Peter Bogdanovich: What if Movies Are Part of the Problem

Peter Bogdanovich is a legendary film director and a great historian of film. He is one of the people wondering if there is too much violence in film.  “I’m in the minority, but I don’t like comic book movies. They’re not my cup of tea. What happened to pictures like How Green Was My Valley or even From Here to Eternity? They’re not making those kind of movies anymore. They are either making tentpole pictures based on comic books or specialty pictures that you pray someone will go see.  The fact that these tentpole movies are all violent comic book movies doesn’t speak well for our society.”

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