Pauline Kael Quote

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real face and how ugly it was in order to sensitize us to its horrors. You don't have to be very keen to see that they are now in fact desensitizing us.


Deeper Into Movies (1973)


At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real...

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real...

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real...

At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real...