Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Grim Shit

So I have a number of different genres represented in my NetFlix queue, but the company seems to think I hew to nothing but the ultraviolent in those genres. In short order they've sent me:

Burn After Reading
Martyrs
Red Cliff
Violent Cop
Mother of Tears
Brother
The Stendahl Syndrome
Wolf Creek
and Them (the French horror film, not the American big ant movie from the 50s)

I mean, I know I like edgy stuff, but gee whiz...

There has been a few films here and there that were not as violent as the list above. But I find it interesting that the quickest availability overall was on some of the most obscure and most violent films in their catalog. the list above includes a John Woo import film, a couple of Argento movies, a couple of Takeshi Kitano gangster movies, two examples of the 'New French Extreme' cinema, and one of the bleakest 'torture porn' films made.

I'm a case study for violent films NOT leading to violent behavior.

I wonder if I'll turn violent when the dramas and family films finally start showing up.

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