Fifi Leigh
Sunday, 3.8.20
I just realized that I have seen similar themes in many movies for the past couple of months. There seems to be more and more movies with torture scenes, where someone is hooked up to wires and neckbrace, and kind of hanging while one or more people interrogate or torture this person into telling them certain information. If the person doesn’t cooperate, then this person will likely be murdered, usually be stranglation. I have noticed it in The Girl with Dragon Tattoo, Hard Candy, Hannibal Lector movies, mafia and gangster movies, 9 to 5, and many others. These torture devices look like sexual devices that might be in such movies as 50 Shades of Gray because it looks sadistic. In most case, the scenes has to do with sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking, and mafias. But such scenes and movies seem to be more prevalent nowadays because it appears that the media is intentionally pushing such topic on the public. Hannibal series are disgusting because it is mostly about torture, murder, and cannibalism.
that is a theme sadly that sells, if it sells Hollywood will make it.
i dont think it really sells. the industry just like to promote certain disturbing scenes to the public. The final scene to Dancer in the Dark where they hanged the main character, played by Byork, was disturbing.
Hollywood continues to have huge box offices. Advertising works even if we don’t like it.
i think people nowadays are watching less movies, opting for Netflix. I mostly watch indie channel on tv or indie films in theater.
2018 was one of the lowest years in the last 20. 2019 was also down. The funny thing is the overall box office is up.
i sometimes go to movie meetups with a group, but it is usually for an indie fil