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Lost in Translation
Films that are entirely devoid of aggression/violence.
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Buddy Bradley
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Don't they get shot at at one point?AverageJoe said:
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Do they? I must have been asleep for that bit!
Andy the Don
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Breakfast at Tiffanys.
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There are deaths in these - does that count?Flashman said:
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Raymond Chandler wrote: "When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand". Threats and fears are integral to plot and very hard to do without.
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shopgirl - a film with no threats of violence or physical violence. conflicts are dealt in conversations...
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Groucho said:Entirely devoid? That's difficult. There aren't many are there. I nearly posted Amelie - I think it counts, but a person does get squished near the beginning.
Amelie doesnt count at all... that horrible market stall holder is really nasty to his employee. I would count that as agressive behaviour. Booo!
fishfingerer
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Gigi.
fishfingerer
sultan of cringe
All the Marx Brothers stuff?
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Brief Encounter springs to mind.
Then the Jane Austen movies we've had recently, Emma, Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson's version. Think there might be a version which migrated it to a Japanese Yakuza setting), Pride and Prejudice.
Then there's Woody Allen films, such as Manhattan, Hannah and her Sisters, Zelig. No violence just loads of analyst jokes.
Hollywood films mostly have some aggression or violence these days, but not all. On the indie circuit a few years ago I saw a lovely movie called 'The Tao of Steve' which was basically about a bloke who found that inwardly pretending to be Steve McQueen made him irresistable to women. Then there's 'Look At Me' from France which I loved.
I was watching 'She's All that' last night on Film 4, which was pretty grim but aggro free. I think someone spilled a drink down someone.
I think violence is overused in films and the best directors suggest it rather than show it. There's that classic shower scene in Psycho which scares the crap out of you - but infact you never see the knife hit Janet Leigh.
Then the Jane Austen movies we've had recently, Emma, Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson's version. Think there might be a version which migrated it to a Japanese Yakuza setting), Pride and Prejudice.
Then there's Woody Allen films, such as Manhattan, Hannah and her Sisters, Zelig. No violence just loads of analyst jokes.
Hollywood films mostly have some aggression or violence these days, but not all. On the indie circuit a few years ago I saw a lovely movie called 'The Tao of Steve' which was basically about a bloke who found that inwardly pretending to be Steve McQueen made him irresistable to women. Then there's 'Look At Me' from France which I loved.
I was watching 'She's All that' last night on Film 4, which was pretty grim but aggro free. I think someone spilled a drink down someone.
I think violence is overused in films and the best directors suggest it rather than show it. There's that classic shower scene in Psycho which scares the crap out of you - but infact you never see the knife hit Janet Leigh.
scifisam
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Thanks guys! You've come up with way more suggestions than the others.
Some of them do have aggression, though, by which I mean attempts to do others harm. For example, I wouldn't count the Truman Show, because of the ending (better not give it away). There may not be fisticuffs, but there's lots of aggression. TONS of violence in Groundhog Day. Those are two of my favourite films
Marx Brothers usually has slapstick, which I suppose counts as violence.
There is violence in She's All That - when the little brother's being bullied. Tame, though.
So it's some Woody Allen films, some dramas made before 1960, Jane Austen, and some films I'm afraid I haven't heard of. That's not too bad a list, actually.
It's astounding how few kids' films there are with no violence though!
Some of them do have aggression, though, by which I mean attempts to do others harm. For example, I wouldn't count the Truman Show, because of the ending (better not give it away). There may not be fisticuffs, but there's lots of aggression. TONS of violence in Groundhog Day. Those are two of my favourite films
Marx Brothers usually has slapstick, which I suppose counts as violence.
There is violence in She's All That - when the little brother's being bullied. Tame, though.
So it's some Woody Allen films, some dramas made before 1960, Jane Austen, and some films I'm afraid I haven't heard of. That's not too bad a list, actually.
It's astounding how few kids' films there are with no violence though!
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pee wee's big adventure? (five stars!)
that fifteen hour one that's just a real-time shot of the empire state building... andy warhol; famous for fifteen minutes, catatonically bored for 15 hours...
pee wee's big adventure? (five stars!)
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