WEEK 3

Question 1

violence

Answer 1

destructive natural force

Question 2

Steven Pinker typology of violence, 5 inner demons

Answer 2

1. practical violence - means to an end –> to get something (gangster films, Animal Kingdom, David Michod, Australia, 2010)
2. dominance - urge for authority, glory, and prestige (Whiplash, Damien Chazelle, US, 2014)
3. revenge - the moralistic urge toward retrieving punishment and justice (Deliverance, John Boorman, US, 1972 - justify violence toward the rapist)
4. sadism - inflict suffering for enjoyment (The Standford Prison Experiment, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, US, 2015)
5. ideology - shared belief system, vision of utopia that justifies unlimited violence in pursuit of unlimited good

Question 3

State monopoly on violence

Answer 3

community that claims monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a territory

Question 4

US alliance during WWII

Answer 4

Washington, Hollywood, American audience

Question 5

2 powerful women in history

Answer 5

1. Golda Meir - former PM of Israel, suffers to not forget suffering (Munich, Steven Spielberg, US/FR/Canada, 2005 - uses violence to preserve peace)
2. Margaret Thatcher - former PM of UK (1979-1990) - TINA (The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd, UK/FR, 2011)

Question 6

slapstick comedy

Answer 6

physical comedy characterized by broad humor, absurd situations, vigorous violent actions

Question 7

Ritual violence

Answer 7

intentional ceremonial violence
(The Purge, James DeMonaco, US, 2013)

Question 8

3 films that started violence

Answer 8

1. Bonnie and Clyde, US, 1969
2. The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah, US, 1969
3. The Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick, US, UK, 1971

Question 9

ultraviolence

Answer 9

unnecessary, unprovoked violence, violent acts for thrill and entertainment

Question 10

Mickey Mouse violence

Answer 10

cartoonish way, trivial, comedic; can be used to criticize the normalization of violence in media

Question 11

vigilante

Answer 11

enforces justice, suppress violence
Bruce Lee - needs a superbeing when the government cannot do it
Batman, Tim Burton, US, 1989

Question 12

Denmark cinema

Answer 12

Pusher III, Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark, 2005 - uses practical violence; very realistic

Question 13

2 functions of media in the society

Answer 13

1. effects social change
2. control over predominant ideologies

Question 14

Production code

Answer 14

1930, adhere to common standards of morality, and decency, not to violate the sensibility of the audience
to regulate and enforce standards of filmmaking that would uphold certain moral and social values, accommodate interest of big business

Question 15

The Code

Answer 15

stabilized a new cultural role for sound movies
shifted moviemakers questioning to support middle-class values
during WWII made parameters through which to present images of violence

Question 16

3 postwar challenges of the Code and cultural Assumptions

Answer 16

1. the end of the war itself
2. changed marketplace for movie-going
3. breakup of the studio system

Question 17

violence represented 3 things

Answer 17

1. nonconformity
2. deviance
3. transgressive behavior

Question 18

catharsis

Answer 18

act of process of releasing a strong emotion (pity or fear)