//////////
Wow, there's a big online conversation going on about the Christopher Kelly piece on torture's current place in horror films I linked to on Friday going on right over here.
If you're a horror-adoring geek like I, then you'll be riveted - there are a lot of smart like-minded souls going at it, and they know what they're talking about.
Speaking of the Kelly piece, the best part of his article, I found, was this quote from Wes Craven:
Kelly does a lot of trying to inject a 9/11 into why these films exist right now, and I think in some instances he's reaching, but Craven's quote is pretty dead-on (pun not intended). Also, he adds:
Links I found in there that continue or expand the discussion:
A discussion of why some people are more scared than others by horror, as well as getting into the age-old battle between "what is unseen is scarier" versus the explicit spectacle or gore and violence.
A review of Wolf Creek.
Critic David Ansen weighs in.
Interview with Hostel director Eli Roth.
Building A Better Bomb: The Alternatives To Suspense.
I obviously ain't read all of these things yet, so I can't say what my opinion on all that is said therein is just yet. But they've got my wheels a'turning, and I might just post something on all this, in length, soon. It is my numero uno obsession, after all, and I've seen almost every one of the films (Wolf Creek I missed, but it sits atop my Netflix queue) being discussed.
Also, I learned that Roman Polanski's film Repulsion is showing in a restored print at Film Forum at the end of the month, to which I loudly cheer.
Wow, there's a big online conversation going on about the Christopher Kelly piece on torture's current place in horror films I linked to on Friday going on right over here.
If you're a horror-adoring geek like I, then you'll be riveted - there are a lot of smart like-minded souls going at it, and they know what they're talking about.
Speaking of the Kelly piece, the best part of his article, I found, was this quote from Wes Craven:
"The war in Iraq is a very violent, scary war, and it's a war not being fought by an army on one side," he says. "I'm sure the average kid who watches these kinds of movies has seen on the Internet someone getting his head sawed off with a kitchen knife by the enemy."
Kelly does a lot of trying to inject a 9/11 into why these films exist right now, and I think in some instances he's reaching, but Craven's quote is pretty dead-on (pun not intended). Also, he adds:
"You don't come out of these movies smiling. But you see that the average American kid -- or the average American family -- has what it takes to survive. That's a powerful message -- and a very necessary one right now."
Links I found in there that continue or expand the discussion:
A discussion of why some people are more scared than others by horror, as well as getting into the age-old battle between "what is unseen is scarier" versus the explicit spectacle or gore and violence.
A review of Wolf Creek.
"And yes, sometimes a dangling eyeball is a potent statement on the dangers of voyeurism, but sometimes it’s just a dangling eyeball."
Critic David Ansen weighs in.
Interview with Hostel director Eli Roth.
Building A Better Bomb: The Alternatives To Suspense.
I obviously ain't read all of these things yet, so I can't say what my opinion on all that is said therein is just yet. But they've got my wheels a'turning, and I might just post something on all this, in length, soon. It is my numero uno obsession, after all, and I've seen almost every one of the films (Wolf Creek I missed, but it sits atop my Netflix queue) being discussed.
Also, I learned that Roman Polanski's film Repulsion is showing in a restored print at Film Forum at the end of the month, to which I loudly cheer.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment