Violence in films
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:40 am
We can discuss about bad words in films, but what about violence ? As I already
told you : last week some people of African nationalities were killed by
an 18 year old man in the City of Antwerp. I don't want to re-open the discussion
about racism, but the media told us that the young man loved watching films
and playing videogames with violence in them.In those films human beings
are killed without any emotion. Psychiatrists are trying to find out what
happened in the head of that man. Hans Van Themse had to leave his boarding
school because an eductional adviser had seen him smoking a cigarette in
his room. The same day he changed his hair cut. He became a skinhead. He
went to Antwerp and bought a rifle, which is possible when you are 18 and
after you have shown your identity card. He ran into the street and started
killing people. He told the psychiatrists that he loved films with violence
in them... Have those films caused the sudden change in his behaviour ? That's
one of the questions at this moment. The 2,5 old baby will be buried today...
There is one good thing : the politicians have already decided to change
the law on trade in arms.
Also at BIAFF we could watch films with violence in it. In Bedford's winners'
show I saw one which was technically brilliant. During the coffee and tea-interval
everybody seemed to have enjoyed that film. I myself could appreciate the
structure of the film, the acting and also the special effects. The filmmaker
deserved an international award, but I didn't like the violence in his film.
In my opinion he exaggerated a bit. I remember a TV-serial called "The A-Team".
It was in the late eighties. At home my son - though he was an excellent
student even in his age of puberty - loved watching the A-Team on TV.
I was always furious. We had discussions.
told you : last week some people of African nationalities were killed by
an 18 year old man in the City of Antwerp. I don't want to re-open the discussion
about racism, but the media told us that the young man loved watching films
and playing videogames with violence in them.In those films human beings
are killed without any emotion. Psychiatrists are trying to find out what
happened in the head of that man. Hans Van Themse had to leave his boarding
school because an eductional adviser had seen him smoking a cigarette in
his room. The same day he changed his hair cut. He became a skinhead. He
went to Antwerp and bought a rifle, which is possible when you are 18 and
after you have shown your identity card. He ran into the street and started
killing people. He told the psychiatrists that he loved films with violence
in them... Have those films caused the sudden change in his behaviour ? That's
one of the questions at this moment. The 2,5 old baby will be buried today...
There is one good thing : the politicians have already decided to change
the law on trade in arms.
Also at BIAFF we could watch films with violence in it. In Bedford's winners'
show I saw one which was technically brilliant. During the coffee and tea-interval
everybody seemed to have enjoyed that film. I myself could appreciate the
structure of the film, the acting and also the special effects. The filmmaker
deserved an international award, but I didn't like the violence in his film.
In my opinion he exaggerated a bit. I remember a TV-serial called "The A-Team".
It was in the late eighties. At home my son - though he was an excellent
student even in his age of puberty - loved watching the A-Team on TV.
I was always furious. We had discussions.