I am pretty sure we have more to worry about than QT since a very small percentage of the population sees his movies. The new Star Wars movie was pretty violent and a lot more people will see that movie. George Lucas is probably more of a problem ;-)
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Originally Posted by rubicon
Hi biker: On one level I do agree. However while we can all say what we want there are some situations that warrant consequences, as you say...that's why one cannot yell "fire"in a theater or make threats about harming the President, etc.
However the question about movie making or for that matter entertaining in general has always been " does movie making reflect real life or does real life reflect movie making? In my view its both and in my view we have people who cannot differentiate. and while Hollywood will deny it they have a profound influence on how some people respond. witness all the fuss about Academy Awards, Emmy's etc
I suspect Hollywood and regulators back in the day understood this aspect and why the Motion Picture Industry promoted and abided by the General Principles cited in one of Tal's posts
Movies can be made to have viewers aspire to better things, to be patriotic as they did during WWII war years or to slide down that slippery slope to an abyss.
In Hollywood/entertainment Industry, today people who live good wholesome lives take a back seat to s/he who struggled with addictions dah dah dah and finally found peace in the heavens above ..let's celebrate their final victory ..Whitney Houston, et al and all that goes with that package deal to make money via movies TV specials, etc.
I say you do drugs expect your brain to get fried or be dead sooner than you wish and don't expect me to shed a tear. We all have problems most of us act grown up and solve them. I say if you do the crime do the time
In short Hollywood and people like Tarantino are contributing to the degrading of our society and therefore it is an infringement . Hence turning the dial to another station and all that malarkey is not enough. Responsible people must speak up
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