those films, in the face of violence that cannot be punished by law, countering violence with violence is the only option. The more subtle counter-violence with violence is the ultimate narrative device of the directors holding up the law against the law. ”

It's just that the deep meaning of this may not be understood by everyone. So, many fans will love the thoughtful John in "The Seven Deadly Sins"? Dooy will admire the inscrutable Professor Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs", admire Mr. Smith in "The Matrix", be obsessed with the high-pressure killer in "No Country for Old Men", and love the Joker in "The Dark Knight". Countering violence with violence is certainly very satisfying. But the unbridled imitation of violence can only turn violence into a vehicle for harming society and humanity. When violence walks off the screen, out of the halo of the dreamer, we see. It's just a tragedy. ”

The Four Deadly Sins of Film: The Mass Onlooker Effect

"The public onlookers, the swarming discussions, infinitely magnify the social significance of the violence. It is understandable that the media wants to dig out the sociality behind the characters, but under the entertainment narrative, this kind of excavation has become another sense of god-making movement and curiosity hunting. ”

"Remember what the criminals demanded of the president in 'Black Mirror'? He kidnapped the British princess just to blackmail the whole process of the president and the pig having sex in the world. And his extraordinary crime and the public's curiosity and indifference are intertwined into a performance art, and this absurd story is largely expressed: the responsibility of all media, including film, is now fueled by the excessively violent public effect, giving rise to a certain sense of sensationalism and attention-seeking malicious crime. ”

"Alone, independent cinema has no responsibility, but under the catalysis of mass media and social problems, cinema – or the text in cinema – has inevitably become a key link in tragedy after tragedy......"

In total, these people listed seven deadly sins for Hollywood films, which undoubtedly wiped out Hollywood, and in a way, it was also a good thing for Duke and The Dark Knight Rises, and the major Hollywood studios almost instantly stood together to refute this view with a common position, thus reducing the pressure to directly attack The Dark Knight Rise.

When someone wants to touch the interests of Hollywood as a whole, the major Hollywood groups will naturally form an alliance of interests.

Even, they pulled out Duke's words as a weapon to refute, as if the siege of "The Dark Knight Rises" some time ago had nothing to do with them at all.

"Cinema doesn't kill people, we love cinema, we love the world it creates, cinema gives people feelings in its unique way. As long as we stand up to those stupid and radical statements, violence will not destroy people's love and faith, and it will not destroy film and art. ”

These are the words of Duke in a recent interview, which have been put prominently in many media outlets.

According to these words of Duke, the media, which has close ties to Hollywood, has a sustained and powerful rebuttal to the film's guilty rhetoric.

"First of all, movies don't kill people, the history of human violence is of course much earlier than the history of film, and movies are in an indistinguishable and ambiguous position in this massacre, and it is a bit of a scapegoat to ask movies to pay for crimes."

"Actually, the violence in movies is rarely thought to have a direct impact on people, Richard? Walter once said that in fact, whenever a violent movie is released, there is less violence in society. What is a movie theater? The cinema is the emotional gymnasium, in the stadium we can have some physical conflicts, in the cinema, we can also experience mental conflicts, what's the problem? ”

"Secondly, violence comes from the heart of people, and it would be too exaggerated to say that "The Dark Knight Rises" and the Joker caused the tragedy, and the theme of "The Dark Knight" is to blame violence, and James? Holmes glimpses crime and murder in the film. Different people's hearts extract different things from the movie, and it is an individual person who, in a step-by-step choice, sends himself to the position of a criminal. ”

"Cinema is just a truthful presentation or artistic processing of the social state that exists in reality, even if it is pure and resolutely rejects all violence, obscenity, and crime, people can still learn about violence and crime from various angles. In reality, the real source of violence in people's minds comes from imbalances, stress, and educational problems in their lives. ”

"In the end, the tragedy reflects the problems of the whole era."

"In the aftermath of the tragedy, Duke? Rosenberg officially declared goodbye to Batman and made a passionate declaration that "we love the movie, we love the world it creates, and the film gives people feelings in its own way", and the director and the innocence of his film show in disguise that this clown-like reality tragedy is caused by this era. ”

"Duke? In Rosenberg's Batman films, the symbol of the criminal always carries a little sense of anti-civilization and anti-system madness, and a sense of extremism that does not care about himself and has no demand, the Joker burns the city, sticks his head out of the car window and laughs wildly, Bane destroys the entire football stadium, raises the flag casually, throws away the broken Batman mask, this is no longer a state, an army or a political war, but an individual, intense, primitive, and rebellious, questioning order and rulers on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is also a spokesman for fear and anxiety. ”

"James? Holmes's original intentions are unknown, but at the age of 25, he is still spitting on prison guards, pretending to be crazy and stupid to inquire about the ending of "The Dark Knight Rises", he disdains his crime and life, his criminal temperament belongs to this era, and film and culture are a reflection of notoriety. Every reality, the rule of law, education, injustice, and every public in this era are closely related and inseparable from the tragedy. ”

In the face of social doubts, Hollywood is not only refuting, but also has another attitude, that is, accepting it with an open mind and resolutely not changing

In other words, what kind of genre films can reflect the greatest market value, what kind of films Hollywood will make, maybe at this time period, Hollywood will make some restrictions on the content of production, but in terms of the general trend, it will still aim to create maximum profits. (To be continued.) )

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