With this post I begin distributing some of the work done over the course of philosophy of law which has just ended. Are only a small and varied sample of their work.
KEYBOARD GUEST: ANTI RIVAS RODRIGUEZ
Michela Marzano Italian philosopher in the book "Death as spectacle" a study on violent images circulating on the internet, questioning whether the thousands of viewers consider the views of an information source or intrigue to death live, if you really must allow accessibility, as this leads to indifference.
Try the subject of snuff films, which classifies as secret, of restricted public, which paid large sums of money and collect the humiliation, suffering and real death. We can speak of an evolution of rumors began to circulate about these films in the seventies to the present situation, and that the author collected in this trial, denouncing indifference to the suffering of others, which is a consequence of the return to human sacrifice.
Joseph Horman (police sergeant from New York) in 1975 spoke of the existence of clandestine films in rolls of 8 mm. The New York Post and the Daily News sought the FBI's investigation of those tapes. In police records were found films showing rape and actual deaths by serial murderers. However his aim was not broadcast or trade, so can not be considered true Snuff. the film industry begins to address the issue in such films as Hardcore (1979), Videodrome (1982), Thesis (1996) and Murder in eight millimeters (1999).
start out in internet poor quality videos that show abuse, rape and murder real, the abuse and killings of civilians in Chechnya in 2000, the execution of Saddam Hussein (2006), etc. The problem is the show made some of those videos, whose goal is not information (such as images taken by reporters) but the entertainment, amusement causing those visions.
Surge in England in 2004 a new social phenomenon called "happy slapping "(" Happy slapping "), which consists of assaulting a person while another filmed with a camera or mobile phone, then spread on the Internet with the aim of such a situation, which seeks to humiliate the person, serve as entertainment.
This exposes the author is the current situation, has made a show about these videos, which are admired, entertainment (Marzano refers to the similarity of this "reality horror" to the Roman Circus and public executions of the Middle Ages, who moved multitudes) or complete and utter indifference. Towards the end of the book, Michela concludes that "watch torture or murder of someone live can destabilize, disgust, remain indifferent, exciting, but in no case report on the reality "should be discussed with explicit images of events but not lead to the show, and censorship is not the answer but make the public understand that these images are not information, I will analyze later.
The Snuff Movies are rated movies, led to its illegal marketing, showing torture and all sorts of harassment and end with the actual death of the victim. They are associated with satanic rituals, pedophile rings but above all, to millionaires who pay them large sums of money. is impossible to find real examples of snuff movies by their marginal distribution. It is said that the protagonist is sometimes kidnapped, sometimes, it is a sadomasochistic film in which she took part voluntarily, without knowing it will end up being killed. For places where they allegedly filmed some say that in South American jungles, beaches in Thailand, at the residence of a wealthy businessman in El Paso on the border between Mexico and the United States ... is still discussing its existence, having those who claim to be an invention to withdraw cash. Anyway, in 1980 Al Goldstein (director of Screw magazine) offered $ 250,000 a few years ago, Frank Henenlautter (hardcore film director) one million, who showed him a real snuff and nobody showed up.
is fueling the belief in them for different events, such as the Italian police dismantled a gang that tortured children in Moscow and then sold the pictures, The Times, in 1990 after an investigation reported that police had evidence murders of Mexican immigrants to snuff films. Among history of snuff, is a 74 year tape shown in some theaters in New York, with the title "Snuff" which was said to have actual crime scenes. To promote it used the phrase "shot in South America, where life is cheap." It is from here when you become interested and morbidity for this type of film.
the serial murderer David Berkowitz said he filmed the murder of Stacy Moskowitz in Brooklyn, in the year 77, to sell the tape to a porn aficionado employer. There are lots of cases, declared false by the FBI and other police agencies. Anyway, I refer to what was said by Joel Schumacher (who also collects Marzano in his book), "we would not only never see such films, but in the deepest part of ourselves, we pray that does not actually exist ... "and Hardcore director Paul Schrader" ... there may be, but whether or not is less important the belief that people in his life, it is the will to believe in an evil fantasy. That makes the interesting myth "have therefore attracted the interest of the people, and many TV series, manga comics and films deal with the issue, including:
-" Peeping Tom " ( 1959) by Michael Powell, serves as a precedent for other (and according to some, to the real), a psychopath it captures the faces of their victims (very beautiful women) when they are dying.
- "Hardcore" (1979) by Paul Schrader, is a parent searching for his missing daughter, which in the end manages to rescue the world of porn in which he had entered voluntarily, and take it home, but not before witnessing a snuff movie in which killed 2 people (not very aggressive, unlike those in later films, as there is no torture).
- "Videodrome" (1982) by David Cronenberg, in it, the protagonist discovers that sadomasochistic pornography addition, a cable television channel aired snuff films.
- "Thesis" (1996) by Alejandro Amenabar, tracks Angela (Ana Torrent) discovers when searching for information for her thesis on violence in the audiovisual media, her supervisor dies after watching a film , which was a snuff film in which teenagers murdered and tortured, being involved a teacher and a student (a little psycho).
- "Murder in eight millimeters" (1999) by Joel Schumacher, the protagonist is a private detective (Nicolas Cage), who investigates a movie found in the safe of a deceased millionaire, which tortured and finally killed a girl, at the end of the film was found to be responsible for the deceased, in exchange for a lot of money .
- "The Chamber of Secrets" (2002) by Marc Evans, the film begins with an Internet ad seeking participants for a Big Brother airs on the Internet, but end up discovering that the selected really it is a snuff movie, in which they are the victims.
à "A serbian film" (2010), Srdjan Spasojevic and censorship .
The protagonist is Milosh, who has been a major figure in the Serbian porn, going through a bad economic situation, having to participate in movies (porn) of little importance to make money. He is married with a young son. A former colleague puts you in touch with Vukmir, who wants to hire him for a porn movie that defined the experimental and artistic, without giving further references. Milosh end up accepting the offer, and began a shooting a Therefore particular, that fuels the mistrust of the protagonist (he does not want to make any kind of torture, much less work with minors). When you decide to end their participation in the film (it does not change its decision despite his conversation with Vukmir, who shows him a tape of a sexual intercourse with a newborn, which he defines as "a new genre") is high with aphrodisiac for livestock, and ends by the depraved orders Vukmir (torture, rape, murder, pedophilia, etc).
is a controversial movie, especially the images of incest and pedophilia, has become a symbol freedom of expression, and therefore received the Special Jury Award at the "XXI Fantasy Film Festival Horror and San Sebastian" (which he could not projected to incur for the alleged crime against sexual freedom).
However I do not understand this censorship, for as stated Nacho Vigalondo "representation of a crime can never be comparable to the crime itself." It is a hard film, provocative scenes that impact, but it is still fiction. In addition it provides a feeling of revulsion not only unpleasant pictures also by the fact that makes a person who also you are depraved, but made for being under the influence of drugs. This allows the viewer to reflect on issues such as pedophilia, torture and rape, which are a reality today, of course the film does not leave anyone indifferent (also shows intercourse with corpses).
discussed in many forums that the prohibitions of which is under the film is an example of intolerance, a violation of the right to free speech, etc, and actually I think so, then perhaps the problem is not the subjects covered, but it is too explicit, but not be censored, should be given the option of an adult see it or not, and draw their own conclusions.
The phenomenon of censorship arises in the first third of the twentieth century, when various religious and neighborhood associations began for protests over the content of the films, considering that caused a negative influence on young people being supported citizenship, which led to recall the entire film deemed offensive material. This phenomenon affected for years to draft the film, including European ones, which are encouraged with financial support for a content control. But censorship is usually done to the film already made, prohibiting publication or in many cases eliminating scenes that could not be in a particular country, for its moral content, political or religious (in our case, Franco's censors.)
In his essay, the philosopher Michela Marzano, to address the issue of videos with actual violence and murder around the net, he concludes that censorship is not the solution (a position I share), to be aware of people, for full viewing these videos not supposed to be informed, because if in this case, censorship is not viable, let alone a performance. There is nothing wrong with a movie that is shown making critical respect to these actions (and the critical end pursues its director), the bad is to see actual videos whose purpose is precisely to encourage the behaviors listed above and still show some unfiltered actual suffering or humiliation of the people, and even deprivation of life. Censorship only causes more interest, more important and gives publicity to the movie (or video), and censorship has not prevented the spread of film on the Internet.
The problem with this type of film is not intended to convey the message, not the facts they collect themselves (pedophilia, incest, rape, torture ...), they are real issues but staged, the problem are the explicit images, but the display should be a decision of potential viewers, like in other movies, you can not "silence" to the directors.
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