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Actors: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Frederic Forrest, Samuel Fuller, Pruitt Taylor Vince
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The End of Violence |
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THE END OF VIOLENCE is a movie cowritten and directed by Wim Wenders in 1997. The picture was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
A secret governmental organization is secretly using hidden cameras in order to observe the city of Los Angeles. Gabriel Byrne, a scientist working for this organization, sends by e-mail a description of what is going on to Bill Pullman, a Hollywood producer. Pullman is kidnapped before reading the document but manages to escape and finds refuge in a latin american family. Will Byrne and Pullman finally have the possibility to reveal to the public what they know ?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The End of Violence |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- govt officials abusing power
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- method of control
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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