Chapter 872: Reality is not perfect
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It is impossible to say that things like movies can't affect society, just as movies themselves are deeply affected by the social environment, and popular movies will in turn affect society.
At no time should the film give up the propaganda of mainstream values, which have nothing to do with ideology and have universal values, and the film should not become an aspirin that paralyzes the audience to ignore reality, nor should it become a formalin that keeps the dark and rotten dark side of the audience's hearts fresh.
The most fascinating quality of the movie is that she can create a dream world for people, forget her troubles for a while, and find her own happiness and satisfaction in the unreal world.
Of course, this joy and satisfaction can't be like James? Holmes like that.
It's too much to just make movies pay for real social phenomena.
However, the impact of "The Dark Knight Rise" in North America is quite obvious, after earning more than $90 million, affected by the shooting, there was a sharp decline on Saturday, many mainstream theaters had less than 50% attendance, and the single-day box office exceeded 30%, and finally reported $62.67 million.
Many people see hope for continued repression, and continue to link The Dark Knight Rise to the Santa Monica Mall shooting through various channels.
"The reason it's scary is that you can feel the great inflatability of the movie, it arouses everyone's sense of rebellion against the established social rules, and the audience often sees that in the end they will start to expect the villain to kill Batman, and Batman has become the biggest obstacle to social revolution, and these villains have become the heroes who smash the state apparatus, causing people to follow suit."
That's pretty good. Some of the statements were directed at Duke himself.
"There's only Duke in this world? Can a mad director like Rosenberg make James? Crazy movie fans like Holmes! ”
Some so-called well-informed people told the media, "Duke? Rosenberg also said in private, I don't know if I blame the murderer or myself......"
The situation is getting more and more complicated, and some groups of moral activists have been showing up in droves in front of the Warner Bros. building since Sunday. Not only protested, but also suggested that the federal government force "The Dark Knight Rises" to be taken down.
It's so hard for these so-called organizations to really do anything that no one can ignore their ability to wreak havoc.
In the face of a lot of pressure, Duke's partner, "The Dark Knight Rises" producer Charles? Rowan also had to say in an interview, "Even if this movie is stopped immediately." We are all acceptable, and it is time not to talk about any interests. ”
Of course, this is just talking, and the dismissal of "The Dark Knight Rises", whether it is Duke or Warner Bros., is unacceptable.
And those people aren't just for The Dark Knight Rises. He also wants Duke to publicly apologize and reflect on his filmmaking philosophy.
Some media also highlighted the "Matrix" shooting, arguing that Duke's film caused a crime is not an isolated case, and he must deeply reflect on it.
Since the incident. Aside from going to UC medical school and making public statements, Duke has been silent. I also hope that this silence will reduce the controversy of "The Dark Knight Rises", but now it seems that some people don't want to let him go easily.
Since silence doesn't solve the problem, Duke doesn't mind making his voice heard.
Early Sunday morning. Duke personally updated his official even to share.
"This is not the first case in the history of world cinema in which an audience imitates a movie character to commit a crime, nor will it be the last. In the face of such a tragedy, any criticism of just one film is unfair and unreasonable. There is nothing wrong with the presence of violence in the film, because reality is not perfect in the first place. ”
As Duke said, in the history of North America, there are definitely not a few movie-related tragedies.
He picked up Tina? A piece of information collected by the Philippines contains a large number of cases.
For example, the famous "Reagan shooting" in 1981.
Back then, obsessed with actress Judy in "Taxi Driver"? Foster's John? In order to win her attention, Hinckley imitated the behavior of Travis, the protagonist of the film, and shot US President Ronald near the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan, who caused Reagan to be shot in the chest and several officers of his entourage wounded, was just the so-called fair and just law, in John? Hinkley's oil tycoon's father waved a banknote before identifying John? Hinckley was severely mentally ill and was not convicted of murdering the president and was sentenced only to compulsory treatment.
In fact, the cases caused by the movie are not limited to the "Batman" series, and some websites have sorted out at least a dozen movie theater incidents, including "The Godfather", "X-Men: Last Stand", etc., these events include audience boycotts, occasional conflicts, and even some events that have nothing to do with the movie itself.
Released in 1988, "Colored Rattlesnakes" tells the story of Los Angeles police fighting street crime and gangs, and on the weekend of the film's release, 13 young men belonging to two gangs were arrested.
In addition, the famous gangster group "Guardian Angels" once put up signs during the film's release with the slogans "'Colored Rattlesnake' kills children" and "Don't show 'Colored Rattlesnake' in Los Angeles", and Chicago, New York and Miami police were on alert during the film's premiere.
On Long Island in the nineties of the last century, during the screening of "The Godfather 3", members of the two gangs opened fire directly in the cinema, and in this firefight, the gang members were not injured, and it was the audience sitting next to them who suffered. Among them, a 15-year-old boy was killed.
Also in the 90s, there were several violent incidents in theaters where "Block Boy" was released, with a 23-year-old man being hit by a bullet and then dying, a 15-year-old stabbed to death on the opening weekend, and several others injured.
In 2005, during the screening of "X-Men: Last Stand" in a movie theater in Baltimore, a 2-man man stood up and pulled out a gun, told all the audience to lie on the ground, and fired a dead shot, killing an unlucky 62-year-old.
In 2008, when "Rejuvenation" was screened, a fan kept cheering for the film, which caused the people next to him to be very impatient, and when the persuasion failed, the latter decisively escaped with a pistol and shot at the former......
In fact, if you go to Google and search, there are endless conflicts caused by movies, and deaths and injuries also occur from time to time.
Perhaps, watching movies, which was originally for leisure and entertainment, will one day really become an "extreme pastime" that has taken its life.
Of course, it's just Duke watching Tina? The relevant information collected by Faye is privately to Scarlett? Johnson's complaint.
But there is one fact that cannot be ignored, and even Duke cannot deny that after entering the new century, the number of deaths and injuries caused by movies is increasing.
Why is it that the distinction between reality and dreams, which used to be clear, is now beginning to blur, and even more and more people are unable to distinguish between dreams and reality? To a certain extent, this has something to do with the new world of meaning created by the Internet.
After the advent of the Internet, the difference between reality and virtuality has become smaller and smaller; And the direction of technological production is to completely eliminate this difference.
In particular, with the help of the Internet's publicity and marketing methods, the film attaches great importance to interaction and participation, which can significantly increase the sense of substitution of the participants, and correspondingly, it will also bring some problems.
"What is a movie? To put it simply, it's about dreaming. ”
After watching Tina? Philip collects information, and Duke continues to update himself on the instant sharing.
"Is it true that as some media have said, should the movie pay for this shooting tragedy?"
"Imagine if there was no violence in the film, so clean that even the most conservative people couldn't pick out the problem, would the world be a better place? No more violence? The answer is not to mention, everyone will know. ”
"But in this impossible imagination, what we can be sure of is how false and empty the human spiritual world will become, and all artists and audiences will degenerate into demented children, pretending to be in a simple and perfect dream world."
"Film, like other arts, is a deformation and reflection of reality. It is true that there are many movies that exaggerate or advocate violence, but at the same time, there may be more movies that make the audience understand the seriousness of the problem of violence more deeply, and make people vigilant and reflect on where violence comes from and where the darkness is. ”
"It's not maybe the best of times, but it's clearly not the worst of times. Our society is always flowing with positive and negative energy, and an anti-social madman, even if he doesn't watch any movies, comics, novels, play games, or listen to rock music, he may become a butcher thug who kills innocents indiscriminately. ”
"Of course, we have reason to ask film directors, producers and film companies to be more cautious and pay more attention when dealing with violent scenes, but a tragic order like 12 lives is something that movies can't buy and shouldn't buy."
"In the real world, we don't need Batman, we don't need Superman, we don't need Jokers and Lex? Luthor only needs more sobriety, deeper reflection, greater courage and more passionate love for the world. Free choice and free will, rather than more filtering, protection, and control, can lead us out of the shadow of the Santa Monica Mall shooting and into a brighter world. ”
"May God bless them, and may God be with all." (To be continued~^~)
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