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On Violence and Restraint in The Dark Knight

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2008-07-21 18:20:00 by Ed Howard in Only The Cinema
...violence. This contradictory criticism aligns Uhlich, ironically, with that peculiar breed of fanboys disappointed in the film's PG-13 rating, thirsting for Saw -level blood-splatter and gore. The film itself has little patience for such base urges, and the violence in the film is depicted with an economy and tact that communicates the horror...
 
 
 
 
 
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TOWARDS A GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE PINKY VIOLENCE FILM: introduction

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2007-11-05 10:50:00 by Ed Hardy, Jr. in Shoot the Projectionist
...violence at Cinebeats. In that article , Kimberly Lindbergs traces a brief history of the sociopolitical environment Japanese women were facing in the late 60's and early 70's. I searched around for other material on the genre and found this great article by David Wilentz, which covers mostly different films from the ones I will be...
 
 
 
 
 
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TOWARDS A GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE PINKY VIOLENCE FILM: part 2

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2007-11-06 08:22:00 by Ed Hardy, Jr. in Shoot the Projectionist
...violence film. The heroines are always strong, and independent (often to the point of being literal outlaws), but they are also always made to display their bodies and be exploited for the very fact of their femaleness. At the beginning of Girl Boss Guerilla , the gang of girl-biker protagonists are annoyed by some biker boys who are...
 
 
 
 
 
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Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence

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2008-02-06 17:24:00 by Matt A in DARKMATTERS - The Mind Of Matt
...Violence (TBA Dir. Dan Cregan Reviewed by Matt Adcock As my dear mum said to me at an early age "everyone has violence in them", it just seems that Princess voiced by Paula Garcés has more than most though shes the 12-year-old star of this stunning short animated prequel to the forthcoming full feature film Red Princess Blues Red...
 
 
 
 
 
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LEGENDS OF POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS - The Next Wave in Pinky Violence!*UPDATED!*

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2007-08-20 14:53:00 by Jared in WORLDWEIRD CINEMA
...Violence Collection, but which are now being pushed across the finish line by the ever dependable Synapse Films. They are calling the them the LEGENDS OF POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series and it promises to be a wild time, kids The info below was broadcasted from the Outcast Cinema(who are producing the special features for all the Toei films in...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Pinky Violence Collection Continues!

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2007-08-25 13:02:00 by Brian in International Walnut
...Violence fans rejoice As mentioned last year, a second set of films were set to be released as part of The Pinky Violence Collection by the now defunct boutique label Panik House. However, as with this month's much-anticipated release of Teruo Ishii's Horrors of Malformed Men and Nobuo Nakagawa's Snake Woman's Curse, Synapse Films has...
 
 
 
 
 
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TOWARDS A GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE PINKY VIOLENCE FILM: part 4

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2007-11-08 09:25:00 by Ed Hardy, Jr. in Shoot the Projectionist
...violence Ive discussed so farthe specter of rape and torture & titillationbut a third one also: a womans place. Reiko Ikes character Maki is running a Yojimbo style double-cross on two yakuza clans, but it is unknown to them that she is behind the scenes pulling the strings to force them into war. In a scene following two or three similarly...
 
 
 
 
 
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Your User's Guide to Movie Violence

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2008-03-12 00:00:12 by Editor in scanners
 
...violence as it really is: it is not something that you can swallow. I want to show the reality of violence, the pain, the wounding of another human being Recently a friend and critic who recently watched 'Funny Games' said to me 'now the film is where it belongs.' He is right. When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the middle of the 90s,...
 
 
 
 
 
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TOWARDS A GENDER ANALYSIS OF THE PINKY VIOLENCE FILM: part 3

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2007-11-07 07:52:00 by Ed Hardy, Jr. in Shoot the Projectionist
...violence films on DVD in the U.S. before going out of business, says on the commentary track to Girl Boss Guerilla , Rape is always presented in Japanese film as a cause and effect punishment. Its not used necessarily salaciously It also doesnt have the same horrific stigma as it does in the U.S. and Europe. Its just a cultural difference. Im...