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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Violence in movies
Message-ID: <1515@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 12:06:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 12:06:02 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 02:59:40 EDT
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Reply-To: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
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In article <1921@reed.UUCP> purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes:
> I think the reason that I find Psycho so thrilling is
>that although she is getting stabbed repeatedly, you never really see it
>happening. You hear it, and see her expression and the blood, but you
>never see her getting stabbed. The scene is gripping enough that I can't
>take my eyes off of something that fills me with fear no matter how many
>times I see it.

The old trick of leaving something to your imagination.  Very powerful.

> Anyone else feel this way? (About knives vs guns vs
> whatever.) Where do you draw the line, so to speak, on violence?

This is rather hard to define. (sort of like pornography) Again,
just saying that guns are ok, but knives are gory isn't sufficient,
since something like Psycho very carefully avoids that.  Also
if it's totally non-serious, like the scene in "Monty Python and
the Holy Grail" where the knight gets both arms and legs lopped
off, with blood gushing everywhere.  (mind you, mOOse bites can
be gory  :-)  )

Snoopy
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