dissonance

at Château de Versailles

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:51:32 +1000

at Château de Versailles

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:29:31 +1000

at Château de Versailles

Lumiere 💀 (at Catacombes de Paris)

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:29:09 +1000

Lumiere 💀 (at Catacombes de Paris)

Vintage shopping somewhere in the alley ways of Paris💜

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:59 +1000

Vintage shopping somewhere in the alley ways of Paris💜

Bonjour bitches 💜😍🇫🇷💁 (at Tour Eiffel)

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:46 +1000

Bonjour bitches 💜😍🇫🇷💁 (at Tour Eiffel)

"There has always been violence in art. There is violence in the Bible, violence in Homer, violence..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:14:39 +1000

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There has always been violence in art. There is violence in the Bible, violence in Homer, violence in Shakespeare, and many psychiatrists believe that it serves as a catharsis rather than a model. I think the question of whether there has been an increase in screen violence and, if so, what effect this has had, is to a very great extent a media-defined issue. I know there are well-intentioned people who sincerely believe that films and TV contribute to violence, but almost all of the official studies of this question have concluded that there is no evidence to support this view. At the same time, I think the media tend to exploit the issue because it allows them to display and discuss the so-called harmful things from a lofty position of moral superiority.

But the people who commit violent crime are not ordinary people who are transformed into vicious thugs by the wrong diet of films or TV. Rather, it is a fact that violent crime is invariably committed by people with a long record of anti-social behaviour, or by the unexpected blossoming of a psychopath who is described afterward as having been ‘…such a nice, quiet boy,’ but whose entire life, it is later realized, has been leading him inexorably to the terrible moment, and who would have found the final ostensible reason for his action if not in one thing then in another. In both instances immensely complicated social, economic and psychological forces are involved in the individual’s criminal behaviour.

The simplistic notion that films and TV can transform an otherwise innocent and good person into a criminal has strong overtones of the Salem witch trials. This notion is further encouraged by the criminals and their lawyers who hope for mitigation through this excuse. I am also surprised at the extremely illogical distinction that is so often drawn between harmful violence and the so-called harmless violence of, say, “Tom and Jerry” cartoons or James Bond movies, where often sadistic violence is presented as unadulterated fun. I hasten to say, I don’t think that they contribute to violence either. Films and TV are also convenient whipping boys for politicians because they allow them to look away from the social and economic causes of crime, about which they are either unwilling or unable to do anything.

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- Stanley Kubrick speaks on violence in films in an interview with Michel Ciment. (via howtocatchamonster)

wolfves: A$AP Rocky, My Babe.

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:55:07 +1000

wolfves:

A$AP Rocky, My Babe.

I swear the camera turned on itself (at Soho Village)

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:42:25 +1000

I swear the camera turned on itself (at Soho Village)

Some old hag lives here or something (at Buckingham Palace)

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:04:16 +1000

Some old hag lives here or something (at Buckingham Palace)

Dear god. (at Thames Path)

Wed, 08 May 2013 03:44:27 +1000

Dear god. (at Thames Path)

Such a beautiful first day in London at St Paul’s followed...

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:27:57 +1000

Such a beautiful first day in London at St Paul’s followed by blumers and fish and chips in south bank @chupacabramegryan

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Mon, 06 May 2013 10:38:15 +1000

Off to explore the world. Peace✌

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:45:25 +1000

Off to explore the world. Peace✌

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Sun, 05 May 2013 08:12:20 +1000

foricouldneverlove: You Got A Killer Scene There, Man || Queens...

Sun, 05 May 2013 08:11:13 +1000

foricouldneverlove:

You Got A Killer Scene There, Man || Queens Of The Stone Age

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Sat, 04 May 2013 16:32:16 +1000

jawdust: where is this guy’s blockbuster movie

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:05:55 +1000

jawdust:

where is this guy’s blockbuster movie

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Sat, 04 May 2013 07:10:43 +1000

Parks and Recreation + TV Tropes | Precision F-Strike “Let’s...

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:04:17 +1000

Parks and Recreation + TV Tropes | Precision F-Strike

“Let’s face it: people swear. However, some movies/shows have a tendency to overdo it. Sometimes it can be pulled off, and sometimes it just sounds stupid. The Precision F Strike is the opposite of this. Put simply, it’s where swearing has been used effectively to add weight to the sentence. The most common way of doing this is when a normally non-swearing character swears, meaning that things have just gotten really fucking serious.”

oldfilmsflicker: Midnight in Paris, 2011 (dir. Woody Allen)

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:02:28 +1000

oldfilmsflicker:

Midnight in Paris, 2011 (dir. Woody Allen)