Jordan wrote:
"I've never even seen Pulp Fiction, I really can't stand Tarrantino's
movies and how they glorify violence."
Gotta ask. Given that Pulp Fiction was only his second film (after
Reservoir Dogs, hard to think of that one GLORIFYING violence given the
fate of its characters), what led you to prejudge it as glorifying
violence?
But there's an interesting question here: Considering violence is such
a mainstay of hardboiled and noir, what are its different aspects, and
how do we distinguish between them? Who is glorifying violence? Who is
using violence for other ends?
It seems safe to say Spillane glorifies Hammer's violence, though there
may be disagreement about whether or not that's a good thing. But what
about, say, Pelecanos's shootouts? Do they glorify violence? Or do
they expose the consequences of violence, especially glorified violence?
Mark
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