John Carpenter on Censorship
Speaking at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on the subject of film violence, John Carpenter pointed out:
Real life causes this, fake life does not cause it. The reason for a lot of these movies is the culture that we live in, the events that have gone on in our world.
Censorship never works, you cannot destroy an idea. You can hide, you can try to cover it up, but you can’t destroy it, it will be there and it will bubble up again.
I know it’s a rather obvious point to make, but it’s one that does need to be made - especially in the current climate and especially in the US where VT hysteria is blaming a film for the activities of a psychopath and the FCC is trying to grab unprecedented powers to determine what can and can’t be shown on TV.
Sunday 29 Apr 2007 | Paul | People, Politics
I couldn’t agree more. If anybody thinks that this would not have happened if Oldboy hadn’t been made, they are just lying to themselves.
If it’s not a film, it’s a video game. If it’s not a video game, it’s Hip-Hop. If it’s not Hip-Hop, it’s Death Metal. If it’s not Death Metal, it’s Heavy Rock. If it’s not Heavy Rock, it’s Elvis.