My friend thinks he did when he made that movie with Charles Bronson (can't remember its name). Bronson was the good guy whose wife was murdered and he stooped to bad guys level to catch the killer. My friend says that it was the first time a 'hero' used 'the end justifies the means' ideology, and ignored his morals. It was the start of the real violence in modern movies. Does anyone agree?
2006-07-24 14:29:43 · 3 answers · asked by Rachel Maria 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I know the films were hits, Damo. But thats not the question. Did he start the trend for the very violent movies we have today?
2006-07-24 14:38:40 · update #1
For Gary B. My friend thinks the sinister thing that Winner did was make the good guy use the bad guy's tactics. This changed everything. Im inclined to agree with him. Therefore ur news about Mr. Winner's place in society now cheers me no end! He has a lot to answer for.
2006-07-26 03:30:35 · update #2
He was one of the first directors to start getting more visual with violence but by no means a trend setter. Stanley Kubrick made A Clockwork Orange in 1971 (Death Wish was in 74 by the way) so violence had alreday started to creep into main stream films. On the flip side, if Winner was responsable, he is now reduced to selling Insurance so that if any of his past films have been responsible for a more angre sociaty, at least we all have good insurance to cover the cost of our injuries!
2006-07-25 23:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by gary b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he just brought it to our cinemas that film was called death wish in fact it grossed such high earnings they made a trilogy of 3 in total.
2006-07-24 21:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by xxxxxxxxxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-07-24 21:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋