Violence Incorporated: John McNaughton's "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and the Uses of Gratuitous Violence in Popular Narrative

Hantke discusses the current public discussion of media violence, which is shaped by two fundamental assumptions: representations of violence reflect the steadily rising level of violence in society, and representations of violence either cause or contribute to the increase of violence. He attempts...

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Published in:College literature 2001-04, Vol.28 (2), p.29-47
Main Author: Hantke, Steffen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
Coding
Consumer economics
Essays
Killing
Literary criticism
Literary Genres
McNaughton, John
Media
Motion picture criticism
Movies
Narrative plot
Narratives
Popular culture
Reading
Serial killers
Sexual violence
Social Class
Social conditions & trends
Social Control
Violence
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Summary:Hantke discusses the current public discussion of media violence, which is shaped by two fundamental assumptions: representations of violence reflect the steadily rising level of violence in society, and representations of violence either cause or contribute to the increase of violence. He attempts to highlight and delineate the rules that regulate the conventional relationship between content and form in fictional narratives devoted to the depiction of extreme violence, focusing on John McNaughton's film "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer".
ISSN:0093-3139
1542-4286