![]() ![]() It traces and compares the development of this trend in films from the United States, Europe, China, Latin America, South Africa, and the Middle East. This volume follows the shift in the representation of torture over the past decade, specifically in documentary, action, and political films. In these films, torture is devoid of any redeeming qualities, represented as an exercise in brutal senselessness carried out by authoritarian regimes and institutions. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, scenes of brutality and torture in mainstream comedies, dramatic narratives, and action films appear for little other reason than to titillate and delight. ![]() ![]() In most cases, torture was cast as the act of a desperate and depraved individual, and the viewer was more likely to identify with the victim rather than the tor. Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination (Hardback)īy Flynn, Michael Fernandez Salek, Fabiolaīefore 9/11, films addressing torture outside of the horror/slasher genre depicted the practice in a variety of forms. ![]()
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