Postmorbid Condition.
I was born in 1975 and by my impressible teenage years, I had watched many movies. I had become addicted to The Halloween Series and Nightmare on Elm Street Series. The VCR was the latest technology and I would watch a movie numerous times in the comfort of my bedroom was very exciting and relaxing. By merely pressing the rewind button, I would watch one of the Michael Myers’ victims senselessly live and die again and again. This period of disillusion marked the beginning of my unconscious tolerance of violence in movies.
In the article, “The Postmorbid Condition,” the writer has presented a realistic and frank argument about the role of violence in movies and its influence on the social acceptance of brutal and gruesome death scenes. According to the article, “Today, most American films have more interest in violence than in its meaning.” She cites several movies comparatively and evaluates the ineffectiveness of violence in delivering entertainment to the audiences.
Some graphic violence can be important in relevant or history-based movies. “Saving Private Ryan” is an excellent example because it stays true to the real-life situation of D-Day. By showing violence, the movie gives homage to those who lived the event. However, the author definitively criticizes the overuse of violence and total disregard for human life in the splatter film, “Pulp Fiction. According to the author, Vivian C. Sobchack, new technology has created increasingly more gruesome and real scenes that depict violence which has desensitized the audience and impacted society’s view of increased violence, value of life and criminal activity on a daily basis.
In the summation of the article, a powerful and interesting description of this era of film-making is made. “What is called the “postmodern condition” might be more accurately thought of as the “postmorbid condition…And given that we cannot contain or stop this careless proliferation, violence and death both on the street and in
In the article, “The Postmorbid Condition,” the writer has presented a realistic and frank argument about the role of violence in movies and its influence on the social acceptance of brutal and gruesome death scenes. According to the article, “Today, most American films have more interest in violence than in its meaning.” She cites several movies comparatively and evaluates the ineffectiveness of violence in delivering entertainment to the audiences.
Some graphic violence can be important in relevant or history-based movies. “Saving Private Ryan” is an excellent example because it stays true to the real-life situation of D-Day. By showing violence, the movie gives homage to those who lived the event. However, the author definitively criticizes the overuse of violence and total disregard for human life in the splatter film, “Pulp Fiction. According to the author, Vivian C. Sobchack, new technology has created increasingly more gruesome and real scenes that depict violence which has desensitized the audience and impacted society’s view of increased violence, value of life and criminal activity on a daily basis.
In the summation of the article, a powerful and interesting description of this era of film-making is made. “What is called the “postmodern condition” might be more accurately thought of as the “postmorbid condition…And given that we cannot contain or stop this careless proliferation, violence and death both on the street and in
Cited: Ioannidis, Nikolaos A. Article “Media Violence. Video games and desensitization to violence. Are they correlated? “Assessed on 2/14/2010 http://homoecumenicus.com/essay_ioannidis_media_violence.htm> Sob hack, Vivian C. Article “The Postmorbid Condition,” p.414. Maasik, Sonia and Solomon, Jack. “Signs of Life in the USA.” 2009.