Violence in the Cinema, Part 1 (1971)

What at first seems like a serious psychological assessment of violence in the cinema by a professor or lecturer, turns into a bloody orgy of human destructiveness.

Director:

George Miller

Writer:

George Miller

Stars:

Arthur Dignam, Victoria Anoux, Mallory Pettit

Cast

Cast overview:
Arthur Dignam	...	Dr. Fyne
Victoria Anoux	...	Woman
Mallory Pettit	...	Kid
Karl Avis	...	Henchman
Stewart McQueen	...	Henchman

Storyline

What at first seems like a serious psychological assessment of violence in the cinema by a professor or lecturer, turns into a bloody orgy of human destructiveness.

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Plot Keywords:

violence | gore | torture chamber | lecture | independent film

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Acta Scienta, Warlok Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A gory, entertaining spoof

In the early seventies, when I saw this film, the depiction of violence on the screen was a hot media topic. Therefore the opening of this short feature took most of us in; an academic type, filmed against the background of his study, addresses the screen on the title subject. Just as we have settled down to the tedious tempo, - BANG! The study door bursts open, and a shotgun toting intruder blasts part of the speaker's head away, hurling him backwards out of his chair. It would spoil the fun if I described the rest of the increasingly blood-soaked proceedings; suffice it to say that the joke works wonderfully.