Sunday, April 08, 2007

Torture In Movies

Whose side is the audience on while they watch a scene with torture? Is there a difference between the nature of Tarantino's torture scene in 'Reservoir Dogs' and that of the ones so often found in movies like 'Saw' and 'Hostel'? Is Hollywood just desperate for increasingly sensationalist material? Film critic A.S. Hamrah offers his views. (5 min)

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