Thursday, April 19, 2007

Apparently Matt Drudge HATES Korean Cinema

I think liberty and free expression are seriously going to have to go into hiding for a while. Sigh this is what happens when we give into fear and a desire for answers even without knowing the facts. We're all going to have to suffer for this, regardless if your a friend of the arts, video games, or music the repression and scapegoating is going to start again. The irony of this is that I didn't even like Oldboy enough to finish it. However, the doesn't make this one bit right. I feel bad for those who love Korean Cinema, its not fair what there going to have to put up with because of one lunatic.

Apparently Matt Drudge really has it in for Korean Cinema. Building on his original hammer link comparison topping his headlines yesterday.

www.drudgerpeort.com

CAMPUS KILLER 'COPIED MOVIE'...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1261563,00.html

Copycat: Killer Re-Enacted Violent Film

Updated: 17:26, Thursday April 19, 2007

Police investigating the Virginia Tech killings are looking at whether Cho Seung-Hui was copying parts of a violent film when he murdered 32 people.

The movie scene and Virginia killer

Officers believe he repeatedly watched Oldboy as part of his preparation for the killing spree.

The film, which won the Grand Prix award at the 2004 Cannes film festival, has been described as "an ultra-violent movie of obsession and revenge".

It contains stylised scenes of killings and an attempted suicide, and is filled with what one critic called "punishing emotional violence".

Similar themes seem to have occurred in Cho's own writings.

The video, which Cho posted to an American TV network while carrying out his murderous rampage, appears to include photographs of Cho re-enacting scenes from the film.

He is shown holding a gun to his head and wielding a hammer, images that appear in the movie.

The fact that he seems to have been influenced by the film will re-ignite the debate over whether violence in movies and video games can lead to people becoming more violent themselves.

Cho's video diary, along with his collection of movies, writings and that fact that he bought a gun last month reveal that, rather than the killing spree being a spontaneous event, he had planned the massacre in advance.

:: See Sky News Online's in-depth coverage of the shootings.