Sublime Anarchy in Gus Van Sant’s Elephant Neera Scott July 2005 The Metaphysics of Violence Gus Van Sant's film produces a kind of poetry from the most unlikely of events, the Columbine shootings. Drawing on ideas from Antonin Artaud and Slavoj Zizek, Neera Scott demonstrates how the film 'wrests something from disaster'.
The Maturity of a Film Genre in an Era of Relaxing Standards of Obscenity: Takashi Ishii’s Freeze Me as a Rape-Revenge Film James R. Alexander July 2005 The Metaphysics of Violence Understandably, the 'rape-revenge' scenario has been endlessly controversial, yet the cinema continues to replay it in different guises and contexts. This article charts the evolution of a genre, giving particular emphasis to the Japanese cinema's take on the theme.
“Snuffing” Hollywood: Transmedia Horror in Tesis Vicente Rodriguez-Ortega July 2005 The Metaphysics of Violence Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's 1996 feature seems more prescient than ever in its examination of media culture's fascination with 'snuff' imagery.
On the Nature of Dogs, the Right of Grace, Forgiveness and Hospitality: Derrida, Kant, and Lars Von Trier’s Dogville Adam Atkinson July 2005 The Metaphysics of Violence For all the discussion of Von Trier's 'abstract' drama in commentaries on Dogville it has often been overlooked that the film is grounded in precise philosophic ideas.
