Why Most People Don't Get Violence Right in Movies
Violence in movies is so effective because it answers to the main audience's request: action and style. From the '80s onward, with the action coded cinema of Hong Kong, stylized violence exploded in worldwide cinema. But there's another way to show violence, in an equally stylized way but without a drop of blood. I call this mystical violence. Let's explore this theme.
Films shown
There Will Be Blood (2007), Paul Thomas Anderson
Apocalypse Now (1979), Francis Ford Coppola
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Stanley Kubrick
Spoorloos (1988), George Sluizer
Memories of a Murderer (2001), Bong Joon-ho
OldBoy (2003), Park Chan-wook
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained (2013), Quentin Tarantino
Inglorious Basterds (2009), Quentin Tarantino
Sanjuro (1962), Akira Kurosawa
Police Story (1985), Jackies Chan
Drunken Master (1994), Lau Kar Leung
Kung Fu Panda (2008), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
The Grandmaster (2013), Wong Kar-wai
Scarface (1983), Brian De Palma
The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola
No Country for Old Men (2007), Joel and Ethan Coen
Taxi Driver (1976), Martin Scorsese
Goodfellas (1990), Martin Scorsese
Fight Club (1999), David Fincher
The Ballad of Buster Sgruggs (2018), Joel and Ethan Coen
The Great Train Robbery (1903), Edwin S. Porter
For a Few Dollars More (1965), Sergio Leone
Sabata (1969), Gianfranco Parolini
A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Sergio Leone
Music
Build Up, Chris Doerksen
Penapal, Chris Doerksen
Insomnia, Chris Doerksen
Night Running, Chirs Doerksen
The Hero Story Theme from "Police Story"
Hypno, Chris Doerksen
Deep Dark, Chris Doerksen
A special thanks to Chris Doerksen whose music you can find here: https://chrisdoerksen.bandcamp.com/
Interviews
Scorsese on "The Great Train Robbery" and outlaw tradition in cinema: • Martin Scorsese on Goodfellas & The Great ...
George Sluizer on "Spoorloos" and Kubrick: • George Sluizer on The Vanishing