Hollywood is slowwwwly starting to deal with terrorism on screen. Better late than never.
This year alone we’ve had “Vantage Point,” “Traitor” and this weekend’s “Eagle Eye.” But some critics aren’t pleased about this development.
They’d rather screenwriters ignore terrorism as a possible film subject. Sex, drugs and violence are still A-OK with them, but anything that hints there are people in the world willing to snuff out western civilization is a no no.
I address the situation in my latest column for Pajamas Media. Not all movie critics parrot these arguments, thankfully, but enough do to merit attention.
(Photo: Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox star in “Vantage Point,” one of the few modern films to tackle the threat of terrorism directly.)
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Critics afraid of terrorism – the cinematic kind
September 25, 2008
Hollywood is slowwwwly starting to deal with terrorism on screen. Better late than never.
This year alone we’ve had “Vantage Point,” “Traitor” and this weekend’s “Eagle Eye.” But some critics aren’t pleased about this development.
They’d rather screenwriters ignore terrorism as a possible film subject. Sex, drugs and violence are still A-OK with them, but anything that hints there are people in the world willing to snuff out western civilization is a no no.
I address the situation in my latest column for Pajamas Media. Not all movie critics parrot these arguments, thankfully, but enough do to merit attention.
(Photo: Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox star in “Vantage Point,” one of the few modern films to tackle the threat of terrorism directly.)
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