The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
Moviegoers love the intricacies of a crime all the more when it's for a good cause.
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.
You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films... Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.
Physical violence is always a bore in films today. We don't see how much it hurts. We don't learn the true consequences of it.
Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.