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Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence

 By : Andrew O’Hehir

This article starts by pointing out that Henry Weinstein is very passionate and devoted to each movie that he makes. Whether that movie is a best seller or if does horrible in the box office Weinstein is just as devoted to it. He believes in his work. The author claims that Weinstein unintentionally turned utterly violent movies such as “Dejango Unchanged” into icons. He has questioned whether or not he is responsible for making violence “hip.” The author debunks this by saying that it would have happened with or without these violent flicks. He points out that the thought has occurred numerous times to Weinstein that he is advocating violence with his movies. There apparently has been many meetings with other Hollywood elites about the subject. He applauds Weinstein for having the courage to take the heat head on about the controversial issue. Henry Weinstein made a public statement saying: “In fact, “Lone Survivor is just as much a masturbatory fantasy as “Django Unchained,” just with a different audience in mind.”

This statement caused much controversy, but the author sees the statement as honest. It is pointed out in the article that social scientists have no proven facts that aggressive violence is a direct correlation to violent films. In turn stating that the “public’s apparently unquenchable appetite for media violence, which strikes me as a more profound and important question.” What to take away from the article is to simply moderate. Don’t over expose yourself to media violence.